OCUK world exclusive - New Jaguar XKR - 56K no

Bennah · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:31

I say do it, j/k. Working for Lotus and Jaguar must be a dream

bandit · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:33

nice car, shame about the sat nav system..

Simian · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:36

I recon someone should PhotoShop it to remove the Tape and Hub thinggys so we can see what it realy looks like!..

kaiowas · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:39

Bennah said:
I say do it, j/k. Working for Lotus and Jaguar must be a dream

Unfortunately I'm not actually a Lotus employee these days (I still work here but I was contracted out) which means I can't get as close to the cool stuff as I used to be able to. For example this week the Lotus staff have been to a briefing where they got to have a look at the new Esprit replacement in the syling studio whilst I had to stay in my office

Zip · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:40

kaiowas said:
Unfortunately I'm not actually a Lotus employee these days (I still work here but I was contracted out) which means I can't get as close to the cool stuff as I used to be able to. For example this week the Lotus staff have been to a briefing where they got to have a look at the new Esprit replacement in the syling studio whilst I had to stay in my office

May i ask how you got that job of yours

Nozzer · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:43

I think I posted some pics of one I'd seen on the M6 a few weeks back, maybe not though. So here you go.

Nozzer · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:44

kaiowas said:
Obviously can't speak for Jaguar but at Lotus cameras are tightly controlled. All visitors must leave any camera equipment (including mobiles with cameras) with security. It's only quite recently that staff have been allowed to bring camera phones on site and even then if anyone is caught using it (for anything at all) they'll be disciplined.

If I was to take pics and post them on the internet I'd expect to lose my job if I was found out.

It's the same at every factory I've been to (all three of them, Rolls Royce, Lamborghini and Ferrari) and understandably so.

Don't know why though, they're all identical save for the cars

Bennah · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:44

Job center

Is that a UK reg car? I wonder what kind of person was driving and why it didnt have all the tape over it and such...

kaiowas · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:45

Zip said:
May i ask how you got that job of yours

I got a degree in Automotive engineering at Loughborough Uni then applied which got me into the company as a powertrain engineer (overseeing tests on new engines under development) although these days I do IT related stuff.

Bennah · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:49

Just noticed the length of the arial. Looking at the back window and the high back end, reminds me of a Camaro. The circular lights at the back, look odd compared to the others that go around the side. could have made them the same colour at least. They wouldnt stand out as much then.

Lashout_UK · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:53

I was driving my Dolly about a few weeks back in Coventry, on the way out of Cov I got flanked by two of these, although one was wearing no camoflage - one was green, other was dark metallic blue.

Both very nice looking cars in the flesh, certainly seemed well trimmed inside too. We were all respecting the brit-ness of the moment

rare · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:57

I got to sit in the coupe last week, was being valeted for my local Jaguar garage. Still had all the plastic etc on it, was a stunning looking and sounding car. I think it looks better than the baby aston!!!

[TW]Fox · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:03

BigT said:
Does that sound like a good time for laping the 'ring? I remember Evo looking to break 8 moinutes in a previous generation M3 so I was not that impressed

Evo failed in their aim, and that was not just a previous gen M3 it was a stripped out heavily uprated one..