When I bought my 2004 XJ8, the dealer had a Jaguar sales magazine in the showroom. Included was the story of the development of the aluminum XJ's.


LIGHT FANTASTIC_X350 History.pdf

 

A big thanks to TRANSLATOR, who put this up on MedisFire for me.

 

A great article, very interesting thankyou for posting it.

 

Interesting article, somewhat off topic but racing sidecars have used aluminium monocoques for a number of years, where all the engine support and and steering components are hung off the monocoque structure, to look at them you would expect them to fall apart.

 

Thank you so much for all this info, I feel so much better about my purchase 04 XJ8.