The Jaguar rebrand attempt; what is your take about it? cold thoughts only.

[LowRyter]

1 hour ago, audiomick said:

Charlie, thank you.

 

Given a choice of Jag, I'd have an XJS.

 

 

But only if I couldn't get a Triumph Stag.

 

 

Or both....

I remember when the XJS came out and they opened the hood on that V12...all the mess of vacuum hoses and rats nest of wires.  Given Jag's "stellar" reputation for reliability, looking back, I can understand why Lane killed himself.   TWICE.

[audiomick]

20 minutes ago, LowRyter said:

... that V12...all the mess of vacuum hoses and rats nest of wires.  .

Don't care, mate. The XJS was, and remains, a thing of beauty. And I got to drive an XJ40 once with the V12 in it. Sensational.

Given that a V11 is absolutely reliable, with no maintenance issues or recurring problems, I can see why you might be concerned about the reliability of another vehicle. I try not to worry too much about that. If I like it, I like it.

Edited Wednesday at 01:37 AM by audiomick

[HRC_V4]

I think this advertisement would have gone over better...

 

[LowRyter]

18 hours ago, audiomick said:

Don't care, mate. The XJS was, and remains, a thing of beauty. And I got to drive an XJ40 once with the V12 in it. Sensational.

Given that a V11 is absolutely reliable, with no maintenance issues or recurring problems, I can see why you might be concerned about the reliability of another vehicle. I try not to worry too much about that. If I like it, I like it.

I always thought the XJS was a Brit version of '70 T-Bird but with reliable engine and auto-tranny.

 

here's one British Racing Green (sometimes called baby shit green)   

(lighten up, just joking)

Edited Wednesday at 08:06 PM by LowRyter

[Pressureangle]

What it could'a, should'a, been without the forerunners of the green weenies stepping on it's neck.

This with a 6 speed TT sequential gearbox, blackout coating, Heads-up FLIR and active LIDAR jamming. 

[mikev]

19 hours ago, audiomick said:

Given that a V11 is absolutely reliable, with no maintenance issues or recurring problems, I can see why you might be concerned about the reliability of another vehicle

hahaha!

[Pressureangle]

On 11/25/2024 at 7:27 PM, docc said:

 

A proper British roadster with cut-down doors that one could dangle his arm over and get fingers run over by the rear tire. I learned this lesson as a youth in my brother's Triumph TR3.

Drop-dead gorgeous, these roadsters.

Back about '99 I got to tune and test drive a kitted '53 XK 120 with the triple Weber carburetors. I put about a hundred miles on it, and would have liked to put a hundred thousand. The only car I've ever driven that was a more rapt experience was a '72 Ferarri Dino GT. 

[PJPR01]

7 minutes ago, Pressureangle said:

Back about '99 I got to tune and test drive a kitted '53 XK 120 with the triple Weber carburetors. I put about a hundred miles on it, and would have liked to put a hundred thousand. The only car I've ever driven that was a more rapt experience was a '72 Ferarri Dino GT. 

Without a doubt, the most beautiful Ferrari ever made....the Dino!  Saw one last year at the Ferrari festival in Arkansas...easily must have been a million dollar collector car.  Just gorgeous!

Edited Wednesday at 09:39 PM by PJPR01

[PJPR01]

[PJPR01]

[HRC_V4]

Have you seen that TWR is bringing the XJS back in limited numbers? Super Cat

https://twrperformance.co.uk/global-dubut-for-twrs-v12-super-gt-supercat/

[Pressureangle]

34 minutes ago, HRC_V4 said:

Have you seen that TWR is bringing the XJS back in limited numbers? Super Cat

https://twrperformance.co.uk/global-dubut-for-twrs-v12-super-gt-supercat/

Ha...
I see the sails on the horizon, my ship is coming in
Oh wait, it's the Flying Dutchman.

I expect to see one locally in 2025. 

[audiomick]

2 hours ago, HRC_V4 said:

Have you seen that TWR is bringing the XJS back in limited numbers? Super Cat

I want one.

 

Not the only reason I like the XJS, but one of the reasons, is the TWR car that competed in the Australian Touring Cars races for a couple of years. The thing went really well...

 

Incidentally, this is the circuit shown in the video.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/172987017#map=15/-33.44861/149.55710

It has been used as a race track for ages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Panorama_Circuit

Apart from race meetings, it is public roads, and I have driven around it. When you drive around it with the pictures of the race broadcasts in your head, you think they must all be completely insane. Really steep, and really tight, and then that really long straight.

The bit on the long straight labelled "the chase" was put in in the '80s to slow them down a bit. One too many cars got airborne over the humps.

EDIT: just watched the video again. "The Chase" was apparently not yet implemented at the time of the video. The "in-car" camera towards the end shows how it was: the steep and tight descent down the mountain, and then this really long straight with a couple of humps in it.

Edited Thursday at 12:29 AM by audiomick

[guzzler]

Mate

I too have driven round it and MY GOD you don't really get how steep and tight it is until you do.

HUGE RESPECT for anybody who races ANYTHING at Bathurst.

Cheers 

[audiomick]

38 minutes ago, guzzler said:

HUGE RESPECT for anybody who races ANYTHING at Bathurst.

Yes.