Whereas nonetheless nowhere close to as well-liked as its XKE predecessors, Jag’s XJS is gaining in fandom. The crazy-rare handbook variations like in the present day’s Good Value or No Cube convertible are among the many most fascinating. Let’s see how well-liked its worth proves round right here.
Based mostly on final week’s outcomes, the one Miles most of you discover acceptable is a cool cat with a horn named Davis. That meant the 1991 Mazda MX5 Miata we checked out on Friday couldn’t muster a lot help for its $8,500 asking as a result of 207K of use it sported on its odo. The end result was a not-so-jazzy 77 % No Cube loss.
Fortuitously for us—and its vendor—in the present day’s 1994 Jaguar XJS convertible presents a satisfying 76,859 miles on the clock. In fact, it additionally has a superb little bit of Lucas electrics, so we’d wish to think about these in canine miles.
Mileage apart, this Jag has many benefits. First, it’s painted in a correct British Racing Inexperienced, matched with an equally conventional biscuit-hued leather-based and wooden inside, making all ‘veddy British.’ One other side is the declare that it’s considered one of simply 99 automobiles to have made the trans-Atlantic journey outfitted with a five-speed handbook transmission as a substitute of the extra anticipated computerized.
Jaguar sourced the five-speed from Getrag and paired it within the XJS with its 4.0-liter DOHC straight-six engine. This being a ’94, it might have the sooner 230-horsepower AJ6 or the up to date 238-horse AJ16, because the under-bonnet change occurred in April of that yr.
Because the final of the sequence mannequin (XJS manufacturing would finish in 1996), it’s additionally distinctive from earlier automobiles by having body-colored bumpers, a extra fashionable gauge cluster within the sprint, and easier-to-service outboard disc brakes within the again, amongst different modifications.
In keeping with the advert, the automotive’s mechanicals are in “good working order,” and the highest goes up and down because it ought to. The brakes and all six (two entrance, 4 rear) shocks have lately been changed, as has the battery.
Aesthetically, this seems to be a superb ten-foot automotive. The plastic headlight lenses are yellow-tinged and will stand a superb sprucing, whereas the smoked tail lamp lenses undergo from stress cracks. Most physique panels match effectively and present no evident injury, though the boot lid does seem to require adjustment for finest fitment. The paint, then again, seems to be stable and pairs effectively with the clear manufacturing facility alloys.
Within the cabin, age and use have taken their toll. The leather-based and stitching on each entrance buckets have seen higher days and can possible require reupholstering. The whole lot else seems to be in good situation, and because the vendor notes, all of it works because it ought to. It’s additionally all very authentic, proper right down to the Jaguar-branded stereo.
The XJS has at all times been an anti-Tardis, massive on the skin however small and a bit tight for 2 inside. It’s not loopy cramped like a Toyota MR2 Spyder or Honda S2000, however the constrained quarters would possibly make you marvel why the automotive wanted the house for 2 ashtrays when none might need sufficed. For these not burdened with claustrophobia or excessively ample proportions, this Jag comes with a clear title and a $16,900 price ticket.
What’s your tackle this uncommon five-speed Jag and that asking? Contemplating its distinctive nature and general presentation, does that really feel like a deal? Or is that an excessive amount of to let this cat out of the bag?
You determine!
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