Outgunned: Jaguar's new XKR has the grunt to humble Porsche's 911. But that's not the only reason why it's a better car

摘要

Jaguar and Porsche are both world-famous sports car manufacturers, both multiple Le Mans winners, both creators of beautiful, landmark coupes of decades that have passed since the E-type and the 911 first appeared the Jaguar bloodline has gone soft. The E's descendants have become fast GT cars more concerned with refined mile-eating than tackling a mountain pass or going hill-climbing at the weekend. The custodians of the 911 legend, on the other hand, have remained doggedly faithful to the car's original purpose of providing intense driver excitement; a contemporary 997911 as at home on a track (probably more so) than the original 901911 of 1963.