Ok, right off the bat I want to apologize for this thread. I just searched threads of the past and found a post from 2017 that wanted to compile all the major changes over the years to this model. A daunting, complex and not-enviable task to say the least.

My issues is this...actual "facelift" cars are NOT from 1991-on. They are 1994-on. Plastic bodywork front and rear replaced chrome and rubber. Park my Jan '93 convertible next to a 94-on XJS and tell me with a straight face they look the same. Park my car next to a 1990-91 and tell me my car looks different.
I brought up the issue with a notable JCNA judge (name withheld to protect him) and was told Mother Jaguar decided it. For judging purposes the marketing dept decided to call 91-on facelift cars to help boost sales, particularly in the US, in 1998. Judging felt not enough late model cars would be entered in Concours to compete, so let it go. Subsequently, the moniker stuck.

Flash forward to 2020 and 91-on cars are showing up at Concours to be judged and are competing with 94-on cars.
Can this "marketing error" finally be acknowledged and made right please????

 

Posted in error. Just seen duplicate post.