The lovely XJ40

The XJ40 is not less beautiful than a celebrity, its stylish look is just timeless. Today, there are a large number of poor examples still on the road. But equally, there are some cars also in very good condition. In fact, there is probably a XJ40 to suit all tastes and pockets.

The manufacturing of XJ40 was a challenge and as well as an achievement for the Jaguar company. Replacing the beloved Series 3 was a really tough job for Jaguar and, when it was introduced in 1986, there were arguments that the XJ40 was both too early and too late. It is true that the old Series 3 XJ had been battling on for long time, although the fact that it had held up so well was proof of how right the design was. The trouble was that, despite exhaustive pre-production testing, the XJ40 as it first went on sale wasn’t quite ready for this world. In fact history showed that those early customers played a unwitting role in its development.

XJ40 variants out there with engine options running through the AJ6 2.9-, 3.2-, 3.6-, and 4.0-litre six cylinder units, while from 1993 the 6.0-litre V12 was also available.