List,
I agree 100%.By the way i have also seen that video,quite
good.
Rgds:Jukka
XJ40 Sovereign 3.6 -89 MANX 168600km
PS:I have test driven only s3 V12 which is excatly same
black one which Lasse has driven!(little bit rough example
but beautiful body shape)----- Original Message -----
From: “Wayne Estrada” wayne_estrada@hotmail.com
To: xj40@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:42 AM
Subject: RE: [xj40] series III vs XJ40
“Alistair Roberts” wote
However the Series III felt heavy to drive and it had a lot more
body roll than the XJ40. It was certainly soft and rode bautifully, but
it felt less responsive as well. The old 4.2 XK motor doesn’t compare
with the AJ6 IMHO.Dear XJ40 Listers:
Teh xj6 list people would definately not like to hear that, butthe reality
is that the XJ40 was in every way a better car. I have a video, I think it
is called the “3.8 liter Mk2” or something like that. Anyway, at the end is
a mid 80’s Jaguar marketing splash on the new XJ40. Its dated, but
informative.The XJ40 has less noise, vibration, better stiffness and ride, and a better
engine than the 1940’s designed XK, legend that it was. A bit of
interesting trivia…the last car that Sir William Lyons had input to was
the XJ40 and he said (paraphrase from one of my Jag books) ‘it is the best
proportioned Jaguar ever designed’. So all those ‘boxy XJ40’ comments have
to be throrwn out, if not for Sir Williams sake…but we already knoew
that, right?Wayne Estrada
Still Homeless Somewhere in the USA
1989 Vanden Plas (Alpine Green)
1989 XJ-S Convertible (Dorchester Grey)
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