Description
FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION AT THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, DUXFORD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
AUCTION DATE: 13TH MARCH 2024
Auction Estimate: £9, 000 - £11, 000
Registration No: C996 HGP
Chassis No: SAJJNAEC7CC130145
MOT: August 2024
- Rare and desirable manual gearbox example
- The subject of a recent professional respray, alloy wheel refurbishment and undersealing etc
- Original and well cared for Black leather upholstery
- Said to 'drive very well'
Introduced in October 1983, the Jaguar XJ-S 3. 6 was intended to be a sharper, more sporting foil to the range's established, soporific 5. 3-litre V12 model. To emphasise the difference, it was fitted with a five-speed manual Getrag gearbox as standard. With some 225bhp and 240lbft of torque on tap courtesy of its 3590cc DOHC 24 valve straight-six, the claimed 140mph top speed and 0-60mph time of 7. 4 seconds were a near match for the V12. Yet when such performance was not called upon, it could reputedly return thirty miles per gallon, a feat beyond the V12's capabilities. A revised, more positive feel to the power steering improved the handling still further.
Taken off the road in 2006 at an indicated 98, 226 miles, this rare, manual gearbox XJ-S was left languishing in a garage until being purchased by the vendor from its last registered keeper’s estate. Sympathetically recommissioned and serviced, the Jaguar possesses a MOT certificate valid until August 2024. Highly presentable following a professional respray, alloy wheel refurbishment and undersealing, the svelte Coupe is understood to pleasingly retain its original Black leather upholstery. Better value than the BMW 6-Series and Porsche 928 with which it vied in period, a good XJ-S – especially a three-pedal variant – is a car to be savoured.
