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10-only special Cats for UK market

Jaguar has confirmed 10 units of the XKR- S GT will be reserved for the UK market. Yours from £135,000 each, it is also the marque's most extreme road-legal sports coupè to be put on sale.

Originally planned for the US-market only, the XKR-S GT is finally getting the green light as Jaguar will be reserving 10 units only for the UK market. According to sources, the British marque has receive numerous feedbacks from the public and due to that, Jaguar will be building proper right-hand drive units for its British customers.

The track-focused XKR-S GT is a no-nonsense driving weapon. Still utilising the similar 5.0-litre V8 engine, it boasts the same 542bhp reading of the XKR-S, but with slight weight shedding and enhanced aerodynamics have taken place, a 0-96km/h sprint only takes 3.9 seconds.

Additional items such as bespoke aerodynamic package, a fixed rear-wing, race-derived drive dampers, wider tracks, carbon-ceramic brakes and a new, quicker steering wheel is the noticeable difference that sets it apart. Besides that, the XKR-S GT is also donned with 20inch alloy wheels that is wrapped in grippy, high-performance tyres.

Specially developed by Jaguar's ETO (Engineered to Order) division, the XKR-S GT is currently Jaguar's fastest regular production car to clock the infamous Nürburgring at 7 minutes and 40 seconds.