Originally Posted by Ipc838

I own one, and usually people aren't too interested in what I've got to say about it.
(now, a thread to educate the masses, just for me!)

The engine is a N/A 290hp 4.0 V8, and it does have the Penta wheels, unlike the '02 XJR
which has "Asteroid" ones instead.

The suspension spring rates match the XJR, and it has Bilstein Sport shocks from factory. The rear is equipped with a 1.3 inch rear anti-roll bar, and is the only N/A
X308 to be fitted with a rear anti-roll bar from factory. Unlike the XJR, though, it
is not equipped with CATS adaptive technology.

So, there is the suspension.

The interior has the same seats and colour shcemes as the XJR. However, there is
no 2nd cigarette lighter, and the options standard on the XJR are rarer here.

The XJ Sport has body-coloured trim, but a metallic grey slatted grille instead of mesh, and smaller exhaust tips. It is a Nurburgring tuned suspension set-up, though, and
this shows, it handles itself differently than any other XJ.

The differences under the skin included P-Zero tyres from factory, and the uprated suspension. Everything else is in appearance.

Specs: 1/4 mile, 14.8 @ 96 (based on my reading of road tests of N/A cars) and 0-60 in 6.5s; Skidpad: .88g

The cosmetic tweaks look good though. Mine is fitted with XJR-100 tips/mufflers,
though.

This is, to my knowledge, the rarest XJ X308 in the US. Only available in 2002-2003, only <20 are ever
for sale online at any given time. It wasn't a trim level, it was its own model. (i.e., XJ8 L, XJR, etc)

Interstingly, XJ Sport is the only X308 Moniker in the US maintained in the current line-up of Jaguar models.
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