Great Drive in the Jaguar XJR-15
Discussion
SteveO220 said:
Same for me! In fact, in the nineties, I felt the '15 was the more desirable car. Funny how time changes things. While I am now lucky enough to be able to afford one, the other will remain permanently out of reach I suspect.
I was talking to a serious collector on Sunday (with over 300 cars). He is someone who likes to make money out of the game, as well as driving his 'investments'. He has an XJR-15 in his collection and in his opinion is taking advantage of a massive arbitrage between the '15 and F1. As he puts it, the '15 is rarer (only 50 built), has an almost equal racing pedigree (through the XJR-9 link), is a more interesting drive and was actually the first fully C/F road car, before the F1. It lacks the 'Gordon Murray' cleverness of the F1 (but has Tom Walkingshaw behind it - hardly a bad thing) and is clearly not as easy to drive (which to some PHers is a good thing!). It also lacks instant recognition. But he has seen all this in the past on other models and has done pretty well betting on these big market corrections.
His 'target' price for the '15 is £1m+ over the next 10 years. That sounds staggering compared to current values, but stranger things have happened (e.g. the DB5 or Miura).
If you believe any of this and can put a reasonable chunk of money aside, go for it!
How is yours coming along?I was talking to a serious collector on Sunday (with over 300 cars). He is someone who likes to make money out of the game, as well as driving his 'investments'. He has an XJR-15 in his collection and in his opinion is taking advantage of a massive arbitrage between the '15 and F1. As he puts it, the '15 is rarer (only 50 built), has an almost equal racing pedigree (through the XJR-9 link), is a more interesting drive and was actually the first fully C/F road car, before the F1. It lacks the 'Gordon Murray' cleverness of the F1 (but has Tom Walkingshaw behind it - hardly a bad thing) and is clearly not as easy to drive (which to some PHers is a good thing!). It also lacks instant recognition. But he has seen all this in the past on other models and has done pretty well betting on these big market corrections.
His 'target' price for the '15 is £1m+ over the next 10 years. That sounds staggering compared to current values, but stranger things have happened (e.g. the DB5 or Miura).
If you believe any of this and can put a reasonable chunk of money aside, go for it!
I look forward to seeing you on some of the best roads Sussex has to offer 
Looking forward to that 
SteveO220 said:
We are trying to get a number of owners together for a run and a shoot sometime in April so will hopefully have every road-going XJR15 in the country in once place, with some great photo opps.
I'd love to be able to nick a swift photo in there! With the obvious risk of exposing the location of some very expensive vehicles, any chance of letting me/us know the route/location? Pretty please? With a carbon fibre cherry on top? 
SteveO220 said:
hurstg01 said:
That is sublime!
We are trying to get a number of owners together for a run and a shoot sometime in April so will hopefully have every road-going XJR15 in the country in once place, with some great photo opps.Amazing stuff though, great to see them looked after so well.
McAndy said:
I'd love to be able to nick a swift photo in there! With the obvious risk of exposing the location of some very expensive vehicles, any chance of letting me/us know the route/location? Pretty please? With a carbon fibre cherry on top?
and hurstGT01.Once we have a route lined up I'd be happy to let you know where we'll be passing through if you want to take some photos.
SteveO220 said:
McAndy said:
I'd love to be able to nick a swift photo in there! With the obvious risk of exposing the location of some very expensive vehicles, any chance of letting me/us know the route/location? Pretty please? With a carbon fibre cherry on top?
and hurstGT01.Once we have a route lined up I'd be happy to let you know where we'll be passing through if you want to take some photos.
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