1995 Jaguar XJR Sedan | Retro Review

[@ahmadfaisal6778]

This car is beautiful even by today's standard. I love its design especially the front end.

[@gedaman]

This is the best looking Jaguar sedan of all time IMO. I don’t like the direction they took with the 2010 Jaguar XJ. The 1995 and 2004 Jaguar XJ are classic, timeless Jaguar design.

[@fernandorocha-dx1wv]

@@gedaman The Best Jaguars 1980s and 1990s is beautifuls and classics

[@gedaman]

@@fernandorocha-dx1wv 2004 Jaguar XJ and 1996 Jaguar XK are peak Jaguar design. I don’t like what they have done since especially with these bland and boring crossovers like the F-Pace and E-Pace.

[@davidaubin3902]

4:08 John: AND ENOUGH WARNING LIGHTS TO START A VIDEO ARCADE! LOL

[@nwezetx1]

To think this November, it will already have been 30 years since this car hit the streets in 1994. I remember when my dad bought his first Jag and I really wanted a silver XJR, but he instead went for a Vanden Plas. This era of Jaguar had the best selling numbers. XJ40 shockingly sold less over its 8 year run.

[@LifeAfterLosing]

This era of Jaguar was iconic. If only they could bring back these designs with modern interiors and reliability, they could be iconic again. THIS is what a Jaguar should look like.

[@gedaman]

If they ever bring back the Jaguar XJ an an EV like they were planning on doing a few years ago I hope it looks like this 1995 or the 2004 model Jaguar XJ.

[@LifeAfterLosing]

@@gedaman yes! I would be interested in one. Well, a 2 year old one that lost 50% of its value. 😂

[@lukerinderknecht2982]

Were they actually reliable back then?

[@LifeAfterLosing]

@@lukerinderknecht2982 I guess I worded it wrong. They never had reliability to bring back, so I actually meant to bring reliability in general to the brand. 😂 Never, was the only time they were reliable.

[@houseofno]

Now owned by India's Tata Motors, and built like you would expect from third world country.

[@KenanTurkiye]

When there were Mercs and Bimmers everywhere, these were the exotic-ish alternative, but it was the second hand (and third hand) buyers who enjoyed them most with the depreciated price allowing for some financial room for hefty maintanence and repairs. Lovely looking cars though.

[@joannaatkins822]

This specific model, the X300 and X306 were the most reliable and best built jaguars period. A very rare stock configuration in the UK has the Getrag 5 speed manual, which turns this car into a true high performance vehicle. The AJ16 inline 6 engine used between 1994 and 1997 is extremely stout and smooth, but sadly it got replaced by the infamous v8's with the nikasil issues. For XJ's, this is where it's at, and they remain my personal favourite.

[@anthonymgucciardo4013]

I’m currently driving a 2008 Vanden Plas and it’s by far my favorite car ever

[@pxn748]

322 HP was an enormous number in '95!

[@dohc1067]

It was an expensive work of art, but ironically, i still see one every once in a while.

[@TomK-ti8kp]

Old money will spare no expense to keep what they love. Even if what they love is not rational at all.

[@truth6242]

I saw a perfect one driving on the road last week!

[@truth6242]

@@TomK-ti8kp I still spend money to keep my 2003 E500 in perfect shape. Had it for 21 yrs.

[@TomK-ti8kp]

@@truth6242 see now that’s a car worth keeping because they were well built, are reasonably reliable, and Mercedes is good with supplying parts for older models. Don’t think we can say the same thing about Jags, unless it’s the E-type

[@romulus_]

when I think of timeless design, this car and the bmw e39 come to mind.

[@jeremyanderson1139]

I personally think the X300 XJ still looks good. They definitely don't make Jags like this anymore, especially since Jaguar is discontinuing everything except for the F-Pace SUV

[@gedaman]

Jaguar needs a complete overhaul of their lineup. The XF is in desperate need of a redesign. They should keep the F-Type and redesign it or bring back the XK to compete with the BMW 8-Series Coupe and Cabriolet, Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe and SL-Class, Maserati Gran Turismo, and Lexus LC. Jaguar has lost the plot recently.

[@BillofRights1951]

I bought 2001 and 2002 Vanden Plas sedans, used, in the same month in 2013. I just sold both of them after 11 years of driving pleasure and each had nearly 150K miles on the clock. They were comparatively reliable, and I was ALWAYS happy driving them, and kept them pristine. I sold them because it had become difficult to obtain key parts (driveshaft center support bearings, for example). Covid killed off aftermarket manufacturing for a lot of their parts. I was very happy for the time I drove them, and they will be at the top of cars I most enjoyed to own. Just sublime. A sincere shout-out to Ford for solving MANY of the glitches that made them previously troublesome to own.

[@jst7714]

One of the most beautiful cars in the past 30 years. I loved mine even though it only got 15 miles per breakdown.

[@barranquillero1979]

Timeless car

[@truth6242]

Facts! Sexy as hell to me even today!

[@stevethemechanic8099]

one of the coolest cars ever made

[@dunnkenny]

Always wanted one of these

[@Jeremandre]

I have this generation of XJR!!! Currently sitting at 230,000 miles on it with no signs of slowing down. Also faster than half the cars today.!! I adore it

[@kennethanway7979]

I had a 97 xj6 long wheelbase...loved that car!

[@LaszloGaspar-s3x]

Looks much better than these new ones 👍

[@Shyguy624]

Absolutely beautiful car

[@victorteo4783]

That’s look of a classic, an eye catcher even by today’s standard.

[@TooLooze]

I got a 1995 XJSC and kept it 20 years. It was extremely dependable, much to my surprise. It was, of course, my mid-life crisis car. The XJ sedan was magnificent.

[@cdldriver2348]

4:15 mark: WOW! Motorweek went all out and got Tawny Kitaen from the Whitesnake "Here I go Again" sit in the Jaguar vice Dancing on the hood like in the music video!! (It's a joke, don't take my statement seriously.) :)

[@frontxxrunner]

Dancing on that hood with the leaping cat can bruise you up pretty good

[@donaldwilson2620]

I was actually thinking about that. The woman at 4:12 looks like she came out of the "Hair Band" era of the 80's. And yes, "Here I Go Again " by Whitesnake is still one of my all-time favorite videos thanks to Tawny Kitaen doing gymnastics on the hoods of the two Jaguars.😍😍 RIP Tawny.

[@MitchGrooms]

THIS IS ONE OF JAGS BEST ENGINES EVER, TOTALLY BULET PROOF

[@mumwifeteacher]

Having the hood ornament as an option is hilarious and very British.

[@7mgte490]

Honestly I'd rather one of these over a new 2024 car or truck

[@troynov1965]

I like older cars too but this is one you would not want .....at all.

[@KenanTurkiye]

@@troynov1965 How wonderful life would be if we didn't have to maintain British cars. :)

[@rossw5576]

Roadkill did it right with the Draguar.

[@Kimbrough87]

@@KenanTurkiye your wish will come true because it will become all electric ⚡️ 😊

[@KenanTurkiye]

@@Kimbrough87 What happens when the zombies learn electromagnetic weapons and we can't ''fill our tanks'' ? :) just saying.

[@truth6242]

Why is the video so dark???// Anyway, I saw this same car on the road last week!! Still looks amazing!

[@BangerFleet]

Good timing. Spent the afternoon ripping apart the front suspension of a 1996 XJ12. The only solution to picking between the XJ12 and XJR is to get one of each.

[@1995RangeRover]

Still an impressive automobile ❤

[@DrCharlesMontague]

This was one of the most perfect models they ever made. I have a 1987 Series 3 XJ6 I love dearly, but I’ll admit it’s short on power and has older car shortcomings (although I find it’s actually very well-built and the only problems I’ve encountered are where previous owners ignorantly tinkered with things). The later XJ40 (I also had a 1994) addressed a lot of issues, but the 1995-1997 X300 was such a beautiful and well-made car that retained the beauty of earlier XJ’s. The 1998-2003 XJ’s were beautiful, but they had the needy V8’s with their annoying timing chain issues and the ZF gearboxes had the cracking drums. With the later XJ, the 2006-2009 was basically perfection. V8 was bulletproof in those years, build quality was great, aluminium structure couldn’t be beat, etc. 2010 and later went a bit too far in trying to make a statement, although I would still have one. I visited a Jaguar dealer yesterday and all I saw were ugly crossovers with ugly black wheels. Heartbreaking, as I know people would still buy Jaguar sedans if they put them out there in front of customers. I still see lots of new Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus, etc. sedans, so I don’t believe people only want SUVs.

[@ryanpatterson9526]

Even more stunning as it ages!

[@mediocreman2]

In today's money, that's around $135k! And the average buyer salary would be over $410k today! We are so screwed.

[@throwback19841]

braking distance of 112 ft is none too shabby in 1995. Its none too shabby in 2024 to be honest.

[@ljmorris6496]

This car aged gracefully, it would be a steal on an online sales site.

[@domusvita]

“Don’t do it you idiot!!!” Oh, that’s me talking to 30 year old me when I got the loan to get one

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

Did u get the car an ............? ...........LoL

[@ChiefMoteef]

The girl in the jaguar lookin' like teen wolf at the prom 😂

[@jamesdanton9033]

Don't let cutie borrow your car. I still have to have the curb rash repaired and the parking brake adjusted after she thought pushing the brake as hard as she could was more saferer. She looks nice and doesn't go crazy too often.

[@gedaman]

Do you know a good repairman for curb rash? My ride needs serious attention for curb rash 😢.

[@christopherconard2831]

I'm laughing because an ex girlfriend's driving style gave me an appreciation for the quality of the Ford Probe. She had two settings. Either brake to the floor and foot off the gas, or gas to the floor and no knowledge of what a brake pedal was for. If nothing else I also learned to appreciate a good, snug seatbelt.

[@marcleekes3040]

​@@christopherconard2831Well the Probe was a Mazda 626. That's why it was good quality.

[@marcleekes3040]

Same with my wife: "I saw cars rolling away with my own eyes!" So she tries to flip the handbrake onto the rear seat bench in a leveled garage. Just to be sure.

[@albear972]

Even after paying a hefty $65,000 in 1995 or $134,154.20 in 2024 Jaguar still wanted to squeeze another 200 bucks for the hood ornament? Tacky! Hey, but at least it pleased John as it had voltmeter and oil pressure gauges.

[@houseofno]

You're going to drop mid five figures on a Jaguar in 1995 and you're sweating over a $200 hood ornament. Give us a break.

[@nwezetx1]

@@albear972 This is an inaccurate figure. It’s about $140,000 today. Bear in mind that episode was made in October 1994 and the car was released exactly 2 weeks before the air date of November 16, 1994. CPI BLS.GOV’s calculator against MW’s own date in the description always gives the best accurate measure, as to the most expensive a past model would be against today.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

I'd bet the vast majority of dealer stock were equipped with the ornament. It was probably more of an 'optional delete if desired' sort of thing.

[@alexandrecouture2462]

There was a safety reason. The car couldn't be sold with the kitty in many countries, but if the kitty was installed as an "aftermarket" item, it was ok with the laws and regulations.

[@maureencora1]

My Favorite XJs Were the 2005 - 2009. They Were Like BMW 7-Series / E38 of the 1990s.

[@kieranwhite6647]

One of my lottery win cars

[@gedaman]

It’s a junkyard special now. Any Joe Schmoe can pick one up now cheap (initially).

[@turbo_excellent]

ジェレミー・クラークソンがこよなく愛したマシン。

[@bghoody5665]

Yeah he loves anything with the Jaguar badge.

[@gedaman]

@@bghoody5665”The Jaaaaag!” 😂

[@char1737]

They had a jaguar xj or jar in the law and order franchise it did make appearances in all three shows

[@944play]

1:08 Certainly it's the performance model, but they ended up building about twice as many X306 supercharged cars as X305 V12 models, so NOT the most scarce.

[@Porsche996driver]

4:14 Hey now! J.D. was hittin’ that? That XJ is flat through the turns but that’s a lot of brake dive compared to a period 5-series.

[@TrailBlazerSS502]

Black is still the perfect color for any Jaguar, especially a panther like this.

[@biggiefitz6275]

This is what a Jaguar should look like. In 1995 you could DRIVE DISTINCTLY tell a BMW, LEXUS,, BENZ, and Jaguar from a long distance. Today everything looks the same. lol

[@Wasabi9111]

Haha. They’re stilll pretty distinctive. The bmw is hideous. And there are no more jaguars around.

[@anthonyrowland9072]

These made after Ford owned them for a few years are shockingly good cars. Like post 2002...

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

Lol when in doubt and low on paying the JAG Tax on FORD PARTS. buy ford parts for it save ya 30% lol for the exact same parts

[@anthonyrowland9072]

@@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB The lincoln LS and thunderbird were all over these later models and the S-type.

[@TheRasta4ri]

Jaguar sculpted head lights curvaceous rear twin fenderwells Ferrari said the jag E type most beautiful automobile ever constructed

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

ENZO the man FERRARI did yes say the first Generation of E type was the most beautiful body on a car he had ever seen

[@Sha-Ayo]

Beautiful car 🤩

[@erinfreize4717]

The worst part about this car isn't it's ample performance capability, but rather that they were produced when Jag was owned by Ford!

[@detonator2112]

I was surprised of that weak 0-60 time. It clocked zero to 60 in about 6+ seconds in other reviews of that time. That's what the factory claim is too. 6.5 seconds. That is not so fast now but back then it was an impressive time for a large luxury sedan.

[@lewis72]

I worked at Jaguar during some of the Ford-owned era. IMO, Ford were a good owner. They spent a lot of money on investment and new products. Also Jaguar got to use Ford's processes and software to engineer better cars.... we could also give them a call if we had any issues that we were struggling to solve. I don't think that Jaguar would still exist if Ford hadn't bought them. Although I think that the S-Type and X-Type were a bit too compromised by Ford, the XJ and XK were and still are excellent vehicles.

[@nwezetx1]

That’s nonsensical. The Ford ownership did great things earlier on. Seems more like you have zero scope and context the inner details.

[@nwezetx1]

@@lewis72Thank you for stating, as it’s absolutely the truth and you tell some of the silly conjecture by some others that liken themselves to experts.

[@kevinmoser4609]

Exactly. Tata is handling Jaguar much better than Ford ever did. Jaguar is practically flourishing now!

[@VDPEFi]

The x300 is still my favourite shape jaguar saloon, such timeless elegance. Also it's probably the most reliable jaguar product too, pretty bulletproof powertrains.

[@christopherconard2831]

Why do so many reviews of Jaguars include some version of "and reliability has been greatly improved" (Or so Jaguar claims.)? Admittedly, this time they finally did chase away a lot of of their traditional mostly electrical gremlins that seemed to come as a free option with previous models, but at some point even the Jag loyalists had to start rolling their eyes when they heard that.

[@JohnEvans-ct6mz]

My God, only $65k for this? Even back in 1995 that was a luxury bargain. I worked at a Mercedes dealer in high school (1997) and an S320 back then was at or over $70k. Even a fully loaded E420 was more than this.

[@gedaman]

Mercedes-Benz has always been priced above the competition. Their vehicles are far better IMO and they know how to price them. Mercedes-Benz rarely leaves any money on the table. The Mercedes-Benz S 600 in the late ‘90s was $140,000 seemed eye watering back then too.

[@nwezetx1]

@@JohnEvans-ct6mz It was pretty expensive in 1994, but if I recall even more with the Bush 10 percent Luxury Tax.

[@donaldwilson2620]

This era of Jaguar actually had decent reliability compared to the past and now. Though not exactly Lexus perfect, then owner Ford simplified things, especially the electronics, to make production less complex.

[@Darylrb1983]

I'd like one of these. If the supercharger even broke...I'd figure out a turbo swap lol

[@ricknolan1671]

Full gauges!!

[@starkparker16]

Like the wheels

[@ouch1011]

JAG-GWAR! lol

[@ericbliss6354]

$136,000 in today’s money 😳

[@Laszlobal]

The young woman in charge to show seats adjustments and AC control looks like a good girl (Sister of Monica L.?). But I definitely prefer the XJS.

[@LrulestheworldM8]

These are electrical nightmares on wheels. I wouldn't want anything to do with one.

[@gedaman]

They were so nice when they were new though! 😅

[@jsz2619]

I've owned my 94 XJ40 since 2007. Those "electrical nightmares" can be fixed by a home mechanic easily.

[@LrulestheworldM8]

@@jsz2619 They can be LS swapped and gutted for a new dash, which is the only time you'll see me near one. We were given one of these back in the day with a purchase of a Mercedes Benz. It consistently broke every week without fail, and it was always something new. My family couldn't afford to keep around so they sold both cars at a loss and bought a Pontiac instead, that's still on the road to this day.

[@alexandrecouture2462]

Electrical system works very well on my 1991 Sovereign XJ6

[@wavelength1970]

slow acceleration for that HP to wt ratio

[@alexandrecouture2462]

That's the result of how automatic transmissions were back in this era.

[@CarlosLeon-n3t]

I want one

[@pc248m]

I swear to God, they just add Eagle sounds randomly

[@jonathank.2854]

was that tawny kitaen?

[@jackdough8164]

Kinda funny that my V6 escape is as fast to 60 and a bit quicker in the 1/4 mile lol. Nearly 100 less hp but that’s the difference between a 6 speed and a 4 speed auto lol

[@alexandrecouture2462]

Yes, technology has advanced!

[@warrpedd]

Optional hood ornament 😂

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Decent performance, but not great in any way for its price. Slower than the mid-tier hot hatches at this time. I suspect the 4 speed auto was tuned for economy so was holding this back - could've knocked a full second off 0-60 and dip into the high 14s if it had a 5 speed auto.

[@texan176]

This body style was iconic and should have been retained like the VW bug where for decades it is fundamentally the same car but with minor changes and improvements. But let’s be honest. The mechanicals and electrical system were absolutely garbage. These cars vanished so quickly from the roads. The day after the warranty ended, it was economically totaled if one thing broke on it. Too bad in the 00s the SUV craze blinded car enthusiasts from making drivetrain swaps in these a common thing like how so many people out Chevy 350s in XJs during the 1980s. The ideal drivetrain and entire electrical system transplant to put in would be from the 98-00 Lexus LS400 to get the legendary UZ engine durability and refinement. Some people have put Chevy LS engines in them in more recent years but this is rare. Jaguar made the quality worse in the successor model for 2004 and lost the iconic look.

[@hailstorm1986]

Ford made Jaguar much better as a brand and it's crazy now that they're owned by Tata who isn't nearly as good as he parent company as Ford was during that time. Their quality and reliability is nowhere near where it was in the '90s..

[@TripleKOShorts]

Stunning and timeless design with power to spare! This was the Jag to get and still is for some. What a time to be a car lover, before the Liberals forced us into toasters on wheels.

[@nwezetx1]

@@TripleKOShorts Liberals what? You really should be directing your ire at Cash 4 Clunkers, as that’s the most egregious sin which took away so many 6-12 cylinder classics from between 1984 to about 2005. The owners of those car had to have been…smh, because who would even trade in such a car for a discounted penalty box? A very poorly thought out program, we are still paying for today.

[@automotiveaffairsshorts]

Those legs had plenty of room!

[@Sapp440]

What's up with the castlevania music?

[@davidbaron6647]

wow

[@deloreanman14]

Jaguar used to make stunners like this....now they make melted blobs with batteries. What a shame.

[@nwezetx1]

Per the October 1994 tape date, price today is about under $137,000 in August 2024.

[@mollari2261]

5:10 "Such a sticker shouldn't be too SHOCKING" No but doing any maintenance on this things will be, figuratively and literally

[@kennethanway7979]

Not true... maintenance was on par with other cars. I had a 97.

[@user-sk1eh3pg6j]

It's sad this design isnt iconic or unique anymore due to other brands copying its design cues. Buick stole the XJ's front end for the 1997 Park Avenue and Lincoln stole the XJ's ass end for the 1998 Continental. Kinda like how the Land Rover iconic SUV look isnt special anymore either due to the Explorer, Aviator & Hyundai stealing it.

[@benjaminkoontz2711]

The supercharged inline 6 must be RARE. The supercharged 4.0 V8 didn't appear until year 2000.

[@lewis72]

V8 XJR came out in 1997.

[@detonator2112]

I don't claim that the old cars were better than the new cars. But I claim that old cars (especially in the 1990's) were much better looking than the new cars. Just think about old air cooled Porsches (964, 993), BMW E39, E31, Ferrari 355 and these classic Jaguars for example. Look at those brands now. Mostly ugly or at least mundane designs, like F-Pace or those horrendous BMW's with gigantic grills. Porsche Taycan is so bloated and ugly that small children shouldn't see that car before bedtime. I'd say that the most iconic designs were done in the 90's. Sure this Jaguar base design is from the sixties but so were Porsches and BMW's. Then the manufacturers started to add gimmicks and technology for technology's sake. This era of cars can be driven forever and repaired forever (providing you take good care of them). New cars are disposable plastic garbage with no classic value in the future. This XJ (and the one that followed in 2003'ish) were beautiful, elegant cars. And before someone says I'm living in the past, I'm 34 years old and I love the 90's cars.

[@RDEnduro]

Ya i agree, increasing safety standards and equipment partly to blame but also demand for larger vehicles and SUVs crossovers etc. Sedans are mostly gone.

[@nwezetx1]

The X300/X308 were best selling XJs ever to my knowledge. A lot of sanctimonious XJ40 nerds (1986-94 XJ) would try to have you believe the nameplate died in 1994 and that the XJ40 was the best thing since sliced bread.

[@detonator2112]

@@nwezetx1 I think the successor of this model (can't remember the number) that came in 2003'ish was full aluminum body. That car also had higher rear end and it looked better and more balanced (at least to me). Taste thing of course but I adore that model. Especially the Super V8 version. That previous model was ok until they made those square headlights (big design mistake imho). Killed the character of the car.

[@gedaman]

@@detonator2112I agree. Sometimes mid cycle refreshes go wrong with the styling. The Jaguar XJ never looked right with square shaped headlights. The 1995 Jaguar XJ and all aluminum body 2004 XJ are timeless Jaguar designs.

[@nwezetx1]

@@detonator2112 You have it right, the X350 came out in 2003. I liked the upgraded technology of the X350 and was in love with everything else, but the horizontal grille slats and bulky, flat rear end at introduction in 2002. I didn’t hate it, but I feel it needed more work. Tbh, I was still on the X308 hype train and disliked every XJ before it. I feel the descending/tapering rear end was an XJ trademark until the X350. I must state, Jaguar Cars took much too long to release that car. Having entered development in 1997, it should’ve been released in 2001 or 2002. I get 2001 wouldn’t have been possible, as 4 years is too short, but 5 years was viable. Jaguar prioritized the S Type and X Type way too much. The prestige of a Jaguar was still strong in 2000 via XJ/XK and attracted even young buyers, but within 5 years that had collapsed. Both the X-Type (February 2001) and E65 7-Series (November 2001) ruined X350 chances horribly. D3 Audi A8 of 2003 to a slightly lesser degree, but strong enough to make a dent. Against the Lexus LS 430 and the Mercedes-Benz S430/S500, the X350 XJ was a formidable opponent. Sales of the XJ Series fell horribly, once the X350 was available in North America in late 2003. I remember going to my local Jaguar dealership circa August or September 2003 and seeing the fleet of X308s in the parking lot. The new 2004 X350s hadn’t been delivered yet. I wish I had taken a photo that day, but camera phones and the like weren’t so common. Didn’t even have a digital camera on me nor a Polaroid. I regret it, because that beautiful dealership was sold and beautiful white stucco building demolished for parking space. Sadly once the X350 came around, dealer stocked very few of them and the lot became filled with S-Types and X-Types in the mid-2000s. I became disenchanted. BMW’s ugly, but high tech and imposing 2002 7-Series made enough of an effect on non connoisseurs in the flagship segment and the much more modern looking still aluminum A8 which had come out a few months earlier. The X Type ruined the XJ proposition, because of how its design came out 2.5 years before the XJ. The X Type design was finalized in December 1998, but had actually been based on the final X350 XJ design completed earlier in 1998. Yet, the former came out first some 26 months later and the XJ took another 3.5 years to even reach UK showrooms, USA even longer. People ended up seeing the new XJ as a dated flagship contemporary with more lacking prestige thanks to being now seen as an inflated X-Type vs the other way around. The X Type was frumpy looking upfront. Biggest gaffe Ford management ever made was to take the flagship model’s design and put it on a cheap car coming out years ahead. Radical X351 was not what true Jaguar buyers wanted either in 2010, so price was paid dearly and killed the nameplate altogether. The XJ40 was even much too dated and attempts to fix/modernise the exterior from the 1979-80 design were rejected by superiors, as that had been due to release originally around 1983-84, not 1986-87. The square lights were available from XJ40 launch in late 1986, but became standard by 1993. Due to internal politics, I don’t think the XJ ever had a chance at long term survival once BMW started taking luxury sports sedans seriously. The invisible 2800/Bavaria gave way to the E23 7 Series in 1977 and the next gen 735i in 1987 a massive threat, which hurt Jaguar in the eyes of American public, but didn’t eradicate interest entirely yet for another decade. What happened then? A study needs to be made, to determine why Jaguar sales fell off after the X308? 1999 was IIRC the best sales years ever. Was it the S Type, lowering the price of entry for unsuspecting buyers?

[@wilsonDTA]

Im selling my 95 with 63k original miles all black with beige interior for sale located near Chicago illinois

[@8kmar]

i put those wheels on my bmw :)

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

Beautiful, dignified - and the XJR was a 90s sleeper beast. But my goodness, these were unreliable. I could have sworn he said "our Jag LEAKED through the 1/4 mile" @2:00 - which would have been just as accurate. 🤣

[@jamesdanton9033]

Americans and testing the properties and tolerances of titanium...on switch gear and boot openings.

[@Lifeofward151]

Picture it. Playground around 1996. I’m six years old. Time to leave. Car won’t start. Somehow according to my dad that’s my fault. He can’t figure out what’s wrong. Where even is the battery? Turns out it’s in the trunk. The bolt holding the cable on was not tightened and came loose. Easy fix. Did I ever get an apology? No. Am I in my thirties and still hold a grudge to my father? Yes.

[@douglasb.1203]

Carly Simon?

[@radudeATL]

RIP Jaguar.

[@DoloresRichardson-n8q]

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[@oliverthewonderdog6231]

$134,000 in 2024. 😂

[@tjwatson0403]

Man Jaguar fell off. Their interiors are nowhere near those old ones

[@4HBirtcher]

Nobody should have one because they are way beyond expensive to have!

[@ianclaudio777]

Elegant, luxurious, classic, but I will always prefer MB S Class, Audi V8, BMW 7. Jaguar would be my last option in the world of the premium cars

[@alexandrecouture2462]

That's because you probably haven't tried one. They are truly special!

[@mytinplaterailway]

Great car. Bloody annoying music.

[@TheCarCrazyGuy]

Meow

[@MrCrfressh]

lol. 7sec 0-60

[@AbdullahGerigelen]

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[@MAllen-ng8pl]

They don’t make em like this anymore. Thank goodness.

[@troynov1965]

The XJRs were absolute junk , they should have came with a wrecker to pull them. Ask any mechanic that ever had to work on one or refused to work on another.

[@LifeAfterLosing]

My great uncle had a V12 2 door from the 80’s in his barn with 22,000 miles that he could not give away. I remember going over there and being in awe of how nice it was and how huge the motor was and he would tell my dad that he could have it because he didn’t want it. Everyone was like no thank you. It had an electrical problem that could not be figured out and my dad was like after sitting in the barn for 10 years it’s only going to have more problems. No way did he want to deal with it. Now that I’m older I would probably try it, but I would go into it knowing it may not ever be running right. It’s a shame because they are stunning cars. It was dark green with tan leather. I still remember the good smell.

[@2H2521]

Nice looking cars, horrible though.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Ford ruined Jaguar. GM ruined Saab. When a big company buys a small or failing company. They always change too much. I understand making some changes. But if you want a brand to have success. Let them be theme. Just give them help