Talk:Jaguar XJS
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Technical especifications engine 5.3 L HE V 12
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[edit] Picture
Does anyone have a picture of the car looking at the front corner(One of the best profiles for most cars IMHO), both of the ones in the article show only the back of the car.
--Silver86 04:09, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Here is a pic of my 1988 XJ-S, not the best one I am afraid it needed a wash and the bottom of the door is showing a little rust bubbling, but it is the only photo I have of it that shows the front like you want and unfortunatly I have it locked away in my garage now awaiting some repair to the bodywork rust, and a respray. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/goldendragoon/XJSwikipic.JPG Golden Dragoon 01:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] inboard rear brakes
I believe the transition to outboard rear brakes was in the middle of the '93 model year.
[edit] the Equalizer
He didnt drive an XJS. He drove a saloon jaguar/daimler - maybe a soveriegn, or maybe a daimler double six
[edit] XJ-S picture and Userbox
Added a front-quarter view of a 1985 Jaguar XJ-S, with the 5.3L V12 HE engine. Also made a Userbox:
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. For the code, click here JGHowes talk - 00:33, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Pity the userbox features the ugly twin headlights, and the car is a rather horrible colour, but still even with the colour and the lights the XJ-S still manages to look great. It is in my opinion one of the nicest looking cars in the world. Golden Dragoon 18:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] XJS Today section
The last lines of this section say: "The old "Lucas Jokes" are more applicable to a 60's MG than an '80's XJS. Potential owners are encouraged to visit Jag-Lovers for considerably more information." For those not in the know (like me) it would be good to clarify:
-"Lucas Jokes"
-Jag-lovers (is this a website, a store, a country, what? I'd go if I knew!)
Crocadillion 16:12, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
www.jag-lovers.org Golden Dragoon 20:24, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
I imagine "Lucas Jokes" refers to Lucas electrical components used in numerous British cars which had a poor reputation for reliability. For instance the distributor failing, or headlights wearing out quickly and becoming very dim (the old sealed-beams on my 1989 Mini where barely any better than candles when i first drove it at night, i upgraded to halogen very hastily) 86.158.27.179 (talk) 23:21, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Performance
In the section which begins the 1980s you say it was the fastest automatic car in the world with 0-60mph in 5.7s and 168mph. I have never seen a standard car get anywhere near that. The cars built around 1981 seem to be about the quickest ones with 0-60s usually taking around 7.5s with a top speed around 155mph. The best I have seen for a standard car was 0-60mph in 6.5s and 157mph which Autocar tested in 1980/81 and this was probably one of those 'special' cars which the press sometimes get loaned when a new car is launched or in this case a high efficiency model 192.91.75.30 08:39, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Those were the official figures, which were allways assuming the best conditions, no head wind and possibly going down a large hill ect.. lol, quite simply in those days it was more than common for car makers to simply lie about things like this. In this day and age though the car makers have to actualy test the claims. Golden Dragoon 20:26, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
I removed this whole sentence. The post-1981 HE version delivered 299 PS; performance figures as given by the factory and quoted by Automobil Revue in 1982 are: top speed - ca. 240 km/h (150 mph); 0-60 mph - ca. 8 seconds. I don´t know where you have produced these figures and the claim of being the fastest automatic in the world - a 928S auto was sure as fast/quick; this just for the sake of correctness, I´m not interested in this performance fetish. And even the XJR-S 6.0 (318 PS) was quoted by the factory as "approaching 160 mph" and with a 0-60 time of 6.5 seconds, by the way. --328cia (talk) 06:16, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
- PS: Automobil Revue of Switzerland tested a 1982 XJS HE manual: 238 km/h (148 mph), 0-62 mph 7.5 seconds. --328cia (talk) 06:36, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 93 convertible xjs manual transmission.
If 1994 marks the first year a 5 speed was imported to the US, I am at a loss to explain the car in my garage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.77.195.121 (talk) 03:05, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mark IV
A friend has an XJS (1992) described as a Mark IV. No mention of a Mark IV in this article. Anyone got a clue? Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 09:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
