The New British Rule- Jaguar S type R

As for those who know, it is not always about horsepower but torque.. and the S TYPE R has plenty of it. I remember I was at the car show last year and got into a conversation with the salesman from BMW. We were discussing why the new BMW had 500 horses but only 300 lb of torque.. He went on to tell me that it was because torque is never supposed to be higher than the horsepower...
 
My response to that ...absolute rubbish!!
 
The reason why BMW decided to make there 500 hp pillager with only 300 ft-lb of torque are because of gibbons with money.. You see the torque is what spins those tires with authority and when you have little miss Muppet driving her down the street and accidentally gives it some stick...well you know what happens -she finds herself looking the other way in on coming traffic.
 
It would simply get away from too may individuals, not to mention the gas-guzzler restrictions -so to solve this issue they limited the torque to 300 plus.
 

This is the reason why the S TYPE R is such a proper sports saloon.
With 400 -hp and 408 ft -lb of torque the S type R has, one of the enormous brakes peddles, you will ever find on a car, as you will need it - on the regular...
High point of the car "Race car Like handling" - Bad point of the car "race car Like Handling"
This car is not for the novice or the faint of heart as you will have to have plenty if you would like to keep this thing on the asphalt. Don’t get me wrong it is civil -that is until your do something stupid like press the gas..
 
One word "Depends" !
 
With other features like superior brembo brakes and Bluetooth technology, this is the perfect "well to doer grocery getter", and you can shut down a few M3’s on you way home.. but don’t think that M5 is going to relinquish it’s crown so easily, though the S TYPE R comes with Game, unfortunately it is not enough to take it to BMW’s net without getting some elbow.
 

At this point, Jaguar is still playing around, as they put it "we did not want to challenge BMW directly", which is why the Leaping Leopard now has a leash-(ford)- to much pomposity and not enough brash brit.
 
If anyone had the boots to take it to BMW it would have been Jaguar..but for now we will have to settle with "A minus.

Instead of Pure" A” game!

For more on the New British rule go here:
http://www.jaguarusa.com/us/en/vehicles/s-type/overview/introduction.htm