BRIEF MANUFACTURER DETAILS AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORY OF CAR:

The Jaguar XJ-S (later called XJS) is a luxury grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British car manufacturer Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996, in coupé, fixed-profile and full convertible bodystyles. There were three distinct iterations, with a final production total of 115,413 units over 20 years and seven months.

Originally developed using the platform of the then-current XJ saloon, the XJ-S was noted for its prominent rear buttresses. The early styling was partially by Jaguar’s aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer—one of the first designers to apply advanced aero principles to cars—however Sayer died in 1970, before the design was finalized.

Its final iteration, produced from 1991 to 1996, was manufactured after Jaguar was acquired by Ford, who introduced numerous modifications – and eliminated the hyphen in the name, marketing Jaguar’s longest running model simply as the XJS.

BRIEF STORY OF THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE:

From 1988 to 1993, a special high performance XJR-S version equipped with the 5.3 liters (5,344 cc) HE V12 engine was produced by the newly formed Jaguar Sport, a separate company owned in a ratio of 50:50 by Jaguar and TWR Group Limited specializing in developing high performance Jaguar sports cars. The car had a distinctive body kit, special 15″ alloy wheels, 235/60R15 Pirelli P600 tires, a unique suspension system utilizing modified coil springs and Bilstein shocks, a luxurious interior with Connolly Autolux leather along with walnut wood trim, and handling improvements. 

A limited number of 100 XJR-S coupés and convertibles were produced. Based on the facelift model, these were for the American market only. These included 22 Signal Red coupés, 22 Signal Red convertibles, 22 Jet Black coupés, 27 Jet Black convertibles, 2 Flamenco Red coupés, and the Silver Frost ‘Press Cars’ of 4 coupés and 1 convertible.

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