XK chief engineer mastered aluminum

Russ Varney has worked on Jaguar coupes since 1992. But as chief program engineer on the Jaguar XK's 2007 redesign, Varney was presented with a new challenge. The 48-year-old Englishman had to develop the coupe and convertible versions in parallel. In the past, Jaguar has done the coupe first, chopped off the roof and then reinforced the convertible. And Varney had to do it in aluminum instead of steel. Varney spoke with Staff Reporter Mark Rechtin at the XK's launch.