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The 2009 Jaguar XF is one of the top-rated luxury cars here at TheCarConnection.com -- and for 2010, the mid-size luxosedan is being updated with a massively powerful V-8 engine.

The 2010 Jaguar XF gets a variety of upgrades for the new model year, but the best news of the lot is its new 510-hp supercharged V-8 engine, found in the high-performance XFR. The new powerplant pushes the sedan to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds. Other 2010 XFs get a new 5.0-liter V-8 with 385 hp, with the base car sticking with the original 4.2-liter V-8.

The XFR version wears a deeper chin spoiler, side sills, hood louvers and quad tailpipes, along with 20-inch wheels.

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The 2009 Jaguar XF is one of the top-rated luxury cars here at TheCarConnection.com -- and for 2010, the mid-size luxosedan is being updated with a massively powerful V-8 engine. The 2010 Jaguar XF gets a variety of upgrades for the new model year, but the best news of the lot is its new 510-hp supercharged V-8 engine, found in the high-performance XFR. The new powerplant pushes the sedan to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds. Other 2010 XFs get a new 5.0-liter V-8 with 385 hp, with the base car sticking with the original 4.2-liter V-8. The XFR version wears a deeper chin spoiler, side sills, hood louvers and quad tailpipes, along with 20-inch wheels. ... Read More

Our U.K. operative has just snapped our first look at the mid-cycle facelift for the 2009 Jag XK--in both XK and XKR trim. Visual changes consist of new front bumpers with new outer air-inlets below the headlights. Judging from the surface development that appears to differ on the prototypes, the 2009 Jaguar XK and XKR variants will get unique styling touches. New taillights are also in the works, with a greater percentage of red-lens and clear signs that LEDs will be employed. The rear bumpers on both prototypes also show signs of a redesign. When the XK first bowed, it was saddled with a clunky power-retractable antenna; a quick fix for... Our U.K. operative has just snapped our first look at the mid-cycle facelift for the 2009 Jag XK--in both XK and XKR trim. Visual changes consist of new front bumpers with new outer air-inlets below the headlights. Judging from the surface development that appears to differ on the prototypes, the 2009 Jaguar XK and XKR variants will get unique styling touches. New taillights are also in the works, with a greater percentage of red-lens and clear signs that LEDs will be employed. The rear bumpers on both prototypes also show signs of a redesign. When the XK first bowed, it was saddled with a clunky power-retractable antenna; a quick fix for... Read More

After 18 hours in the air, with a short stop on the western bulge of Africa for fuel, you descend toward South Africa sick and tired of recycled air and Ice Age 2. You are cranky. That is, until you blink through jetlagged eyes on left side of the aircraft as you gently bank down toward Cape Town, majestically framed by the Atlantic and Indian oceans and the cloud-banked plateau of Table Mountain. Then, you might too take in a sharp burst of air, in immediate wonder of an end-of-the-earth place that keeps one foot in the cultural stream of the west and plants another in a swift current of progress.

South Africa’s stunning story is still...

After 18 hours in the air, with a short stop on the western bulge of Africa for fuel, you descend toward South Africa sick and tired of recycled air and Ice Age 2. You are cranky. That is, until you blink through jetlagged eyes on left side of the aircraft as you gently bank down toward Cape Town, majestically framed by the Atlantic and Indian oceans and the cloud-banked plateau of Table Mountain. Then, you might too take in a sharp burst of air, in immediate wonder of an end-of-the-earth place that keeps one foot in the cultural stream of the west and plants another in a swift current of progress. South Africa’s stunning story is still... Read More