Some prototypes/specials in the British Transport Museum

[Jim the Sunderer]

Afternoon,

I was at the British Motor Museum a few weeks back, I thought you might like these quite poor photographs of the prototypes and one offs I saw

XJ40 estate (8,187 miles at its last MOT in 2008)



x300 coupe


S Type Coupes



The Bloodhound Gang's parachute equipped XK



And a bit of heresy; an electric XJS, this was at an electric car show down at Silverstone


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Edited by Jim the Sunderer on Saturday 30th June 21:26

[Simpo Two]

Shooting brake not estate if you please

But wow, I didn't know they'd made any S-Type coupes. A convertible would have been good. Oh well.

[Roy C]

That's the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust collection, which is housed on the ground floor of the Collections Centre, which is an annex of the British Motor Museum at Gaydon.

[Jim the Sunderer]

Roy C said:

That's the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust collection, which is housed on the ground floor of the Collections Centre, which is an annex of the British Motor Museum at Gaydon.

Ah yes! This weather is affecting my brain a bit.

[williamp]

Always loed that x300 coupe. Imagine an XJR version.

[groomi]

I'd have that XJ40 Shooting Brake in a heartbeat. The perfect estate for me - looks great, big (assuming the moved the fuel tank from behind the seats to create a flat load area) and all with the fantastic XJ40 ride quality.

[a8hex]

williamp said:

Always loed that x300 coupe. Imagine an XJR version.

and the gorgeous open top version.

[New Relic]

Jaguar missed a big trick when they didn't produce and market that S-type Coupe.

It still looks timelessly gorgeous, even today.