Opmerkingen

Bijzonderheden        1 van de 124 Coupe’s in deze XJRS  6.0ltr 330PK uitvoering - TWR sportstuur ( geen Airbag zoals de latere versies ) - Magneti Marelli onsteking - Automatische / manuele airconditioning - Originele radio met cd speler -  Buitentemp.meter - Elektrische stoelen L + R - Elektrische lumbarverstelling - Geheugen op L stoel - Verwarmde stoelen - Schadeverleden: Ra Bumperhoek en kras Ra spatbord ( hersteld uiteraard )      

     
 
Although the Jaguar XJ-S was originally never considered as a sports car, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) successfully used it in the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC), whose title was won in 1984. Tom Walkinshaw also won the driver’s title. For this reason TWR developed a distinctive spoiler set for the XJ-S Coupé and XJ-SC, which was officially available from Jaguar dealers. Based on this look, the XJR-S 5.3 with sport suspension and spoiler kit but without any extra power compared to the normal XJ-S 5.3 was finally released in 1988.

After Ford had bought out the financially stricken Jaguar brand from the British Leyland group. there was a second major facelift in 1991, which also led to the removal of the hyphen in the name (XJS instead of XJ-S). This facelift had actually been finished internally three years earlier, but didn’t go into series production, as the company wanted to sell off existing stocks first. The most striking exterior detail were the new taillights with dark tint, reaching into the tailgate. In addition, the side windows of the Coupé changed to frameless windows in the doors and glued, larger glass parts behind them. At the same time, the angle of the rear window was changed to make room for rear seat belts. Inside, additional round instruments provided more information to the driver. The displacement of the six-cylinder engine was increased to four liters and the output to 163 kW/222 hp. In spring 1993, the modified V12 version came to the dealers with six liters of displacement and 222 kW/302 hp. The topspeed now was 161.5 mph (Coupé) or 160 mph (Cabriolet). The US versions lagged behind the cars for the European market in terms of performance due to modified emission control systems. In the transitional period between the XJ-S 5.3 and the introduction of the XJS 6.0, TWR offered the XJR-S 6.0 with a specially developed V12 engine and 243 kW/330 hp, of which 124 Coupés were built for the global market and 50 Cabriolets for the US.