Category: Jaguar

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(Sorry) Another Quick Hit – Very Cheap Jaguar XK!

Jag sideWouldn’t ordinarily write twice in one day (mostly because I always lose much time when I start by deleting the 30 comments spammed from hairstylists and escorts from India – bizarre) but this 2011 Jaguar XK is too pretty and too low priced not to get on the blog quickly.  Seems to be a bargain unicorn.

The Jaguar XK is an elegant design and a decent sports car, and always tempting as a daily driver.  I’ve shipped in a couple of XK’s and XKR’s and always regretted not buying, and even made this ridiculous trek to eyeball one that was selling for $26,998.  yet for $23,998 this one is way lower than most 2010’s and 2011’s I’ve seen at CarMax.

Car and Driver reviewed the 2011 XK when new, and was most complimentary of the 385hp 5.0l V-8, an 85hp increase over the previous generation XK and good for a 5.0 second 0-60mph run, as well as all of the accoutrements – heated and air conditioned seats, heated steering wheel, 525-watt Bowers & Wilkins stereo – but were not fans of the unreliable electronics.  Of course, that’s why I’d add $3-4,000 for MaxCare just in case the car fails.  The car was over $80,000 new and is almost a quarter that eight years later.  Find this one owner car Jaguar XK here in Atlanta, Georgia.2011 Jaguar XK #23,998 50k Georgia 2-6

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The Daily Driver I’d Choose If I Only Had $15,000 To Spend – 2009 Jaguar XF Supercharged

Jag XF 34Thought I wrote about this unicorn – the first year Jaguar offered 420hp supercharged V-8 engines in the XF line – but I suspect it was a car that was gone as fast as it was listed.  It returned recently and yesterday dropped $1,000 to a bargain price of $14,998.  The car sold for over $60,000 new.  It’s fairly well appointed with heating and cooling seats, heated steering wheel, blind spot monitor, rear view camera, 20″ wheels, and Bluetooth.

Was pleasantly surprised by this Car and Driver review that gave the car kudos for a decent ride on high performance tires, .87g on the skidpad, and a five second 0-60mph run.  CarMax has about 11,000 cars under $15,000 and under my self imposed mileage cap of 60,000 miles, but this is the one I’d pick as a daily driver.

Of course, by the time you add MaxCare, and I wouldn’t own it without the warranty, and taxes, it would be a $20,000 car.  Find this one owner car here in Salt Lake City, Utah. 2009 Jaguar XF Superharged $14,998 51k Salt Lake 12-30-2019

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THESE WOULDN’T HURT MY HEAD IF I HAD TO DRIVE THEM.2011 E350 $14,998 52k2008 Cad CTS DI $13,599 60k2011 BMW 335d $14,998 56k2008 Cad DTS $14,998 26k2008 Lexus ES350 $14,599 45k

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1 of 5 in US/300 Worldwide – 2019 Jaguar XE SV Project 8?!

img_1881-1Another “didn’t know these were a thing” unicorns.  Looks like a street legal Jaguar race car, and understand it’s the fastest Jaguar street-legal car they’ve ever put on the road.  The beast has a 592hp V-8 (never in an XE before), sub-4 0-60mph, and claimed 200mph top speed.  Check out this Motor Trend review.  Splitters and diffusers and wings and everything but a roll cage!

The dealer told me its one of five in the US (and I can find only four others for sale around the country as of this writing so maybe so!).  Personally eyeballed this at the Jaguar dealer in Chantilly, Virginia for sale for $188,495.  Posting here because A) in three years I hope to find one on a CarMax lot for $75,000 B) I was actually at the Jaguar dealer to test drive a used Mercedes S65 prior to requesting a CarMax transfer of a similar S65, and C) it’s just too damned cool not to share!  Here’s the odd thing.  I eyeballed the blue model and yet online here’s the listing for an identical car at the dealership – it’s a Valencia Orange Ultra Metallic model.  Hmmm….perhaps the blue one is already gone and replaced?

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1 of 100 in US – 2014 Jaguar XFR-S. Crazy Fast. Relatively Cheap. Stolen Once.

xfrs 34Thanks to car spotter Hans Mertens for sharing this 2014 Jaguar XFR-S unicorn with me.  Didn’t know Jaguar stuffed the 550hp supercharged V-8 in this mid-sized sedan.  Car and Driver review estimated a low four second 0-60 run and a top speed of 186 mph.  The wing was optional and functional.

Suspension is upgraded significantly over even the XFR.  The interior is pretty standard XF/XK with some better seats with XFR-S logos.  Believe this was a $100,000 car five years ago, and you can find it here in Reno for only $40,998.  It’s a two owner car (California and Nevada) and not sure if that includes the thief who stole it for three days in 2015.  Wouldn’t matter to me – kind of adds to the mystique! Buy the MaxCare warranty and drive it until it blows up.

2014 jaguar XFR-S $40,998 45k Reno

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Quick Hit – 2011 Jaguar XJ Supercharged for $25k. Pretty Good Deal?

XJ SideThis 2011 Jaguar XJ Supercharged has been on and off the website for a few weeks, and it always vanished before I could catch it for a blog post.  So thought I’d do a quick one.  The four most attractive things about this unicorn are that it’s a big luxurious Jaguar, it has a 470hp supercharged V-8 engine, it’s a single-owner California car, and it’s only $24,998.

Very few supercharged XJ’s on CarMax drop to this price.  It was once a $90,000 Jaguar.  The down side? It’s not an XJ L, if that matters to you, and the plastic “stay the hell outta here” plastic engine cover is really dusty.

The MaxCare warranty is a must to shift the repair risk to CarMax, and no idea what that will be.  Other than that, there’s a lot to like about this car.  Check out this Car and Driver review for an expert opinion.  Find this car here in Los Angeles. 2011 Jaguar XJ Super $24,998 55k LA

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Quick Hit -2009 Jaguar XJ8 L $20,998. Time Is Running Out!

XJ8 SideThis is the seventh Jaguar XJ8 offered in the two years I’ve been blogging on CarMax unicorns – a 2009 XJ8 L with only 46,000 miles – all in New Mexico.  You either like these old school Jaguars and they make you nostalgic, or you think they’re dated and deserved to be extinct.  I happen to like them as an almost retro, comfortable highway cruiser, albeit with only 300 hp from the 4.2 liter V-8, and few modern features.  It’s the British Mercury Grand Marquis, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

This one is a bit high priced at $20,998 (cheapest was this 2007 at $14,998) and yet if you like it, and even better, if you like getting a five year 100,000 mile MaxCare warranty on a 10 year old extinct luxury car, perhaps it’s for you.  We’ll see how long this one is on the market.  It opened at $19,998 and was bumped up $1,000 the next day.  On the other hand, the last one I tracked here spent more than a year on CarMax lots from Florida to California (never dropping in price from $18,998!) and only vanished last week.

Find this three owner 2009 Jaguar XJ8 L here in Albuquerque, NM.  CarMax only sells European cars not more than 10 years old, and this X350 model only ran through 2009, so this is the final year to find these with the MaxCare warranty!2009 Jaguar XJ8 L $20,998 46k Albuquerque

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Quick Hit – Cheapest 510hp Jaguar XKR Ever (or since I started the blog)

Sigh. If you’ve read my search for Guenther II you know I’ve wrung my hands over the wheel of several Jaguar XKR’s.Looks Aston Martin like, fast as hell, and who cares about reliability for the supercharged V-8 and ZF six speed – MaxCare is a bargain – where else can you get 0-60 in four seconds flat and a once-$100,000 Car for $25k?Here’s the Car and Driver review from back in the day, consistent with all my XKR test drives. Still on my bucket list for when my 911 blows up.CarMax Jaguar XKR’s have always been $29k and up in the 2 1/2 years I’ve been tracking them. This two-owner bargain is here in California.

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A Sad Record Setting Jaguar Journey – Unloved XJ8 Wandering Out West

xj8 34Wrote about this 2009 Jaguar XJ8 L unicorn a year ago almost to the day in this post.  It was in Fort Myers, Florida, selling for $18,998 with 58,000 miles.  Of the 200 cars I’m tracking in my CarMax profile, this one has been in the bin the longest.  By miles.  Literally.  Was surprised to see it turn up this week 3,000 miles away in Fairfield, California, halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento, and the home of Travis Air Force Base and the Jelly Belly headquarters (those are two separate factoids).JourneyI mistakenly wrote in August 2018 that it had sold, since it vanished from the net for so long but it had not.  Oddly, in one year there’s been no price reduction, despite possibly Continue reading “A Sad Record Setting Jaguar Journey – Unloved XJ8 Wandering Out West”

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One of 30 in US – 2013 Jaguar XJ L Ultimate

And now for something really exclusive – a limited edition Jaguar unicorn that sold new for $155,000 (if you could find one) offered six years later for $50,998.   Only 30 imported into the US.  All in the same color – Black Amethyst.  All with a 510hp supercharged V-8 and eight-speed transmission.

The front seat looks about the same as all the other XJ’s but the back seat….oh the back seat.  From this Road and Track review when introduced at the Beijing Auto Show:  “…the real hedonism starts with the press of a button, when a small table—machined from solid aluminum and edged with piano black trim—levitates from the center console. It can swing to either side on its pillar, and raising it reveals a flocked storage compartment beneath that contains a pair of bespoke champagne flutes, dramatically lit with a phosphor blue glow.  We all know that where there are champagne flutes, champagne is likely to be nearby. So a large bottle of Moët & Chandon (sold separately) can be chilled in a compartment between the seats, and when this cabinet is opened, the bottle presents itself, lit up with the same theatric blue.”  The car also includes built-in iPads and keyboards in the seat backs.  And herringbone ebony wood trim.  And a 15 channel, 20 speaker Meridian sound system.

Proceed with caution, though.  In six years this car has had six owners, and I got it from a reliable source that it was once purchased and returned to a CarMax dealer.  The owner and CarMax shared concerns about the high cost of warranty repairs under MaxCare.  And yet, here it is on the market again.  Also noticed what looks like a fair amount of wear and tear on the switches.  Takes away from the lustre of a very exclusive car.  But pretty sure you won’t see many like it on the road, and your passengers will thank you for the creature comforts in the back!  Check it out here in Louisville, Kentucky.   If the link is dead it’s sold, on hold, or being transferred.  2013Jaguar XJ L Ultimate $50.998 37k Louisville

 

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