Product Description
Essential Buyer Guide Jaguar / Daimler XJ40 - 9781845841928 - Veloce
Features
- Full coverage of all 6- & 12-cylinder models
- In-depth analysis of strengths and weaknesses
- Includes market and value data
- Advice on choosing the right version and condition
- How to avoid buying a wreck or a 'lemon'
- Like having an XJ40 expert at your side
- Quick check guide and also a fuller inspection plan
- Discussion of desirable upgrades as well as modifications to avoid
- Where and how to buy an XJ40
- Details of club back-up and support organisations
A practical and highly-illustrated hands-on guide, taking you step-by-step through examination and purchase of Jaguars highly-developed flagship saloon, which took the company from the Leyland years into private ownership once more.
Covering all engine and trim versions, here's what to look for, what to avoid, and whether the car is likely to suit your needs, plus relative values and the best places to buy. Also includes full details on back-up organisations and literature.
The XJ40 had a long development history and underwent sophisticated and thorough testing on several continents.
Featuring an array of high-tech features such as a digital dashboard, it drove superbly and won the UKs prestigious Car of the Year award. Most
early cars have gone to the crusher by now, and those that remain are be of variable quality.
Even the last XJ40s are now 14 years old and can suffer terminal decline. For the careful buyer, however, they represent true bargain luxury cars, provided you buy a good example.
This book will help you pick a sound car and avoid the depressing experience of buying a superficially pretty XJ40, which turns out to have serious problems through neglect or wear. It takes you step by step through your initial viewing and a more detailed inspection, where each aspect of the car is given an objective numerical score reflecting its condition, with the total overall score supporting your decision to buy or walk away. There is no safer way to avoid buying a bad car short of paying for a professional evaluation.
Models covered:
Jaguar XJ6 and Sovereign 2.9L and 3.6L 1986-1990
Daimler 2.9L and Daimler / Vanden Plas 3.6L 1986-1990
Jaguar XJ6 and Sovereign 3.2L and 4.0L 1990-1994
JaguarSport / TWR XJR-6 3.6L 1988-1989
JaguarSport XJR-6 4.0L 1990-1994
Daimler 4.0L 1990-1994
Jaguar XJ12 6.0L 1993-1994
Daimler Double Six 1993-1994