That's what they say. It may not take a long time for their offerings to not sell well. I cant imagine what market research led them into this barren ground.
Meanwhile, they are continuing Land Rover as a gas-guzzling option, with engines over 600 hp. I can easily see myself in a Range Rover Velar if there are no more honest Jaguars.
It was the dark silver type seen in one of the pics on the wiki page, although it was a 1966. Dual gas tanks, push-button start, both inside and under the hood for the many times you had to work in the car, and of course the cool wooden dashboard.
I bought it from a guy that was leaving the next morning and he sold it to me for $500. I had to borrow the cash from my Director of Operations until the bank opened the next day (great guy).
The car had it's issues, but mostly it was the frame rusting off the body due to the ample amounts of salt air. I ended up selling it to a chaplain visiting from Germany for $1500. I offered it for $500 but he knew I was an E-2 and he was an O-6 and insisted on the $1500. I heard later that he completely restored it in Germany. I was happy for him - I couldn't have afforded the roughly $3k to ship it back home to the states but he of course could.
My replacement car was less "cool". I bought an old green Vauxhall Chevette for around $100 and a junk brown Vauxhall Chevette from the junkyard for 60 pounds. I used the junker to swap parts including engine/mechanical parts and doors/windows/hood/trunk and ended up with a quasi-camo car. I sold the junker back for 50 pounds. It sucked, but it worked.
Charming coincidence. My fraternity buddy (late '60s) had a '63 S-Type in fire engine red. We rammed around in it all the time. Had one interesting night on the freeway north of Seattle, coming home. We came alongside a GTO. Of course, chest hairs sprang forth and we both commenced to step on the gas. The GTO was starting to lead, then we came to a curve in the freeway, and while the Jag cruised around like it was on rails, the GTO was crabbing and braking to keep from departing the road. We had a great laugh. Not much later, we came alongside a Porsche 911 and challenged him. Then the Porsche turned on Warp Drive and its taillights suddenly appeared on the horizon. We were chastened.
It was a great car, but apparently too expensive to maintain, and he replaced it with a late model Ford Mustang. That one we took on a road trip to Colorado and back.
That's what they say. It may not take a long time for their offerings to not sell well. I cant imagine what market research led them into this barren ground.
Meanwhile, they are continuing Land Rover as a gas-guzzling option, with engines over 600 hp. I can easily see myself in a Range Rover Velar if there are no more honest Jaguars.
When I was stationed in England (USAF '88-'90) I lucked into one of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_S-Type_(1963)
It was the dark silver type seen in one of the pics on the wiki page, although it was a 1966. Dual gas tanks, push-button start, both inside and under the hood for the many times you had to work in the car, and of course the cool wooden dashboard.
I bought it from a guy that was leaving the next morning and he sold it to me for $500. I had to borrow the cash from my Director of Operations until the bank opened the next day (great guy).
The car had it's issues, but mostly it was the frame rusting off the body due to the ample amounts of salt air. I ended up selling it to a chaplain visiting from Germany for $1500. I offered it for $500 but he knew I was an E-2 and he was an O-6 and insisted on the $1500. I heard later that he completely restored it in Germany. I was happy for him - I couldn't have afforded the roughly $3k to ship it back home to the states but he of course could.
My replacement car was less "cool". I bought an old green Vauxhall Chevette for around $100 and a junk brown Vauxhall Chevette from the junkyard for 60 pounds. I used the junker to swap parts including engine/mechanical parts and doors/windows/hood/trunk and ended up with a quasi-camo car. I sold the junker back for 50 pounds. It sucked, but it worked.
Charming coincidence. My fraternity buddy (late '60s) had a '63 S-Type in fire engine red. We rammed around in it all the time. Had one interesting night on the freeway north of Seattle, coming home. We came alongside a GTO. Of course, chest hairs sprang forth and we both commenced to step on the gas. The GTO was starting to lead, then we came to a curve in the freeway, and while the Jag cruised around like it was on rails, the GTO was crabbing and braking to keep from departing the road. We had a great laugh. Not much later, we came alongside a Porsche 911 and challenged him. Then the Porsche turned on Warp Drive and its taillights suddenly appeared on the horizon. We were chastened.
It was a great car, but apparently too expensive to maintain, and he replaced it with a late model Ford Mustang. That one we took on a road trip to Colorado and back.