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In Reply to: Re: Why all the animosity from the BMW crowd posted by steve miller on May 03, 2002 at 18:21:11:
If and when such things were to become available.
Yes, tuners for the Jaguar are not nearly as common as for BMW. Another drawback with a tuned car is the warranty question, unless a Dinan-for-Jags turns up (Dinan provides warranty coverage so that to whatever extent the mod affects your factory warranty the Dinan warranty picks up the slack). Also, most people don't consider tuning their cars and just shop based on what the stock version will do - the "no compromise" choice therefore needs acceleration second to none in its class as delivered by the manufacturer.
However, adding HP by the manufacturer is not so tough. A few examples with no change in displacement:
The Saab 2.3 liter turbocharged inline 4 in the 9-5 Aero went from 230 HP in the 2001 model to 250 HP in the 2002 model. Admittedly this was probably achieved by dialing up the turbo boost, which could not be done on the normally-aspirated X-Type. Hhowever, many manufacturers who use turbos use them on their low-end trims and go normally-aspirated on the high end, implying that turbos are less expensive to the manufacturer than displacement so it might be an option for Jaguar to pep up the X-Type 3.0.
The Infiniti 3.5 liter V6 in the new G35 sedan has 270 HP, while same engine retuned for the G35 coupe that will come out this fall will have 295 HP. Both engines are normally-aspirated so it just goes to show you what can be done.
If you consider upping the displacement, the BMW 3er's top non-M trim went from a 2.5 liter inline 6 in 1995 to a 2.8 liter inline 6 in 1996 to the present 3.0 liter inline 6 in 2001, going up in HP in several steps (with or without displacement increases) in that same 6 model years from 189 HP to 225 HP.
So, there are several options by which Jaguar could grab the brass ring.
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