Jaguar promotional video

Won Lemans 24 hr race in 1988 & Daytona 24 hr.

I WISHD ID HAD RED XJ6

Brilliant!!

I had a XJS back in the 80s and after paying all that money found the demister worked fastest on the passenger side and little things like the auto gear symbols on the wrong side obviously set up for LHD export markets... Now I've just bought a modern classic and my 2nd Jaguar a 1995 XJS convertible but this time I'm driving on the LH side. 😄👍 I laughed seeing the test drive take her uptown 100mph... all the world seems stuck a 70 these days.

完成したＸＪ６の新車に、イッコウさんが後席に乗っていたんだけどｗ

1997 bought two Sovereigns. One delivered, missing coach lines on passenger door, after PDI !. 13 months on, all chrome on bumpers blistered with rust, boot lid blossomed with paint volcanoes issuing rust! Jag said "out of Warrantee" (12 months then). Lighting control modules kept blowing, replacement only £230 a pop!. Denovo run flats £500 a tyre, with low milage on rubber. Connolly leather hard as iron, uncomfortable. In 3 years both cars cost just over £75,000. Traded in (£6200 per car) for a Nissan Maxima best cars I ever had, 3 off consecutively. Never again Jaguar.

What a hoot! A company famous for its unreliability, dodgy electrics, poor wood finishing, rusting. Yep, what a reputation!

Acrylic paint. Back then the most manufacturers except the Germans,
i believe, used this demanding paint. Special polish compounds
needed to keep it gloss and structural sound. 2k nitro paints are better.

Gorgeous girl getter, BUT, drinks power steering fluid, gas fumes in the interior, drinks antifreeze, fantastic handling, and greAT grease fittings.

HELLO RUSSEL,I HAD 3 XJ 6’S.ALWAYS IN FOR REPAIRS.THEY ARE MECANICLY,PILES OF JUNK.BUT I LOVED THE STYLE,THE RIDE,THE INTERIOR,AND THE DASHBOARD.I MIGHT BUY ONE MORE,WITH THE LEAPER ON THE HOOD.BUT NOT TO DRIVE! JUST TO LOOK AT! HAHAHAHA!

You can see from this video why Jaguar has such a high reputation for quality and reliability. No, wait, I was thinking of some other car — any other car (except Land Rover).

Nothing like an XJ at banger racing, and a burger down Wimbledon Stadium back in the day 😁

Perhaps the most gorgeous cars ever made ? Sculptures on wheels

BRILLIANT DESIGN AND A LEGEND FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. BRITISH CAR MANUFACTURERS GOING DOWN DOWN DOWN!! BRITISH ARMS MANUFACTURERS GOING UP UP UP !!!

I worked as a company driver for a big UK corporation and drove these every day. They had their charm and were superbly comfortable but were very thirsty, lacked performance and had serious reliability issues. I had to call the AA several times - once after collecting two German industrialists from B'ham airport in a new Daimler 4.2 that decided to empty its fuel tanks on the road.... The company lost huge amounts on every Jag/Daimler it ran - two year old cars were sold off for a couple of hundred £ because nobody wanted them. Mercs were so much better, as were the big Opels, but foreign cars were a definite no go for publicity reasons.

Try working in a service department in the 80s. New cars with shock absorbers leaking, could not get the parts, main oil seals failing totalling 20k engines and Jaguar refusing warranty claims, the electrics were something from another planet. On the day I left when a customer asked me what he should do about his 2 year old xj40 that had been in the shop at least 50 times. I answered buy a Mercedes (they were good then). We took all the flack on Service Reception for their poor designed in quality with no support from the dealerships or the company.

shouldn't they better coat and paint the body , door wings, bonnet and luggage cover separately?

I have been reading these comments and I cannot believe the bullshit written here. I own 2 X300 models a 1995 and a 1996 VDP. Both cars are driven weekly with no major issues, given the fact that both are almost 30 years old. One is at 320,000 miles, the other is at 165,000 miles. Both cars are not 1st owner but they have been maintained regularly by me for almost 15 years now. The bullshit about leaks, yes all Jaguars leaked because the seals and head gaskets were designed and tested up to certain temp. Both of my cars are in the US where the average temp goes above 112F. Rack and pinion would leak, mostly seals as they cannot withstand the temp,so you have to replace them with modern high temp ones. Now the famous Series III and XJ40 were not junk as most of you here keep arguing. When these cars were new , they were trouble free, all went through quality control prior to leaving the factory. The problem today for those of you who have running examples from that Era is simply age. All these cars are almost 40 years old, including electronics, suspension, interior, engine components, etc. They will begin to act up, if they had 5 owners who have neglected them. I am well versed into these cars and I can attest that they can be as reliable as any modern car on the road. It depends on preventative maintenance and dedication on the side of the owner. When most of your Jags knock over 300,000 miles call me one day and we can meet to talk more craftsmanship and quality of the Jaguar brand.

Did anyone count how many times they used "Legendary" or "best in the world" 🤣
I've owned Jags from the 80's and I do get the appeal but they did not possess either of those qualities.... 😉

great find BTW, lovely bit of nostalgia. Thanks for posting 👍....

"Robots are the apprentices of wizards"

Nice looking cars, but let’s be honest about them😂😂😂

The XJ-S... I had one with a 3.6 engine. I miss it badly.

Robots are the apprentices of wizards.

Sure sure.

Did U C ,,,
how thick. those doors are?
they're like eight or nine inches ???
whenever _ I shut the door ! I felt so secure* it was like a thump..
RV guy.mass

Awesome Cars !!!!

If the Jaguar bug ever bites you then you’d understand the love hate relationship! You openly love it you secretly hate it but you’d buy another and another in a New York minute! 1982 Xj6 and 1986 xj6 and a 1989 and 1990 xj6! I guess you could say I got the bug!

And yet they rusted on sight ….

Truly the best of British !

Impressive cars.

Japanese car firms saw widespread adoption of industrial robots from the early 80s. I can't see one in that factory. They were said to replace 20 welders for each robot employed.

I have a Jaguar XJ, and i am french!

"legendary, legendary, legendary......quality, quality, quality"..... everything Jags have never been. I should know, I was foolish enough to own two XKEs and an XJ12. Utter garbage

👍👍😍😍

„a legend if quality …“ 😂 Love my Jags, but that’s a bit too much.

hand make nearly

I wished mine didn't rust around the windows even though it rarely saw the rain. :(

Wonderful to see where my V12 Daimler was made. Reminds me how lucky I am to own & occasionally drive it. Easily the most beautiful 4-door car ever made.

Since this was made, look how Britain and in particular England and indeed Jaguar has changed.

The promotional was produced when Jaguars looked like Jaguars and not the same cookie cutter design that haunts all the luxury carmakers today. The video also depicts an England that doesn't exist anymore and is presented in a way that would be considered racist today. Nevertheless, it's a breath of fresh air to listen to the narrator go on about merry old England, which has now been overrun by muslims and third world migrants.

Hi George,

Just looked at the video again. My XJ6 is 42 today. It received a WOF and Registration today too.
Keep smiling and catch you later.

You cant use Jaguar V12 HE engines because they have heads cast and Made in India These engines drop valve seats...oder pre HE from.BL are much better

I’ve had two jaaaaaaaags. Both XJ40 types. An XJ6 gold and a mid nineties XJR6. Both beautiful cars. The one I wouldn’t touch was the series 3. I thought they looked awful.

So what went so wrong ??

and it not get any better, come back Sir William

OMG this nonsense goes on for 20 minute! I keep expecting the cast of Monty Python to show up!