I'd go for the V8. It's so smooth. As long as you use decent fuel Nikasil shouldn't be an issue by now. My father only ever uses BP, Esso or Shell and has never filled up at a supermarket. Jaguar steve 7, posts months. I've owned both and done several tens of thousands of miles in each.
Things like condition and history being equal I'd choose XJ8 every time. Thanks for all the advice so far. In terms of the water pump etc, if that hasn't been changed I'll factor that in; in terms of Nikasil, am I right in thinking that cars of this age, with full service history etc, are unlikely to be affected and that I shouldn't be letting this issue detract me from purchasing the car at the right price? Any advice on this issue or the car generally most welcome.
Thanks guys. SWMBO would hate the interior colour! I've read extensively about the various 'issues' with these X cars. I would try and find a 4. Both the six- and twelve-cylinder engines adopt fuel injection by the end of the Series II production run.
A coupe model had been planned since the s, and it finally joins the lineup in Called the XJ-C, the Series II—based coupe features a distinctive B-pillar-less design that is so distinctive it causes manufacturing delays while Jaguar sorts out how to produce the rear quarter-window the coupe was first unveiled in , two years before going on sale.
With just over 10, produced between and , the XJ-C is rare. The V engine receives numerous upgrades in , with new cylinder heads and a higher compression ratio improving fuel economy considerably. Not only does it boast a more modern, angular design in keeping with s-era trends, this XJ also uses a new six-cylinder engine called AJ6. In the U. Sales take off, forcing Jaguar to add a second assembly line in ; by Jaguar is selling 39, a year.
This also serves to keep a V XJ model available, given that the XJ40 platform was not originally designed to accommodate a V Joining the six-cylinder XJ6 pictured and twelve-cylinder XJ12 versions is a new high-performance offshoot called the XJR, which uses a supercharged 4.
From the outside, the engine makes itself apparent more by the whirring of fans and drivebelts than any true mechanical sound. From within the cocoon-like cabin, cooled by deliciously efficient air-conditioning, the V12 feels more like an electric motor than a reciprocating unit. Those were too heavy and too expensive to build compared to new XJ40s, which were nimbler and supposedly better-quality vehicles.
Reluctant as many were to point it out at the time, though, these were nothing like as pretty as their predecessors — even if they were traditionally Jaguar in layout and feel.
They are truly great machines, even when you remove your rose-tinted spectacles and waft away the fog of nostalgia that tends to surround anything with a Jaguar badge on it. Like every Jaguar four-door before it, the XJ6 was fast and refined beyond its price-tag, yet offered a modern interpretation of saloon-car elegance that would have floored the opposition even if the engineering underneath had not been so accomplished.
It was a brilliant parting gift from Sir William Lyons to the company he created, the final car designed under his autocratic but wise leadership. It is widely acknowledged as his masterpiece in a career of superb cars. The long-wheelbase 4. Greatest oddity of the SII was the exportonly 2. Injection for the 4. The first XJ-based 2.
It was better built, easier to service and cheaper to run. Today, interest is quietly growing in these cars. A better-looking successor using 3. The design of the new model was made in-house. It was finally launched in , aiming to rival the BMW 7 Series on the uppe The LWB version of this model was designed by Pininfarina and featured a revised bumper, new rear lights and restyled roofline.
The Series III XJ underwent its first modifications in , most of the changes happening in the interior compartment. Starting , Jaguar only produced the V12 engine-powered mod All rights reserved.
Generations: 8 First production year: Engines: Gasoline, Diesel.
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