RE: Jaguar XJR: Spotted

[Limpet]

I do love the XJR. It reminds me of a softly spoken chap in his 70s that I used to know, who was mugged by two youths on his way back from the pub one evening, and put them both in hospital. The external appearance gives no clue as to the ability, and it's all the more brilliant for it.

[Flumpo]

dunnoreally said:

If you're spending £6,000 on this kind of high performance luxobrage, surely you buy on condition rather than model. Yeah, you can get these jags and various German stuff for this money, but I'll bet getting one that won't have a big repair bill in the next six months is a damn sight harder. If it were my money, I'd much rather crank the performance down a notch and drop a size to get a really good S Type V8.

Also, I'll bet anyone £20 that the top-of-the-range for the next XJ will be a 2.0l 4 pot hybrid.

Haven’t they been saying for the last 18 months it will be all electric and will based on the i pace running gear?

[markbmw]

I confess to my probably slightly inaccurate, hazy memory, but I remember being somewhat annoyed by a Jaguar spokesman. When asked to comment on the latest BMW M car engine's specific output achieving 100bhp per litre, he scoffingly stated how easy that is to to achieve....
... yeah, if you bolt a charger to it. try again without. fckn dick.
(waited years to get that off my chest lol)

[markbmw]

I confess to my probably slightly inaccurate, hazy memory, but I remember being somewhat annoyed by a Jaguar spokesman. When asked to comment on the latest BMW M car engine's specific output achieving 100bhp per litre, he scoffingly stated how easy that is to to achieve....
... yeah, if you bolt a charger to it. try again without. fckn dick.
(waited years to get that off my chest lol)

[Notanotherturbo]

L200animal99 said:

I grant you the 645 looks are a matter of personal choice. I noticed it the beemer is a coupe, but to be honest the jag doesn't have that much of a space advantage. Contemporary reviews condemning the fact that for a 4 door it was difficult to get in and out. The Jag hasn't changed that much to look at since the XJ6 first approved, so hardly innovative. The subframes aren't alloy and they rust but the real problem was iron rivets which react with the aluminium panels. In fact, corrosion was a real problem for these jags which, to quote 'What car:- "was quite a feat" considering most of it was aluminium. No-one mentioned the electrics. "What car" condemned it with faint praise saying it was "reasonably dependable." The V8 fuel consumption is legendarily "vast." Anyone ever owned or even driven a 645? The oil leaks are exaggerated, mine doesn't leak, in fact apart from a sticking relay it has been ultra reliable. That has probably kyboshed it. I had a 996 before and all the forums were full of doom and gloom about the alleged weaknesses in the engine. Mainly by those who hadn't driven, let alone owned, one and repeating what they had heard elsewhere. That will teach me to venture an opinion

Can you not see the irony? Someone who criticises people who have never owned or driven a 645i for pointing out possible problems and issues while simultaneously giving the Jag (which from your post it would appear you have never owned or driven ) a proper critical going over. They aren't comparable anyway, the Jag is a very very comfortable 4 door saloon - more comfortable than any BMW and I would guess anyone who liked the look of the Jag , wouldn't be able to look too long at the 645i without feeling nausea.