Good Things Come in Pairs – M5 and XKR – Rare 2008 Time Bombs to Bankrupt MaxCare

Yes it’s an odd but delicious pairing.  The 2008 BMW M5 with the outrageous 500hp V-10, and the 2008 Jaguar XKR with the supercharged 420hp V-8.  The E60 BMW was one of the most popular M5’s, with an 8,000rpm redline, SMG transmission and an alleged (delimited) 200mph top speed.  It sold for maybe $90,000 new, and maybe 8,000 came into the US during the E60 run.  It’s under $30,000 now and one of the last V-10’s you’re going to see at CarMax.  And they will sell you a MaxCare warranty to cover you at least another five years and 50,000 miles – critical if and when when that V-10 augers in.  Ayan Basu made my case in Jalopnik two years ago.  Every few months one of these V-10 M5’s shows up at CarMax and I so get the urge to snag one.  This is a one owner California car found here – if the link is dead the car is sold, on hold, or being transferred.  I am surprised after a few days it’s still available – it vanished once when a potential buyer put it on hold.

One of only 500 imported to the US!   The 2008 Jaguar XKRis only 420hp, but surprisingly about as fast as the M5.  But it is pretty.  Aston Martin pretty.  It sold for almost $100,000.  It’s more stylish and refined, so here’s an appropriate review from The Hunt.  This XKR has low mileage despite being a five-owner car and bopping around New York, New Jersey, Texas, and Mississippi before being transferred to Wichita for sale.  I love the XKR so much I passed not once but twice on buying a newer model.  Maybe three times.  Sigh.  We hear about Jaguar reliability, and every time I note that a reader writes me to say their Jaguar wasn’t a problem at all.  But if you’ve been here before you know with MaxCare I really don’t care – for a few thousand dollars I shift the financial burden of tens of thousands of dollars in repairs to CarMax.  Everybody wins.  Find this beauty here – if the link is dead the car is sold, on hold, or being transferred.