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XJ News October 2009
Volume 2 - Issue 3
Cover picture: Vanden Plas currently for sale in USA
Latest news from Xclusively Jaguar
Firstly, you may have noticed that the Contents list is now linked to each article within the newsletter, allowing you to jump straight to a desired article and back again to the contents, if you wish.
Our latest register is for the Daimler Century Limited Edition produced in 1996 to celebrate Daimler's Centenary. If you are lucky enough to own one of these cars, we would love to hear from you. We are currently working on a suitable logo for this latest register.
Xclusively Jaguar are very pleased to announce that we have joined forces with "The Jaguarsport-XJR Register" who will have a regular monthly column in the newsletter, where you can read all about the Jaguarsport XJR's. In addition to Steve's column on the Jaguarsport XJR's, the latest contributers to the newsletter on a regular monthly basis will be Ian Cooling with some very interesting articles on Collecting Jaguar Automobilia and Andy Harvey, who will be sharing with us the lighter side of breaking Jaguars - well, someone has to do it, and without the likes of Andy, many of us would find it impossible to keep our old friends on the road! You will be able to link to their respective sites from the newsletter, as well as the links page. Both sites have much to offer, including an auction of Jaguar automobilia and further registers - this time, for the XJR's!
Louis Wright contacted me with a request for any information on "airborne trailers" which were apparently manufactured by SS/Jaguar during World War 2. I know very little about this subject, and very few facts are held by Jaguar Heritage, so if you are able to help Louis in any way, please contact Xclusively Jaguar.
If you would like to show off your Jaguar and you are free on 14th August 2010, our webmaster (Carl Molyneux) is getting married in North Devon and quite rightly insists on a Jaguar to take his bride to the church (preferably on time!) "A Classic would be nice," he says, but I think he would consider a modern XJ or soft-top XK, and he is willing to pay a reasonable hire fee. Please contact Xclusively Jaguar if you think you may be able to help.
I have been doing some research on Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN’s) for all of the cars built by Jaguar. It is very difficult to find definitions for the characters, and when I do find them, there are conflicting opinions and explanations. If you disagree with what I have written, PLEASE contact me, and we can put it right! VIN codes are obviously very low on most peoples priorities, if the lack of correct information is anything to go by, but if you know exactly what your car was intended to be when it left the factory, you can then question whether it has been converted at any time since! The same theory works for Paint and Trim codes, and I shall be looking into those in the future. There are a number of VIN de-coders referred to on Google – BEWARE – I have tried them and many of them do not work! How would you know if it was giving you the correct information if you didn’t know what each character in the VIN stood for? Some are very good, but limited to one model, such as the XJ40 VIN de-coder on the Jaguarsport-XJR website.
Seeing Red
Over the August Bank holiday, Esta-jane and her boyfriend Joe (another Jaguar apprentice) came to stay with us and while they were here we had a bit of a frenzy with the camera! Esta has related this story and also the tale of our expedition to Seaton Classic Car Show on the Sunday, in her usual diary. Below, you will find a link to all the pictures taken over the weekend - you might even see your own Jaguar!
Latest News from
A Brief History of the Lister XJ-S
The Lister name became famous in the 1950s when George Lister began modifying Jaguar D types.
In the 1980s the Lister name was revived by Lawrence Pearce who established a new company which modified Jaguar XJ-S’s by boring out the V12 engine to 7 litres, adding a supercharger and increasing power output to 490 bhp!
The body was highly modified with wider rear wheel arches and the buttresses were cut down and shortened. Brakes were improved and new alloy’s fitted with low profile tyres. The interior was re-trimmed in bespoke hand-stitched hide.
At least 150 Lister XJ-S Coupe’s and Convertibles were produced.
If you own a Lister XJ-S, Hyper Transformations can supply body kits and replacement parts.........
Does this mean we need a Lister Register, perhaps?
Need help with a Jaguar problem? Then phone Paul outside normal working hours on 01494-439628, referring to Xclusively Jaguar, as he has very kindly offered his advice to anyone who reads the Xclusively Jaguar newsletter.
Hyper Register – do you own one or know someone who does?
Send a picture and lets see how many we can find!
View Hyper Register
The International Jaguar Supercar Register
The XJ220 C and XJ220 S
XJ220 C
Launched: January 1993
Produced by: TWR Jaguarsport
Description: Lightweight XJ220 based on Le Mans race car version
Distinguishing features: Carbon fibre body (aluminium doors) encompassing a front splitter, wider sills and adjustable rear spoiler. Clear lenses replace the dropdown headlamp flaps with an extra set of driving lamps fitted below.
Purpose: Competing in FIA Motorsport GT class (Group N)
Total produced: 3
XJ220 S
Announced: January 1993
Produced by: TWR Jaguarsport
Description: Limited edition road-going version of XJ220 C
Distinguishing features: Carbon fibre body (aluminium doors) encompassing a front splitter, wider sills and adjustable rear spoiler. Clear lenses replace the dropdown headlamp flaps with an extra set of driving lamps fitted below.
Light-weight racing interior, with no stereo or air conditioning.
680 bhp, 0-60 in 3.3 seconds, top speed 228 mph.
Total produced: 6
Most of the XJ220 S’s have passed through the hands of Vik Keuylian in the USA, and changed colour, at least once!
XKR Silverstone VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) Decoder
The table below refers to the Jaguar XKR Silverstone, and as far as I have been able to ascertain, is correct. Many thanks to Anders Ditlev-Clausager and Otto van Voorst for their help with this. It still needs some fine tuning, but this will give you an idea of what your VIN relates to!
There are 17 characters in an XKR Silverstone VIN, which break down as follows:
Character 1 Country of Manufacture*
S=UK
Character 2 Manufacturer*
A=Jaguar
Character 3 Marque
J= Jaguar
Character 4 Market and Airbag Specification
A=Rest of world
B, F, X= Canada
D, E, J, W=USA
K=Japan
P, R, Y=Mexico
Character 5 Transmission and Steering
A=LHD Automatic
C=RHD Automatic
Characters 6 & 7 Body Code
41=coupe
42=convertible
Character 8 Emission Control Equipment
Letter or digit: 26 options - varies with market
Character 9 Check Digit
Numerical value based on the sum of the digits in the VIN.
Method to follow!
Character 10 Model Year
Y=2000
1=2001
Character 11 Engine Capacity
P=4.0 litre Supercharged
Character 12 Model
A=XK8/R (X100)
Character’s 13 - 17 Serial Number
A sequential production number unique to each X100 produced.
*Some sources state that the first 3 characters, together, denote the
"world manufacturer identification code" and tell us that the car was made in the UK by Jaguar Cars Ltd. These letters are found on all Jaguar (and Daimler) cars built after 1978.
Other sources break the 3 digits down as displayed here, hence the repetition of "Marque" and “Jaguar”.
If you have further information on this topic, please contact Xclusively Jaguar with details.
Latest News from The International Cabriolet Register
David Downing from Florida, USA, very kindly sent me a picture of his cabriolet, created by artist Andrew Benica of DnD Fine Art, who can be contacted at 1717 20th Street, Suite 3, Vero Beach, Florida 32960. Further examples of Andrew's work can be seen on his website, at www.dndfineart.com
The table below refers to the XJ-SC and, as far as I have been able to ascertain, is correct.
There are 17 characters in an XJ-S Cabriolet VIN, which break down as follows:
Character 1 Country of Manufacture*
S=UK
Character 2 Manufacturer*
A=Jaguar
Character 3 Marque*
J=Jaguar
Character 4 Marque
J=Jaguar
Character 5 Model
N=XJ-S
Character 6 Class/Market
A=Standard UK (Baseline)
J=Japan
L=Canada
V=USA
Character 7 Body
C=Cabriolet
Character 8 Engine Capacity
B, C, D=3.6 litre according to market.
K, V, W, X, Y, Z=5.3 V12 according to market.
Character 9 Transmission/Steering
3=Automatic RHD
4=Automatic LHD
7=Manual RHD
8=Manual LHD
Character 10 Series
Depending on original market, this either refers to the model year or a given specification.
Further details to follow.
Character 11 Emission Control Equipment
Each letter refers to the equipment fitted according to the intended market.
Further information to follow.
Character’s 12 - 17 Serial Number
A sequential production number unique to each XJ-SC produced.
Using this number, the "Model Year" can be ascertained.
Further information to follow.
*Some sources state that the first 3 characters, together, denote the
"world manufacturer identification code" and tell us that the car was made in the UK by Jaguar Cars Ltd. These letters are found on all Jaguar (and Daimler) cars built after 1978.
Other sources break the 3 digits down as displayed here, hence the repetition of "Marque" and “Jaguar”.
If you have further information on this topic, please contact Xclusively Jaguar with details.
"KUH Meets her Match!"
by Esta-jane Mace
Perhaps by now people are wondering how much more can be done to my XJ40? My answer to that would be “A lot!”
Any XJ40 (or maybe any classic Jaguar!) owner would realise that no matter how much work you do and how well you plan your work load, as one problem gets solved, another one appears! My KUH seems to be no different, so readers, you are not alone!
I will start off with some nice news, in which KUH met her younger sister, “Tiggy” and a cousin, “Cranberry” when I went down to visit my parents over the August bank holiday. Tiggy is a late XJ40, also in Regency Red with a magnolia interior, but it is amazing to see the differences between KUH and Tiggy, and it would be even more intriguing to get hold of a very early XJ40 and see what else had changed! Cranberry is the S3 XJ12 TWR that was mentioned in last month’s news letter. KUH and Tiggy also accidentally ended up at Seaton Classic Car Show on the Sunday of the bank holiday, where we came across a couple of other XJ40s and some other gorgeous Jaguar models from the very early to the very late! Check out my gallery on my website, if you were there, chances are we managed to get a photo of your Jaguar!
After the weekend away I started on the door seals. There was severe wind noise at motorway speeds and after looking at the ripped sorry excuses on KUH I thought they would be the best place to start! I took a trip to David Manners who offered both Jaguar and pattern parts for very good prices - and I must say a huge thank you to them for helping me out. Other 40 owners may be interested to know that the later rear door seals do actually fit the earlier models. This was just one of the problems they helped solve for me as they had no early seals for the rear doors!
I was intrigued to learn that the tread plates were just very strong magnetic plates with a JAGUAR stainless steel cover! Ideal for replacing the door seal, as these were so easy to remove...and so were the door seals. However, replacing was not quite so easy! Before embarking on this yourself, make sure you have set aside a lot of time. The front door seals were much easier to replace, but time consuming and so fiddly at the hinges. The rear door seals were a pig to replace, but I fortunately only had one side to replace...and boy were my thumbs absolutely killing me the next day!!
After the door seal debacle I was fortunate enough to find an activity that didn’t hurt my thumbs so much...browsing a certain internet auction site!
On here I was lucky enough to find a very good condition grille, and even more fortunate to find that the seller was honest, and when he said no flaking chrome he was correct! So when I have some nice stainless screws I will be replacing the grille, as those vanes on KUH were peeling and flaking awfully and it was no fun to clean! I was also grateful to find someone who would take the time to remove the ABS sensors from an XJ40 and also the Speedo sensor I have been so desperately looking for. That person was Andy Harvey, and by some weird coincidence he turned out to be the same person who had helped supply parts to my Mother! Small world!
So hopefully next month I will be able to report on whether the sensors helped solve my ABS light and lack of working Speedo problems! And don’t forget Stoneleigh Spares Day on the 18th! Hopefully see a lot of you there!!
Visit Esta-janes own website for more news on KUH
Introducing Jaguar Automobilia Collector
Ian Cooling introduces us to a fascinating aspect of the Jaguar hobby
People enjoy their Jaguars in many different ways. For some, it is the snarl of a well-tuned XK engine powering along the straight past the grandstand. For others, that priceless moment when the rebuild is complete, the key turned (or button pressed) and the engine actually fires! Others enjoy the friendship of the Jaguar Clubs or simply wafting through the country lanes on a Sunday with the top open and a pint in prospect.
Another strand in the Jaguar hobby is fuelled by the collector’s instinct. This too can take many forms, but tends to start with the cars themselves. My own experience is typical. After some rackety Mark VIIs and Mark 2s, my first serious Jaguar was a Series 2 FHC E-Type. I then started adding various items that related to the car. First, came brochures, road test reports and a new handbook; then the same for the two other E Type series, then badges and mascots. By then I was well and truly in thrall to my newly-discovered hobby. Gradually, my collection worked back to those early days of Swallow Sidecars in Blackpool. I also widened my scope to collect photos, posters, paintings, books, letters, press packs, models, marketing give-aways, calendars, trophies and so on. En route, I developed my own definition of these collectables or automobilia: “Anything to do with cars, except cars” - plenty of scope there!
Over the coming months, I shall introduce you to a number of different collecting themes. Like me, you may start (or have already started) a collection related to your car(s). Or you may have focused on Jaguar’s competitive history, perhaps majoring on their triumphs and tears at Le Mans. More widely, you may already have a collection of mascots, with Jaguar mascots being just one strand within that collection. Others may fall into the same trap as me and end up ranging across the whole history of the company and all aspects of Jaguar automobilia.
This multi-strand approach can actually be useful for the dedicated collector. Every collecting strand will run dry from time to time and there is nothing more frustrating than auction after auction, autojumble after autojumble with no result. With several themes in play, it will usually be possible to keep the collection growing throughout the year. You may then discover the same three constraints as I did: the bank manager, the size of the house – and the wife! Or in my case Ian, the husband – I am currently banned from collecting!
Having defined “Automobilia” I should also make clear that by “Jaguar”, I include all the predecessor companies too: SS Cars, Swallow Coachbuilding and Swallow Sidecars. So, the true brochure collector will not only be interested in brochures for the likes of the E Type and the Mark 2, but will also be looking for publicity items showing the pre-war cars and side-cars right back to the 1920s. This will also be true of the model collectors. For some years, coverage of cars from the 1950s forward was very good (sometimes too good) but pre-1950, the selection was very much thinner. However, this has changed in recent years with models of SS Cars and Swallows starting to trickle out.
Books are another fascinating collecting focus. You have the double benefit of reading what the author has to say about our cars, the drivers, the company and the personalities, and also the collectors’ pleasure of seeing the shelf filling up. One book collecting theme could be individual cars - much has been written about E Types, Mark 2s and the original XK Series, for example. Another might be to home in on biographies of Jaguar drivers, past and present.
These examples only scratch the surface. You may decide to collect owners’ handbooks, or Jaguar key rings, or badges, or stickers. Indeed, as I say above, my definition of automobilia is carefully crafted to include practically everything! I hope this article will encourage you to become a Jaguar Automobilia Collector or, if you collect already, then to open up new collecting themes for you. The photographs that accompany this article illustrate some of the themes I shall be exploring in the coming months. However, I am particularly keen to reflect your own interests and passions - and your own collections. So please feel free to e-mail me on ian.cooling@invictanet.co.uk with your comments and queries and details of treasures from your own collection.
I am looking forward very much indeed to exploring this fascinating theme together in the coming months (or years –Letitia permitting!).
Jaguar brochures are where most of us start out on the automobilia trail, usually collecting brochures related to our own car(s). There is a view that the only really interesting brochures are the older ones. The two brochures in this photo tell a different story. The XJ220 is one of the most sublime car bodies ever created. Originally intended to be powered by Jaguar’s mighty 6 litre V12 engine, production realities dictated that it was launched with the TWR 3.5 litre V8 engine. The prototype was the only car ever to be fitted with the V12 engine. A tiny number of sales brochures for the V12-engined car were produced and an even smaller number reached the general public, making this one of the rarest post-war Jaguar brochures. It is the front brochure in my photo.
Sooner or later Jaguar Automobilia collectors home in on the iconic Jaguar mascot. An early article will explore the origins and evolution of the Company mascot over the years. But I shall also look at Jaguar mascots from other sources, like this one. This is a fine example of the Jaguar mascot produced by the “Desmo” company, a prolific producer of a wide range of mascots and other motoring accessories. This mascot was produced in the company’s Animals and Birds range during the inter-war years and preceded the Company’s own mascot. Indeed, one story tells us that it was seeing one of these mascots mounted on one of his cars that led Sir William Lyons to commission his own mascot. His typically curt description of the “Desmo” offering was “A cat shot off a fence”!
Badges are a collecting theme with two major sub-themes. Some collectors focus on badges related to the cars, while others collect badges for the various Jaguar clubs across the world – and down the years there have been hundreds of them. My photo shows one of the club badge collectors’ holy grails. The UK Jaguar Driver Club (JDC) issued 100 “Founder” badges to their early members. Not all have survived and this photo shows JDC Founder badge no 13 - the lowest number I have ever seen.
Jaguar’s racing and other competition history is a very strong collecting theme (we shall draw a discreet veil over the ill-advised excursion into Formula 1!). This aspect of automobilia collecting can range very widely: over posters, trophies, tickets, paintings, badges and rally plaques, original photographs, drivers’ autographs and so on. Race programmes have a particularly enthusiastic following, with those for Le Mans being especially desirable. This photograph shows an original programme for 1955, the year of the tragic crash. It has the manuscript annotation in French on the front cover “Annee de l’accident. 82 Morts.”
Books will enter the collectors’ world before long. Again, there are many sub-themes: books on the cars themselves (of course), but also those who want to read the drivers’ stories as well as the historians’ view of the same races. The books by the men who managed the company have interest as well as those looking to another bout of restoration as winter approaches.
The book I have chosen to illustrate just one of these sub-themes is a copy of racing driver Duncan Hamilton’s ghost-written autobiography “Touch Wood”. This book celebrates his whole career but with a predicable focus on those golden years in the 1950s when he was Jaguar-mounted and regularly in the frame, including winning Le Mans twice (1953 and 1954). The book is a collector’s item in its own right, but this copy is greatly enhanced by bearing the signatures of both Duncan and Sir William Lyons on the title page.
Prints and (better) paintings cover the whole range of Jaguar subjects. Predictably, most feature the dash and drama of the competition scene. But others place the cars in more day-to-day situations. Buy prints because you like them, not as the good investments they are claimed to be, because very few are. If your wallet can stretch to it, original art will score over prints every time. Not only as investments, but also because of the unmatchable look and feel of the “real thing”. The example I show here is a privately commissioned oil painting of a Mark VIII or Mark IX saloon running through the lanes on a moonlit autumn night. It is by Roy Nockolds, the Company’s artist of choice for much of the 1950s. This work is a fine example of his great skill in handling the effects of car lights at night. Not only has he captured the throw of the headlights perfectly, but the stab of the brake lights and the dim glow of the rear number-plate light are also exactly right.
The catalogue for Ian’s next Jaguar Automobilia auction will shortly be issued. You can order a copy, as well as his unique book “Jaguar Collectibles”, from his website below
The XJ Executioner!
by Andrew Harvey and Letitia Mace
Jaguars quiver in their Dunlop’s when they see Andy Harvey’s “hearse” go by………it is bad enough to see an old chum already aboard, but if it is empty……….IS IT COMING FOR THEM ???
Did they inadvertently trundle into their last tram line ???
Have they slurped their last gallon of unleaded? (Perhaps a little too enthusiastically for their owners wallet?)
While they gulp at the site of “the hearse” is their owner having nightmares about the price of fuel and the cost of a suspension rebuild to add to the restoration list ???
Andy Harvey discovered a long time ago, that restoring an old Jaguar is one of those things best left undone!
He turned instead to breaking old Jaguars so that he could help provide reasonably priced parts for those of us still brave enough (or daft enough) to have a go!
In his own words, Andy says………….
“Its a hard life Letitia!
If I'd restored every Jaguar that I've broken, I would be homeless and living in a tent by now! I completely rebuilt an XJS shell a few years back; sills, inner wings, radius arms, rear arches etc. It cost me £2500 in parts alone, and if I'd counted my labour it would have gone into 5 figures. The car was a total wreck but is now pootering round Aberdeen with a very happy Scotsman at the wheel……. at least I managed to save one!!! (Scotsman or Jaguar?)
The majority of Jaguars I break are really beyond economical restoration (in my eyes) but I do feel like an Undertaker at times when I go and collect. I have to put the body on the hearse and then go and console the bereaved, normally some poor guy who has bought a lemon and thinks it will be up and running by the weekend! I'm always non committal when they ask me if I'm going to restore it. One guy kept ringing me and asking how the restoration was going, when the car was already on its way back from China in the shape of a fridge - suddenly he stopped calling - I think he'd seen parts of his beloved on ebay!”
Andy’s latest victim sits in his garage waiting for the lights to go out for the last time. Meanwhile, Andy sent me the picture below so that I could put it on the website, under “Used parts for sale” – my response was “Poor ‘lil Forty – how could you do it?” Andy replied, quite coolly
“I think she knows her fate………..she has seen others go before her!”
Buying individual used parts from ebay and elsewhere is a bit like going into a supermarket to buy an oven ready chicken – but if you had to go into a barn and pick a feathered friend for lunch, it would be a bit harder to swallow……….and that is how it hit me when I saw this XJ40! From a less sentimental perspective, it could be likened to seeing the home your second hand sofa came from – it is somewhat comforting to know that it didn’t come from a flea-pit and looking at this XJ40, it is obviously still in relatively good condition (and garaged!)………..so go on – pick a part!
In fact, Andy has told me that although the last rites have been read, the culling will be put on hold for a while as he has two XJ-S’s to deal with first, so if you fancy giving the Forty a pardon, make Andy an offer and the ol’ girl can go free!
It isn’t all bad news for Jaguars though, in his attempts to save some of his victims, Andy has learnt a few skills in welding and restoration and can offer his services to you to, if you are not yet ready to part with your loved one, he says……… “I don’t have the time for full restorations, but I can repair the usual MOT failure points, such as, seat belt mounts, radius arms, sills and jacking points etc. and I do a nice side-line in rebuilding/replacing front sub-frames.”
Having purchased used parts from Andy, I can vouch for the fact that he will provide an honest description of the parts, along with photos, and his prices are reasonable.
Andy’s contact number for parts or welding, is: 07940 998199
an example of Andy’s work
Introducing The Jaguarsport XJR Register
Compiled by Steve John
I currently own two JaguarSport 4 litre XJR’s, including a rare late model manual. I have created the Jaguarsport XJR Register and website to bring together as much knowledge and information as can be gained about these rare and classic first generation Jaguar XJR’s. These cars were the precursor to the mass produced supercharged XJR’s currently being built by the Jaguar factory. They were all initially built to spec by TWR at their Kidlington factory and were originally only available to order from selected JaguarSport dealers. TWR were already involved with the racing side of Jaguar Cars Ltd. and had also been producing modified Series 3’s, XJS’s and XJ40’s under their own Jaguar Sport name. They offered body-kits, wheels, modified power steering, plus suspension and engine upgrades, none of which were available through Jaguar.
Jaguar wanted to enhance their image, which had become one of luxury cars likened by older drivers, and capture the younger market with a range of sportier cars. So in May 1988 they teamed up with TWR and formed a new organization called JaguarSport, with the purpose of offering more performance orientated versions of the XJ6 (as the XJR) and the XJS (as the XJR-S), and also developing ideas for future models, such as XJR-15 and XJ220.
The first XJR's were based on a 3.6 XJ6 (note round headlamps) but with a Daimler specification!
1988 saw the first joint project unveiled at that years Birmingham motor show, and badged as the XJR 3.6. This model had a standard 3.6 litre engine, but had extensive modifications to the interior, exterior and driveline. Basically, it was all the options TWR already offered (bodykit, wheels, modified power steering) with added interior and suspension changes and badged as XJR. The XJR 3.6 was marketed as being available in only four metallic paints and two leather trims, although other colour options were available in practice, and all will be revealed next month!
Initially an XJR could only be ordered through one of the 20 official JaguarSport dealers. This was later increased and eventually changed to all Jaguar main dealers. After ordering a JaguarSport XJR, a baseline Jaguar XJ6 would be shipped from the Browns Lane production line to the TWR factory at Kidlington where JaguarSport technicians would complete the build with all the extra JaguarSport modifications – more information on this will follow in subsequent issues of XJ News!
The next version of the XJR was unleashed on the public in November 1989, replacing the 3.6 with the newly introduced 4.0 litre AJ6 engine. Apart from the engine, the car was almost identical to the 3.6. The main difference, being the new engine and the performance modifications made by the JaguarSport engineers. These modifications bought about a 7% increase in power over the standard Jaguar engine, developing 251bhp at 5,250 rpm. The ‘new’ XJR was still only available in a limited range of colours and trims but this had increased to six colours and five leather trims.
This version of the XJR was only around for six months when, in August 1990, JaguarSport unveiled the new XJR which they were to release in 1991. The car had undergone a comprehensive package of subtle styling changes to give it a smoother, sleeker shape for the Nineties, and again, more details will follow in due course!
The later XJR's featured the square headlamps of the Sovereign or Daimler and a new "egg-grate" front grille!
There were a few changes made to this car in the next couple of years, prior to the introduction of the X300, but mostly they were cosmetic. The introduction of driver and passenger airbags which caused a change to some of the steering column switchgear and loss of the glovebox in all late XJ40’s, also saw the end of the Momo JaguarSport steering wheel in the XJR.
The JaguarSport brand was dropped for the X300 cars in 1994, the X300 XJR being the first XJR to be fitted with a super-charger, and produced in-house on the production line at Browns Lane alongside its fellow XJ6’s, Sovereigns etc.
Total build figures -1243 (818 RHD, 425 LHD)
Total 3.6 models - 252 (all RHD) UK market only
Total 4.0 models - 991 (566 RHD, 425 LHD)
Breakdown by transmission.
Total automatics - 1160.
Total manual - 83 (all 4.0, 65 LHD, 18 RHD)
When you consider that total XJ40 production was 208,733 – the XJR is a rare beast!
Visit Steve's website for more information on the Jaguarsport XJR's
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