2. Audi S8
When I saw a brand-new 2015 A8 in town the other day, I thought to myself: "wait, the haven't really changed it at all." I went home and looked up the new A8, and I found myself looking at a 2014 A8 with some new headlights and some new options. It's the same thing with the new S8: they haven't really done anything to it. Sure, it does 0-60 in 3.8 seconds and has 520 hp, but they haven't actually done anything that matters. They could have tuned the total output to 600 hp and lower the 0-60 time, but instead, they've just changed some minor bits and pieces. It's still really fast and luxurious, it just isn't any better than before.
There's one big thing that I find really helpful with the XJR: it is available in long-wheelbase form, so if you want to drive it really fast one day and be driven around the next, you can, thanks to its extra legroom and executive rear seating package. This is something the S8 does not share with the XJR. And even if a shorter wheelbase helps performance, Jaguar doesn't need to worry, thanks to the massive 550 hp coming out of it's animal-like 5.0 liter V8. 0-60 is claimed at 4.4 seconds, which doesn't seem that fast, but when you compare it to the XKR, it seems about accurate. But the main reason the XJR won is because it has character. The XJR is full of rage and power, but the S8 is kind of plain. It doesn't share the same sense of excitement with the XJR, so it loses this comparison.
Here's the link to both the Jaguar and Audi sites:
http://www.jaguarusa.com/index.html
http://www.audiusa.com/
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