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"Just as new XJ sedans are starting to be seen being parked by valets at fine restaurants around the country, the English automaker brings along the family jock, the .   Where the standard XJ&amp;#039;s 5.0-liter V-8 has 385 bhp and the supercharged version sports 470, the Supersport bumps the output to 510 bhp and 461 lb.-ft. of torque. Yes, it&amp;#039;s the same engine used in the XFR and XKR. Same 6-speed automatic, too.   Jaguar used the Pebble Beach/Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion weekend to present the car, and I had the pleasure of driving an XFR to the Monterey Peninsula. Now that&amp;#039;s a great car, as quick as it is good looking. I expected that the XJ, with its 10-in.-shorter wheelbase, would be much more nimble than the XJ Supersport.   Wrong. In terms of pure acceleration, the cars are quite close, thanks to the XJ&amp;#039;s aluminum structure, which weighs a mere 17 lb. more than the steel XFR&amp;#039;s chassis. Jaguar can be justifiably criticized for the aggressiveness of its accelerator &amp;quot;tip in&amp;quot; response, but it somehow feels appropriate in the Supersport, which hits 60 mph in less than 5.0 seconds.   Rushing down our favorite driving road on the Monterey Peninsula (sorry, I won&amp;#039;t tell you which it is...) the XJ feels about the size of the XFR. Some of that comes from the lightness of the steering (possibly too light) but also from the deftness of the big car. I wouldn&amp;#039;t call the handling neutral in the traditional sense; I&amp;#039;d prefer to say that it what you might call &amp;quot;natural&amp;quot; handling. The car seems to easily adapt to conditions: tight, gravel-strewn corners...that metal cattle grating just before the hard left...whoop-de-doo road surfaces. We tried the adaptive handling in its several modes and didn&amp;#039;t find a huge difference, but all were good. The sportiest setting would benefit from being a bit more aggressive.   The new 2011 Jaguar XJ Supersports can be had in both normal- and long-wheelbase layouts, and while there&amp;#039;s little externally to separate them from standard XJs, the interior gets a serious upgrade...everything but the glass and chrome bits seems to be covered in leather.   Want an XJ Supersport? You&amp;#039;ll have to custom order the Jag\u2014that should be fun\u2014and then wait about 3 months. The tab will run $110,000 for the short-wheelbase car. As for the long-wheelbase Supersport, add $3000 to that cost.   And guess what? There&amp;#039;s more to come...the XJ75 Platinum. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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