Beschreibung
Here we have a beautiful and late example of the fabled XJS Coupe! This is a 1996 Jaguar XJS 4. 0 Celebration Coupe, Finished in Carnival Red with Oatmeal Leather Interior. She has covered a low 50k Miles from new with only 4 owners, the last for over 21 years! She drives perfectly, has a full service history with over 16 stamps in the book and has just been serviced and a new MOT applied with no advisories! She is a really useable future classic.
How do you replace the stunning Jaguar E TYPE? We waited many years for the logical successor, the F TYPE which launched in 2013 to finally appear. Back in the 70s, the world was a different place and Jaguar?s design team, led by William Heynes, decided on a different path. The overtly sporting E TYPE made way for a different type of car, more a grand tourer and thus the XJ-S was born. The 1975 launch came in the wake of a fuel crisis and the market for a 5. 3-litre V12 car was small. The design came in for much criticism too, especially the buttresses behind the rear windows which were said to restrict rear visibility. There was a choice of both manual and automatic gearboxes, but as few wanted to change gear themselves, the manual was soon dropped, only to reappear much later in the car?s life.
Performance was excellent for the time, the XJ-S being able to accomplish the benchmark sprint from 0-60mph in just 7. 6 seconds and the top speed was a heady 143mph. In July 1981, the XJ-S was fitted with a new high-efficiency V12 engine, the aim being to improve fuel economy. It didn?t succeed! Power increased too with the new HE-powered motor now producing 295bhp. Fast forward a couple of years and six-cylinder models were introduced along with a new cabriolet, the XJ-SC. Never a big seller, a full convertible finally completed the line-up in 1988. The final change to the XJS came in 1991 under Ford?s ownership. A new 4. 0-litre six-cylinder engine became the mainstay along with some styling updates inside and out.
The end came in 1996 and to mark its demise, Jaguar released the Celebration special edition. Beautifully equipped, it featured several upgrades such as embossed leather seats, a wood-rimmed steering wheel and diamond-turned alloy wheels. And so, after 21 years in production, the XJS finally slipped away, to be replaced by the XK8.
An automatic transmission model, this XJS Coupe is one of the final-run 'Celebration Edition' cars, released for the 1996 model year, and as our car is an August Registration it was one of the very last. The Last owner purchased the car in February 2002 at about 30k Miles and has enjoyed the further 20k added to make the total today just over 50k Miles from new! She has just had a £700 service and new MOT and is ready for her new home. This car is finished in the perfect colour scheme for a Celebration and is in a super genuine condition, not a show queen, but a genuine mileage car. One for daily use and gentle improvements.
