Jaguar Xj-S: The Complete Story
Jaguar XJ-S launched in 1975 in the wake of a worldwide fuel crisis which resulted in little demand for a luxury grand tourer with a 5.3 litre V12 engine. All credit to those people at Jaguar who, over a period of 20 years, turned the ugly duckling into a swan.
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Book Information
| Publisher: | Crowood Press (UK) |
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| Publish Date: | 08/27/2019 |
| Pages: | 176 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781785005831 |
| ISBN-10: | 1785005839 |
| Language: | English |
Full Description
James Taylor remembers very well the disappointment among his pretrol-head friends when the XJ-S was announced in 1975. It was not a replacement for the legendary E-type; its colours were uninspired; and its interior was drab. All credit, then, to those people at Jaguar who truly believed in the car and, over a period of nearly 20 years, turned the ugly duckling into a swan. From the moment the XJ-S HE arrived in 1981, there seemed to be renewed hope, and from then on, the car went from strength to strength to become the much-admirred grand tourer it always should have been. The book contains a timeline of the key events in the history of the XJ-S and an overview of the evolution of the XJS from the XJ27 prototype. There are Appendices covering identification/serial numbers, UK showroom prices through the years and sales in the US by year.
