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2007 Jaguar XK Convertible Auto Show Photo

Just as with the E-Type that inspires it, Jaguar figures the ragtop XK 2+2 will outsell the fastback/hatchback/hardtop version in the U.S., even though the fastback is better looking. At 3604 pounds, the 2007 Jaguar XK convertible is just 88 pounds heavier than the coupe, despite the extra mass a ragtop usually creates, and yet Jaguar claims it has an ultra-stiff body structure. The Jag gets a Volvo SIPS-style pop-up rollbar, in addition to the mechanism for the cloth top. Jaguar design chief Ian Callum began work on the convertible eight months before he started the coupe, so it's not just a coupe with the roof sliced off. Callum says the coupe is an edgier, sportier car than the last XK and should appeal to Porsche 911 buyers, while the convertible retains that cruise-the-country club attitude. Like the coupe, the convertible has a 300-horsepower 32-valve, twin-cam 4.2-liter V-8 under its hood, matched to a six-speed automatic with Sequential Shift with paddle-shifters. Say adios to the unloved Jaguar J-Gate. The XK coupe and convertible go on sale this spring.

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