Or a dreamish lack of power? Ive never seen a 6 pot XJS from 1985. Im not in the position to buy it, but Im very curious about it. Im familiar with the 3.6L and not a fan of it. Im partial to the 4.0L. Curious about its power distribution with a manual.
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ws...111955866.html
Im sure the ad will disappear at some point so here are some screen shots

 

Yes, the European market had 3.6 litre cars from 1983. This is a cabriolet, the predecessor of the convertible. Likely a grey market import, that was quite popular in the mid 80's

 

They'll be waiting a long time to get $17.5k.

 

Jaguar imported a tiny number of 3.6s to the US to be used by Jaguar representatives for market evaluation (which resulted in deciding No) Most of them ended up getting ultimately "released" into the public domain. It could be one of those?

Paul

 

My first thought as well but it doesn't look like it.

The car is question has the non_USA bumpers and a "European" emissions tag. The "market test" cars that Jaguar brought into the USA were fully compliant with all USA regulations.

Cheers
DD

 

I don't know guys. If I didn't already own an XJS, I'd be tempted. But only because it has a manual transmission and super low miles. LOL

 

Thanks for the info. Its pretty damn cool looking, but I wonder about how it must feel driving it.

 

I had a couple of V12 auto ones and they were great to drive.
The hoop eliminates the scuttle shake that some drop tops suffer from and they are wonderfully smooth.
I was doing 140mph plus on the continent once with the roof down and she was asleep in the passenger seat the whole time.
Or terrified unconscious, one of the two.

 

If only they looked nicer!

 

It drives pretty much the same as the Coupe version, because being a cabriolet, only the rear part of the roof folds down. The side windows and cant-rail remain in place and in the centre of the roof is a removeable panel to store in the trunk. Here's a UK one on sale: -
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1141027
Eventually, of course, the rather involved process to get an open top car was sorted out and a full convertible was engineered. How you would value a car like the cabriolet in the USA I'm not sure as it was never on sale there. Apart from the roof, everything else is the same as the coupe.

 

Beauty is and all that; I think that they look handsome.
Much nicer than the Bristol Beaufighter from the similar era.

 

Cabriolets came to North America, but only V12 versions.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if that car is snatched up by someone in Germany or elsewhere on the continent. It may seem overpriced here, but I imagine it's good value for a low mileage rust free example over there even with shipping costs.