I used to own one of these. Beautiful car inside and out. Very quiet at high speeds. The five speed automatic made it slower than it should have been, and I always thought Jaguar should have had a six speed manual option for this car. Wonderful interior materials, and decent GT handling, but the auto transmission made it unsuitable for serious track use. Lots of reliability issues as well.
Jaguar XK8 (Mk I) specs
| Car type | Coupe |
| Curb weight | 1649 kg (3635 lbs) |
| Introduced | 1996 |
| Origin country | United Kingdom |
| Views | 11.7k |
| Submitted by | Bezza |
Performance
| 0 - 100 kph | 6.6 s |
| Est. 0 - 60 mph | 6.2 s |
| 0 - 100 mph | 16.5 s |
| Est. 1/8 mile | 10.2 s @ 81.4 mph |
| Est. 1/4 mile | 15.4 s @ 96.9 mph |
| Top speed | 250 kph (155 mph) |
Powertrain specs
| Engine type | V8 32 valve |
| Displacement | 4.0 l (244 ci) |
| Power | 294 ps (290 bhp / 216 kw) |
| Torque | 393 Nm (290 lb-ft) |
| Power / liter | 74 ps (73 hp) |
| Power / weight | 178 ps (176 bhp) / t |
| Torque / weight | 238 Nm (176 lb-ft) / t |
| Transmission | 5 |
| Layout | front engine, rear wheel drive |
XK8 competition
