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Grantley Design Can Make Your Jaguar XKR Look Like the F-Type

Can you believe that the XK8 and XKR were consigned to the history books two years ago? Introduced by Jaguar in 1996 and discontinued in 2014, the XK series is succeeded by the F-Type.
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Truth be told, though, the XK is a 2+2 GT while the F-Type is a strict two-seater sports car. Even in size, these two differ from one another. It doesn’t come as a surprise, however, chiefly because the XK draws inspiration from the XJS. The F-Type, on the other hand, is a nod to the iconic E-Type.

Be that as it may, did you know you can make the second generation of the XK (codenamed X150, built between 2006 and 2014) look like the F-Type? Cue Grantley Design, a shop based in the United Kingdom that’s specialized in morphing the XK into an F-Type lookalike. For the red-painted 2006 XKR featured in the main photo, the cost of the conversion is £10,000.

Not available as a DIY body kit, the XK-to-F-Type conversion includes all the bits and bobs imaginable, plus a full respray in your color of choice. Curiously, Grantley Design insists that everything goes as long as the color is not “Ferrari Corsa red, Jaguar British racing green or Aston Martin Mercury silver with ghost stripes.” That's because conversions in these colors already exist.

The Leeds-based shop adds that the conversion package includes the front and rear bumpers, side skirts, front fenders, hood wing tops, side vent strikes, headlights, custom grille, wheel spacers, badge, a new amplified antenna for the radio, and an active rear spoiler. The active rear spoiler works pretty much in the same way the one that comes as standard on the F-Type does.

On that note, the company notes that fitting new parts “involves major surgery to the front” of the car, which is why a single conversion takes the peeps at Grantley Design “around two months" to finish.

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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