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Been Meaning to advertise this for a while 
Item for sale: 1997 Jaguar xjr
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Price: £3450ono
Paypal: For deposit yes
Location: Glasgow
Condition: Excellent
Description:
For sale here is my jaguar xjr supercharged v8 in black with full grey leather interior.
Pretty rare car now in this colour and condition. Have owned it for 6 months now and it has been a pure joy to own !
The 4.0l supercharged v8 engine is simply amazing, plus it has a stainless steel catback exhaust on it... words cant describe how good it sounds ! The pull still shocks me today.. seriously fast car !
Condition is excellent, these cars can be bad for rust, had this on a ramp for a full check over and its a solid example.
Its got a full service history from new and has had all the recalls done that were required after release.
Just after spending over £500 on a new power steering pump and pipes, it now needs nothing, ready to drive away.
The Jaguar XJR, second generation, was the first car built by Jaguar to employ a supercharger in a mass produced vehicle. This makes sense when you discover that the model name ‘XJ’ was originally used to denote “Experimental Jaguar” saloon.
Following on the reputation as the fastest 4-door, production saloon, the supercharged XJR was introduced as a high performance edition of the XJ series saloon. Power came from an updated version of Jaguars proven 4.0 litre in line six and had 322hp @ 5,000rpm and 377ft. lbs of torque @ 3,050rpm.
This power would accelerate the 4,134lb car from 0-60mph in 6.6 secs. Top speed was limited to 155mph. This was the only XJR available (since the JaguarSport) in all generations to offer a manual transmission and that car would do 0-60 in 5.9 secs. In comparison, Audi’s best saloon did about 6.8 0-60, BMW’s M5 was pulling about 6.2 0-60 and Mercedes E420 could only muster a 7.1 0-60. Although these times are all comparable, the Jaguar XJR had a class and character about it that to this day is unmatched by the competition and you’d have to spend a lot more money to match it’s performance.
The downsides, if you want to call them that, were that the Jaguar XJR has always been criticized for it’s rear seat interior and boot space, but the trade off came with a low slung aggressive look that just can not be equalled.
Handling was managed by a great compromising suspension that offered good handling and a superior level of comfort and luxury. Front suspension are unequal length wishbones, anti-dive and coil springs. The rear featured double wishbones, drive shafts as upper links, anti-squat and coil springs. Although this car may not have been ‘track ready’ it didn’t take much by its’ owners to be competent on track and still remain very comfortable on the way home.
This second generation XJR was part of Jaguars’ second complete series under Ford Motor Company ownership and finally brought with that merger, very comparable reliability. These cars were some of the most rare in Jaguar XJR production, were only built for 4 years and, due to Jaguars lingering reputation, can be had for a very good price. These cars can be modified very easily to produce in excess of 400hp and still be very reliable.
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Item for sale: 1997 Jaguar xjr
Reputation: http://www.ek9.org/forum/reputation-center/29606-gav-ek9.html
Price: £3450ono
Paypal: For deposit yes
Location: Glasgow
Condition: Excellent
Description:
For sale here is my jaguar xjr supercharged v8 in black with full grey leather interior.
Pretty rare car now in this colour and condition. Have owned it for 6 months now and it has been a pure joy to own !
The 4.0l supercharged v8 engine is simply amazing, plus it has a stainless steel catback exhaust on it... words cant describe how good it sounds ! The pull still shocks me today.. seriously fast car !
Condition is excellent, these cars can be bad for rust, had this on a ramp for a full check over and its a solid example.
Its got a full service history from new and has had all the recalls done that were required after release.
Just after spending over £500 on a new power steering pump and pipes, it now needs nothing, ready to drive away.
The Jaguar XJR, second generation, was the first car built by Jaguar to employ a supercharger in a mass produced vehicle. This makes sense when you discover that the model name ‘XJ’ was originally used to denote “Experimental Jaguar” saloon.
Following on the reputation as the fastest 4-door, production saloon, the supercharged XJR was introduced as a high performance edition of the XJ series saloon. Power came from an updated version of Jaguars proven 4.0 litre in line six and had 322hp @ 5,000rpm and 377ft. lbs of torque @ 3,050rpm.
This power would accelerate the 4,134lb car from 0-60mph in 6.6 secs. Top speed was limited to 155mph. This was the only XJR available (since the JaguarSport) in all generations to offer a manual transmission and that car would do 0-60 in 5.9 secs. In comparison, Audi’s best saloon did about 6.8 0-60, BMW’s M5 was pulling about 6.2 0-60 and Mercedes E420 could only muster a 7.1 0-60. Although these times are all comparable, the Jaguar XJR had a class and character about it that to this day is unmatched by the competition and you’d have to spend a lot more money to match it’s performance.
The downsides, if you want to call them that, were that the Jaguar XJR has always been criticized for it’s rear seat interior and boot space, but the trade off came with a low slung aggressive look that just can not be equalled.
Handling was managed by a great compromising suspension that offered good handling and a superior level of comfort and luxury. Front suspension are unequal length wishbones, anti-dive and coil springs. The rear featured double wishbones, drive shafts as upper links, anti-squat and coil springs. Although this car may not have been ‘track ready’ it didn’t take much by its’ owners to be competent on track and still remain very comfortable on the way home.
This second generation XJR was part of Jaguars’ second complete series under Ford Motor Company ownership and finally brought with that merger, very comparable reliability. These cars were some of the most rare in Jaguar XJR production, were only built for 4 years and, due to Jaguars lingering reputation, can be had for a very good price. These cars can be modified very easily to produce in excess of 400hp and still be very reliable.
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