1989 XJS Rouge Jaguar

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Hi everyone,

Does anyone know how rare is the 1989 Rouge XJS??

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Very RARE. The Rouge XJS in the US are all 1990.
Just a special trim package; no structural changes.

Credit goes to:
http://www.jag-lovers.org/books/xj-s/01-TheXJS.html

Steve

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But mine is a 89 I have all records from day 1

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1989 titled or 1989 produced?
And if the former, is it really rouge-trimmed?

Is your 5th character in the VIN a “T”?
Best regards,
Steve

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The fifth is Y goes SAJTY

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My car was built 6/89

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If the 4th digit is T then it is a special edition.
The 5th digit Y means its a USA model with passive seat belts.

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So does that mean its rare???

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So does that mean its rare???

It doesn’t really matter. It’s not valuable. And if what makes it unique is that
it’s really a 1989 when virtually all Rouge Editions were 1990, good luck
finding a buyer that could care less.

– Kirbert

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I saved it from being crushed 84,000 mi. Paper work from day one super shape 300.00 put another 3,000 in it and I drive it every day

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I have a friend who owns a black one.

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They were all signal red originally

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Yep, and if you remove certain paneling, this one is too :slight_smile:
Great repaint though.

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Strange this should pop up Today someone on Face Book asked the same question
Although popular belief has it only 100 were built However having created a Data Base there were 368 built
from 23rd May 1989 to 10th April 1990 First Vin 162233 last Vin 167983 covers a range of 5,750 XJS’s

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I believe they were all coupe’s, no conv