I worked on those cars for almost 30 years. From E Type's through XJ 40. Worst thing you could do is not drive your Jag regularly because they would rot. 2d worst thing you could do was drive it regularly because then you had to service it. Oil leaks were a specialty for the Jags. Probably book almost a million dollars in oil leak repairs. Add oil and let it leak. Much cheaper. Loved the challenge of working on the cars. XJ12 was my fav to work on. Heater cores were fun to replace too if you did it by the book and did not cheat by cutting the pipes and use hose clamps. If you knew your local Jag Rep you could get your XJ6 III motor rebuilt will into the 90's for a leaking rear main seal. Hidden warranty. Once they got into the 90's the XJ 40's became great cars if you did the maintenance. Could go on but this is my stopping point. I love the cars: the ride, the feel, the smell, the look and the sound. 😎❤❤
Hi Russel ... it's a horrible feeling the day you walk away from those cars as they were thee most refined cars in the world !!! . As i told the previous gentleman i had a tiny worthless job at a Rover/Jaguar dealership and was amazed how cold the A/C was ???.... it was as it if the air hit an alloy plate before traveling through the vents ? ... I'm sure that even in 1970 the top speed of the V12 was 153mph ....(the fastest and most quiet 4 door car in the word ) ... I'm amazed even today at the design of the rear lights on the XJS ???... how they "seal" the car !!! ... I still cannot work out how people will buy a BMW X6 for maybe £50,000 with tv screens everywhere when the imported V12's on Ebay are asking around £10,000 . Many thanks for reading 🙂
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.
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.
I have a beautiful 1987 xj6 Vanden Plas with 70,000 original miles and I am the second owner . It’s not our daily drive it’s just to enjoy a Sunday drive . Had it since 1989 .
Huh that's funny, just like the video on making the C4 corvette in 1984 these guys arent wearing respirators as well too, granted they atleast got the anti static plastic on, the guys at GM were just spraying in normal clothes, and I think one of them even had a cigarette in his mouth.
Fabulous video, I laughed when they called it AI back then, but it was great to see how handmade they were, such a shame the management and BL stuffed up such a beautiful car company.
Yeah you know ... they were playthings of the stylists and when you were actually behind the steering-wheel, they were very dated, bad ventilation, very cramped seating, tiny inside, horrible steering wheel and terribly unreliable, always getting expensive repairs, shocking fuel inefficiency, and the small engine version were slugs. But a very nice sight on British and American highways.
Not just Jaguar. Rover and Triumph were also legendary and promising, respectively. They took Rover's market and killed off their ability to produce quality cars; Triumph was let down by BL industrial relations. All 3 were easily equals of today's BMW or Mercedes if left to their own devices. Jaguar started off with a superior racing pedigree, and Rovers were the cars for heads of state. They started where BMW and Mercedes stand today. Instead of a business, they were run as a bureaucracy, and it made them defenceless against the reality of the world market
@@keplermission4947 British cars embody the traits of typical European cars. They are usually more reliable than Italian cars, but cannot tolerate neglect. The Americans do not service their cars diligently, but when the manual says to change fluids every 6k miles, it is not optional. American tastes really aren't compatible with these cars. They are not built for 200lb hulks, and wood and leather are desirable to the Jaguar owner, not flashy screens and millions of dials
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.
Difficult to believe that there was an attempt at wax injection. Heaven knows where the wax went as on a misty morning you could hear the flakes of rust shuttering in the sills and box sections as the car dissolved like a sugar lump. Such a beautiful shape and interior. Like a gorgeous fashion model with terminal cancer.
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.... 😉
Did you own one in period? They were certainly some of best cars to ride and drive in when they were new. Even today the ride of an XJ would put many moderns to shame.
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!
1981 jag 4.2 twin fuel tanks, it was on a different level from my P6 V8 Rover, wet or dry smooth or bumpy. Outstanding vehicle. Took mine up a special rd with large speed humps for 200 yards, floored the throttle at the start, and from 0 to 70 mph you literally could have drunk tea in it over these monster humps. Others tried it, boots bonnets bumpers were flapping before 100 yards had been covered.
8:47 Typical for Jaguar, even their promotional video shows a Jag with a slightly wonky pair of fog lights that weren't put on straight. But legendary cars, though. My father had a Series III 4.2 - I'd like to have one.
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.
The only thing I would add, as an owner of one of the lowest mileage v12's in the UK (25k) is that the steering wheel is very plasticky with sharp edges around the centre and very cheap looking compared to the earlier series 1 and 2 . Otherwise , the car is shear magnificence to sit in and drive , totaly silent , sure footed and makes me feel like somebody special , unlike the very skin deep beauty of the 7 series BMW's or the mundane looking Mercedes .
@@alexmercer8042 Ride quality in the Jags was infinitely better than the German offerings, but don't take my word for it, www.google.com/search?q=iain+tyrrell+Daimler&sxsrf=AJOqlzUepDUnmuHXkMkfy7xXcntnDdzTUw%3A1673562312381&ei=yIjAY4nyFtakgAaY2ZGgAw&ved=0ahUKEwiJ9o25icP8AhVWEsAKHZhsBDQQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=iain+tyrrell+Daimler&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIFCCEQoAE6BwgjELADECc6CggAEEcQ1gQQsAM6DAguEMgDELADEEMYAToVCC4QxwEQ0QMQ1AIQyAMQsAMQQxgBOgQIIxAnOgUIABCRAjoKCAAQgAQQhwIQFDoFCAAQgAQ6BggAEBYQHjoFCAAQhgM6BwghEKABEApKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQ7RFY8FVg71loAXABeACAAdkBiAG3CpIBBTEuNi4xmAEAoAEByAELwAEB2gEECAEYCA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&scso=_6ojAY-mvBZeR8gLL9764Ag_47:560&vld=cid:923ae225,vid:nMaOtaaI4Yk,st:1201
@@andrewdenby8239 The ride quality was just about the only thing better in the Jag. Better put together, more advanced, more modern styling, more reliable engines ect. ect. There are a gazilion comparisons for the XJ40 against W126 and E32. Lost all of them. Not to mention driveability and the fact it takes turns like a bus
Nope, sorry, bought a 1971 XJ 4.2 manual in South Africa in 1982, It was terribly rotted, holes all over the bodywork. Must have been a Durban car though, all the rot was up top.
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.
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.
been blessed iv owned 9 jags .4 xj6's 4 xjs. one had chevy 350 and still have 87 xjsc v12..still get compliments every time I take her for a ride. A TRUE CLASS AUTOMOBILE...
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
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!
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.
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.
Another great old Jag add. How great the TWR XJS was. This long lost Jaguar add reminds as just how good the adverting department was to. studio.ua-cam.com/users/videolOdFEdV9ReA/edit @ bygeorgenz
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.
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).
BRILLIANT DESIGN AND A LEGEND FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. BRITISH CAR MANUFACTURERS GOING DOWN DOWN DOWN!! BRITISH ARMS MANUFACTURERS GOING UP UP UP !!!
Own a legendary supercharged alooh-minium JAAG-you-ah F-Pace and a legendary alooh-minium JAAG-you-ah 2020 XE and I admire the legendary performance, comfort, and looks of these uniquely graceful looking and breath-taking legendary performance vehicles which like legendary Belhaven Ale cannot be replicated by Bavarian competitors and like a legendary American Akita dog or a legendary Akhal-Teke horse put the non-legendary Bavarian steel to shame in the performance, comfort and looks departments. Owning a legendary Jag should be on everyone's bucket list just like owning a legendary American Akita and an Akhal-Teke. Crack on. Brilliant!
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.
I'm glad my father bought a beautiful Green Volvo 244GL instead of the Jaguar at the time! The Volvo was beautiful and my favorite color and never let us down. used it well for over 15 years !!!
@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 as you know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Also to me, reliability and dependability is beautiful. Jags at the time were notorious for small issues and long delays for parts.
Instead of? On what planet did a wish-list amount to those 2 cars? Completely different leagues for multiple reasons. Volvo sold cars on the strengths of safety (a convenient byproduct of putting a puny engine in a big car to create lots of energy-absorption), practically and (when compared to load-lugging alternatives like Range Rover) they were a cheap solution. Instead of a 244, logical alternatives would be Granada, SD1, and Peugeot 505. Nothing made by Jaguar targeted the same buyer.
@@simonc4810 what's it to you? Who do you think you are? One can only conclude from your comment that such arrogance can only be a reflection of an exaggerated and unwarranted sense of self importance.
@@kingdevil6021 it would appear that I triggered you for some reason. Who do I think I am? Someone with a good nose for bovine faecal matter. Maybe calm down and review your story. My disbelief is justified.
"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
I worked on those cars for almost 30 years. From E Type's through XJ 40. Worst thing you could do is not drive your Jag regularly because they would rot. 2d worst thing you could do was drive it regularly because then you had to service it. Oil leaks were a specialty for the Jags. Probably book almost a million dollars in oil leak repairs. Add oil and let it leak. Much cheaper. Loved the challenge of working on the cars. XJ12 was my fav to work on. Heater cores were fun to replace too if you did it by the book and did not cheat by cutting the pipes and use hose clamps. If you knew your local Jag Rep you could get your XJ6 III motor rebuilt will into the 90's for a leaking rear main seal. Hidden warranty. Once they got into the 90's the XJ 40's became great cars if you did the maintenance. Could go on but this is my stopping point. I love the cars: the ride, the feel, the smell, the look and the sound. 😎❤❤
Hi Russel ... it's a horrible feeling the day you walk away from those cars as they were thee most refined cars in the world !!!
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As i told the previous gentleman i had a tiny worthless job at a Rover/Jaguar dealership and was amazed how cold the A/C was ???.... it was as it if the air hit an alloy plate before traveling through the vents ?
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I'm sure that even in 1970 the top speed of the V12 was 153mph ....(the fastest and most quiet 4 door car in the word )
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I'm amazed even today at the design of the rear lights on the XJS ???... how they "seal" the car !!!
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I still cannot work out how people will buy a BMW X6 for maybe £50,000 with tv screens everywhere when the imported V12's on Ebay are asking around £10,000
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Many thanks for reading 🙂
Ha by owning a 1974 XJ6L in 17 years I never made an oil change just top it off! 😉 Sold the car ..yes missing it .
So why tf did you built them so badly.
Its incompetent workers fault.
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.
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.
All HE V12 from 1981 on drop valve seats
Perhaps the most gorgeous cars ever made ? Sculptures on wheels
I have a beautiful 1987 xj6 Vanden Plas with 70,000 original miles and I am the second owner . It’s not our daily drive it’s just to enjoy a Sunday drive . Had it since 1989 .
I have loved this car …
The British are excellent at lying 🤣
That's a real compliment from a yank! It's like Lewis Hamilton complimenting your driving abilities! :p
Huh that's funny, just like the video on making the C4 corvette in 1984 these guys arent wearing respirators as well too, granted they atleast got the anti static plastic on, the guys at GM were just spraying in normal clothes, and I think one of them even had a cigarette in his mouth.
Nothing like an XJ at banger racing, and a burger down Wimbledon Stadium back in the day 😁
Nice looking cars, but let’s be honest about them😂😂😂
Truly the best of British !
Since this was made, look how Britain and in particular England and indeed Jaguar has changed.
Awesome ! Thank you so much ! just bought a '84 4.2 automatic XJ6, and I'm watching how and where she was made. A very very moving video !
Fabulous video, I laughed when they called it AI back then, but it was great to see how handmade they were, such a shame the management and BL stuffed up such a beautiful car company.
Yeah you know ... they were playthings of the stylists and when you were actually behind the steering-wheel, they were very dated, bad ventilation, very cramped seating, tiny inside, horrible steering wheel and terribly unreliable, always getting expensive repairs, shocking fuel inefficiency, and the small engine version were slugs. But a very nice sight on British and American highways.
Not just Jaguar. Rover and Triumph were also legendary and promising, respectively. They took Rover's market and killed off their ability to produce quality cars; Triumph was let down by BL industrial relations. All 3 were easily equals of today's BMW or Mercedes if left to their own devices. Jaguar started off with a superior racing pedigree, and Rovers were the cars for heads of state. They started where BMW and Mercedes stand today.
Instead of a business, they were run as a bureaucracy, and it made them defenceless against the reality of the world market
@@keplermission4947 British cars embody the traits of typical European cars. They are usually more reliable than Italian cars, but cannot tolerate neglect. The Americans do not service their cars diligently, but when the manual says to change fluids every 6k miles, it is not optional. American tastes really aren't compatible with these cars. They are not built for 200lb hulks, and wood and leather are desirable to the Jaguar owner, not flashy screens and millions of dials
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.
Thank you , very interesting and a bit sad. all the best for Xmac . G
Loved that. With the exception of Castle Bromwich - all those other facilities are long gone. Only my XJ-S and XJ40 bare testament to that bygone age.
Just beautiful cars !!!
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The V12 is probably the best car in the world !!!
If you don't mind an overheating motor.
@@PaulZinkthey dont overheat if you look after them
You cant use the V12 HE they drop valve seats
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
All those painters with no protection from inhaled particles, frightening.
time change TG
All those stages of corrosion protection & they still rusted like Billy-o. I know because I had a 10 year old XJ6 Series III in the early 90s.
Difficult to believe that there was an attempt at wax injection. Heaven knows where the wax went as on a misty morning you could hear the flakes of rust shuttering in the sills and box sections as the car dissolved like a sugar lump. Such a beautiful shape and interior. Like a gorgeous fashion model with terminal cancer.
@@johnmarsh2078 So true :(
My thoughts exactly.
Great video, thanks for posting!
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.... 😉
Did you own one in period? They were certainly some of best cars to ride and drive in when they were new. Even today the ride of an XJ would put many moderns to shame.
Eye of the beholder
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!
1981 jag 4.2 twin fuel tanks, it was on a different level from my P6 V8 Rover, wet or dry smooth or bumpy. Outstanding vehicle. Took mine up a special rd with large speed humps for 200 yards, floored the throttle at the start, and from 0 to 70 mph you literally could have drunk tea in it over these monster humps. Others tried it, boots bonnets bumpers were flapping before 100 yards had been covered.
What was the range in that car?
I'm gonna guess 300+ miles.
WHAT?
Nooooo
Crumpets.lol
8:47 Typical for Jaguar, even their promotional video shows a Jag with a slightly wonky pair of fog lights that weren't put on straight. But legendary cars, though. My father had a Series III 4.2 - I'd like to have one.
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.
Its is a great car, maybe the worlds best saloon car G
Replace the crappy HE V12 with a Rover V8 or a better pre HE V12
Thank you!
The only thing I would add, as an owner of one of the lowest mileage v12's in the UK (25k) is that the steering wheel is very plasticky with sharp edges around the centre and very cheap looking compared to the earlier series 1 and 2 . Otherwise , the car is shear magnificence to sit in and drive , totaly silent , sure footed and makes me feel like somebody special , unlike the very skin deep beauty of the 7 series BMW's or the mundane looking Mercedes .
Get a decent wooden steering wheel, it will enhance the car in a suitable way.
@@AAWT I think you may be right , company called "mabel" does all the trim for Jags and I believe the wood rim wheel is approx £200 .
You really want to say that E32 doesn't compare? Really?
@@alexmercer8042 Ride quality in the Jags was infinitely better than the German offerings, but don't take my word for it, www.google.com/search?q=iain+tyrrell+Daimler&sxsrf=AJOqlzUepDUnmuHXkMkfy7xXcntnDdzTUw%3A1673562312381&ei=yIjAY4nyFtakgAaY2ZGgAw&ved=0ahUKEwiJ9o25icP8AhVWEsAKHZhsBDQQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=iain+tyrrell+Daimler&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIFCCEQoAE6BwgjELADECc6CggAEEcQ1gQQsAM6DAguEMgDELADEEMYAToVCC4QxwEQ0QMQ1AIQyAMQsAMQQxgBOgQIIxAnOgUIABCRAjoKCAAQgAQQhwIQFDoFCAAQgAQ6BggAEBYQHjoFCAAQhgM6BwghEKABEApKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQ7RFY8FVg71loAXABeACAAdkBiAG3CpIBBTEuNi4xmAEAoAEByAELwAEB2gEECAEYCA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&scso=_6ojAY-mvBZeR8gLL9764Ag_47:560&vld=cid:923ae225,vid:nMaOtaaI4Yk,st:1201
@@andrewdenby8239 The ride quality was just about the only thing better in the Jag. Better put together, more advanced, more modern styling, more reliable engines ect. ect. There are a gazilion comparisons for the XJ40 against W126 and E32. Lost all of them. Not to mention driveability and the fact it takes turns like a bus
Thay are all OK in country where salt is not out on the road's
Nope, sorry, bought a 1971 XJ 4.2 manual in South Africa in 1982, It was terribly rotted, holes all over the bodywork. Must have been a Durban car though, all the rot was up top.
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.
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.
I’m amazed they rotted away so badly as it looks like Jaguar really did try to protect these cars!
Thay look so good , even in the srap yard, G ;-)
I don't think that they rotted any more than most other cars.
I've just spent £2700 getting the rust fixed on my 1999 E39 BMW.
They ended up galvanising the bodies.
They rusted pretty badly.
My '72 saloon hasn't rusted so far...it is garaged and used in parades and special shows. Wonderful ride !
been blessed iv owned 9 jags .4 xj6's 4 xjs. one had chevy 350 and still have 87 xjsc v12..still get compliments every time I take her for a ride. A TRUE CLASS AUTOMOBILE...
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.
Thank you George for sharing this video with us.
Keep smiling and produce more interesting videos. 1:12
This is great,never seen this before.seen a later one with the xj40.👍
Why do classic jaguars have a smell of petrol?,
It's the smell of success.
The tank breathers get blocked over time.
Mine smells of wood, leather & swag
Fuel gauge sender unit cork seal deteriorated....
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
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!
At some point during this commercial, really expected to hear: "Happiness is a cigar...called Hamlet"
That was fun to watch and enjoy
And yet they rusted on sight ….
„a legend if quality …“ 😂 Love my Jags, but that’s a bit too much.
I wished mine didn't rust around the windows even though it rarely saw the rain. :(
I have a Jaguar XJ, and i am french!
Good for you. Do hope you enjoy ever drive. G
@@bygeorgenz Thank you from France! This jaguar is a loyal cat who calms you down but can get angry. We never sell a Jaguar, we fix it.
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.
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
Awesome Cars !!!!
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.
Sometimes beauty is in the eye of the owner ;-)
V12 rear main bearing /crankshaft seal was 40 hours labour as i recall few done under warranty when i worked in Jaguar dealership in 1980
All most a good as a new BMW
Another great old Jag add.
How great the TWR XJS was.
This long lost Jaguar add reminds as just how good the adverting department was to. studio.ua-cam.com/users/videolOdFEdV9ReA/edit @ bygeorgenz
great find BTW, lovely bit of nostalgia. Thanks for posting 👍....
great old film thank u G
The XJ-S... I had one with a 3.6 engine. I miss it badly.
3,6 with Manual gearbox was the fastest Jaguar
Gorgeous girl getter, BUT, drinks power steering fluid, gas fumes in the interior, drinks antifreeze, fantastic handling, and greAT grease fittings.
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.
shouldn't they better coat and paint the body , door wings, bonnet and luggage cover separately?
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).
Impressive cars.
hand make nearly
BRILLIANT DESIGN AND A LEGEND FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. BRITISH CAR MANUFACTURERS GOING DOWN DOWN DOWN!! BRITISH ARMS MANUFACTURERS GOING UP UP UP !!!
Own a legendary supercharged alooh-minium JAAG-you-ah F-Pace and a legendary alooh-minium JAAG-you-ah 2020 XE and I admire the legendary performance, comfort, and looks of these uniquely graceful looking and breath-taking legendary performance vehicles which like legendary Belhaven Ale cannot be replicated by Bavarian competitors and like a legendary American Akita dog or a legendary Akhal-Teke horse put the non-legendary Bavarian steel to shame in the performance, comfort and looks departments.
Owning a legendary Jag should be on everyone's bucket list just like owning a legendary American Akita and an Akhal-Teke. Crack on. Brilliant!
Robots are the apprentices of wizards.
Sure sure.
Won Lemans 24 hr race in 1988 & Daytona 24 hr.
thay did 🙂
I was driving down near Le Mans and wondered why people were sticking two finger up at me and then the penny dropped 1st and 2nd win. 😃
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.
What did the Germans use?
I WISHD ID HAD RED XJ6
"Robots are the apprentices of wizards"
That’s y I put the video up, that's y I put the video up,
Would love to see a Benny Hill version of this video - "body is checked for the smallest imperfection" :)))
👍👍😍😍
good for you G
I'm glad my father bought a beautiful Green Volvo 244GL instead of the Jaguar at the time!
The Volvo was beautiful and my favorite color and never let us down. used it well for over 15 years !!!
But it doesnt look like the beautiful Jaguar...no comparison!
@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 as you know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Also to me, reliability and dependability is beautiful. Jags at the time were notorious for small issues and long delays for parts.
Instead of?
On what planet did a wish-list amount to those 2 cars? Completely different leagues for multiple reasons.
Volvo sold cars on the strengths of safety (a convenient byproduct of putting a puny engine in a big car to create lots of energy-absorption), practically and (when compared to load-lugging alternatives like Range Rover) they were a cheap solution.
Instead of a 244, logical alternatives would be Granada, SD1, and Peugeot 505. Nothing made by Jaguar targeted the same buyer.
@@simonc4810 what's it to you? Who do you think you are?
One can only conclude from your comment that such arrogance can only be a reflection of an exaggerated and unwarranted sense of self importance.
@@kingdevil6021 it would appear that I triggered you for some reason.
Who do I think I am? Someone with a good nose for bovine faecal matter.
Maybe calm down and review your story. My disbelief is justified.
What a hoot! A company famous for its unreliability, dodgy electrics, poor wood finishing, rusting. Yep, what a reputation!
Brilliant!!
"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