One to Buy: 14,000km from new 1991 Jaguar XJR-S 6.0
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Having successfully managed Jaguar’s touring car and prototype competition programmes, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) was the obvious choice to create the ultimate factory sanctioned iteration of the long-running XJS.
The resultant XJR-S was named in recognition of the XJR moniker used by TWR’s Group C and IMSA challengers. It came with a host of special equipment to include uprated suspension, new wheels and tyres, a sporty new body kit and top-of-the-range interior.
326 of these cars were built with the 5.3-litre V12 engine between 1988 and ‘89, the first 100 of which were badged as Celebration models in recognition of Jaguar’s victory at the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours.
A further 837 examples of the XJR-S (787 Coupes and 50 Convertibles) were subsequently assembled with the improved six-litre engine available from September 1989.
Set to go under the hammer at Bonhams’ Goodwood Members’ Meeting auction on April 16th is almost certainly one of the lowest mileage XJR-S Coupes built with the six-litre engine.
A face-lifted example from 1991, chassis 183372 was configured in Brooklands Green with Warm Charcoal leather, Smoke Grey carpet and Sapwood veneer inserts. It also came with a long list of optional extras to include automatic transmission, cruise control, an Alpine audio system, air-conditioning, rear badge delete and a limited-slip differential.
Today, this left-hand drive car has covered a mere 14,160km and is described as in good condition throughout. The car’s low mileage is in part the result of having spent time in the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Collection since 1997.
