How many XJS 4.0 are there?

[DrSebWilkes]

A friend of mine asked me this question so I thought the easy-enough answer was to go on "How many left" but that's left me more confused than enlightened.

Can anyone help me out?

[DrSebWilkes]

Any ideas? I'm assuming no one else has had much success?

[elmotheewokking]

The numbers on there are only a rough guide, they're only as good as what the DVLA have them registered as, the vast majority probably just being listed as an XJS. Go to Jaguar in the A-Z index and you can probably figure it out from there.
We now require pics of awesome XJS.

[MkX]

Nov 17, 2016 15:35:34 GMT DrSebWilkes said:

A friend of mine asked me this question so I thought the easy-enough answer was to go on "How many left" but that's left me more confused than enlightened.

Can anyone help me out?

I'm not sure it's too difficult (hopefully);

XJ-S 4.0 Litre manual
213 on-road & 219 SORN

XJ-S 4.0 Litre automatic
736 on-road & 431 SORN & Fifi.

i.e. a nice round 1600 in total although there may possibly be a few stragglers misfiled under 'XJS'.

I imagine the numbers will continue to erode fairly steadily due to cars being broken, particularly the autos.

[DrSebWilkes]

That sounds quite a bit really - considering the XJS would have been already sold for well over a decade by that point. Crikey

EDIT: OOOOOOH but what that doesn't take into account is that the Cabrio's vastly outsold the coupés!
An old picture of mine:


I really liked this one at the Manchester Classic show a little while back


And I love pictures like these, showing what a long stock-broker barge they are!

[DrSebWilkes]

Nov 18, 2016 21:22:42 GMT elmotheewokking said:

The numbers on there are only a rough guide, they're only as good as what the DVLA have them registered as, the vast majority probably just being listed as an XJS. Go to Jaguar in the A-Z index and you can probably figure it out from there.
We now require pics of awesome XJS. 

Silly me!

[ChasR]

Nov 18, 2016 21:53:11 GMT MkX said:

Nov 17, 2016 15:35:34 GMT DrSebWilkes said:

A friend of mine asked me this question so I thought the easy-enough answer was to go on "How many left" but that's left me more confused than enlightened.

Can anyone help me out?

I'm not sure it's too difficult (hopefully);

XJ-S 4.0 Litre manual
213 on-road & 219 SORN

XJ-S 4.0 Litre automatic
736 on-road & 431 SORN & Fifi.

i.e. a nice round 1600 in total although there may possibly be a few stragglers misfiled under 'XJS'.

I imagine the numbers will continue to erode fairly steadily due to cars being broken, particularly the autos.

They will be near enough but I wonder how many unknowns you can add to that list. I say that as my XJ40 XJR came up strangly in the V5 as follows:

Make : Jaguar
Model : *blank*
Colour : Grey
Engine : 4.0

It was confirmed by Jaguar as being a JaguarSport XJR along with the service history I recently put in the classifieds and a couple of old boys seemed to know the car locally (it was sold via Guy Salmon in Cov). It was one of the very first 4.0s made but still using the pre facelift bodykit .

[colnerov]

Hi, There DVLA listing is purely down to the details the dealer put down when filling out the registration form.

Colin