This is still a grand touring car, only a bit grander than any previous Jaguar GT.

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Since they couldn't make their grand touring cars any lighter, car makers applied escalating amounts of horsepower to the equation.

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For a grand touring car, the Vanquish can get downright flinty in the suspension (the 20-inch, no-profile Pirellis don't help).

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The current-generation XK, a grand touring coupe that debuted in 2006, is, by contemporary standards large, soft and not exceedingly track-friendly.

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Paddle-shifting the automatic transmission as you enter the corner, you'll hear the engine automatically rev to match the selected gear ratio blipping, it's called and the SL just rips along in a way no luxurious grand touring car has a right to.

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Ecclestone, meanwhile, is working to install the Australian touring car category V8 Supercars as a support event for the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix.

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