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Posted by Alan on October 02, 2001 at 20:55:14:

In Reply to: Re: smoked bad posted by Tim Mattson on October 02, 2001 at 14:30:55:

...a '98 BMW M roadster and a '99 Jaguar XK8 coupe. The M roadster certainly wins out for acceleration and cornering, but it is a much more "raw" car than the Jaguar. The M roadster starts to feel somewhat iffy up around 120; the Jaguar is rock solid and ready for more (not that I recommend such things on our slow U.S. highways).

The Jaguar feels a bit heavy, but it is a larger car. Both cars have sexy lines, but Jaguars have always had a little something extra special in the sex appeal department, like they are terribly sexy without even really trying.

It really isn't fair comparing the two, as they aim for completely different markets and had completely different goals in their design. When the F-type is available, it will be very interesting to compare it to the Z3 and Boxster.


Alan

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