I guess that's worth a 2-3k bump. So bottom out price 12K!

 

New to the XK's, why a major difference between 09 and 10? I don't see a lot of 09's for sale. Is it because it was the first year after selling from Ford?

 

Significant performance boost between the two.

Some interior appointments changed as well; 2010 have a lore more "shiny".

Taillight's changed to LED's.

I prefer the 2007-2009 interior myself.

 

Performance aside, it was a 20 year jump in technology.

The Jaguar 4.2 drivetrain had been around for about a decade then (in 09)
The 2010 engine is still around nearly a decade later.

 

Ford sold Jaguar and Land Rover in 2007, yet there are quite a few people who still think Ford is the owner. I've even had someone say the S-Type is a rebadged Ford Taurus.

Deciding between a 2007 through 2009, or 2010 through 2015 comes down to personal preference. I personally prefer the original exterior design rather than the 'facelift' version, but I'm sure there are many who would disagree.

Depreciation is a fact of life for nearly all vehicles, so buy what you like and drive it to enjoy it. Maybe in fifty or sixty years the X150 will be revered as the E-Type is now.

 

More specifically.....
From 4.2 liter to 5.0 liter, 90+ HP bump
-26 trans to-28 with faster shifting
Floor shifter to rotary
More 'bling' on the interior, to a point, like chromed switch surrounds instead of solid black plastic
Front fog lights/grills to swoopy scoop things.
Two rear fogs and two reverse lights instead of one on 07-09
I'm sure there are more, but I can't remember offhand.
The 2012+ also has sleeker headlight styling
Backup camera
More also, but again I can't recall.
I also prefer the front of the 2012+.

 

Actually one rear fog light!

And yea the 2010-2011 bottom grill "frowns" and the 2012+ bottom grill "smiles"

The 2012+ also has the side louvers horizontal.

 

Not that I've had many models, but I have found the deprecation on many luxuries to be similar. For instance my last vehicle purchase was a roughly 6 yr old MB CLK 500 convertible I purchased for approximately 1/3 of original cost. Drove it for 6 1/2 years and sold it for about 30% of my purchase cost which comes out to roughly 10% of original.
Now I just purchased my approximately 6 year old XK convertible at roughly 33% of original, so I see myself on about the same path.

 

Will never be zero, but I can see (if we live that long) all XK150s settling around the very high teens to low 20s for exceptional examples. Can't get any semi exotic in that price range but bottom line most of us on this forum would be taking a huge loss or close to it... at least myself. My loss was not driving the car for the years I've had it and kept in the garage, which did nothing for the depreciation. Still don't get why Jaguars depreciate so fast across the line of all models. Guess what? The F Type is next... Going the same direction and I believe there were more built than our XK150s. Oh Well.

 

One man's depreciation is another man's opportunity.

You can't always get what you want, unless you get a little help from your friends - patience and depreciation.

The road of life is short, so enjoy the ride!

This photo was directly in front of the treadmill in the cardiac lab when I had a nuclear stress test at my local hospital. It spoke to me and said: "You have reached the end of the road." That was over 4 years ago. Still here and enjoying the ride in my Jags!

 

Well said Stuart !

 

I don't think depreciation will bottom out for another couple years. Figure low of 15% at 10 years and 15 years being the break over point where they'll start to appreciate. Depending on what the used car market does as long as these cars give an exceptional bang for the buck there will be a desire for them. Fox mustangs held value for a long time because the newer models weren't as easy to get power out of. Once the current higher powered cars came out the Fox market crashed.

These were low production high emotional value cars so there will always be a market for this style / exclusivity. Unlike MB or BMW which have flooded their markets the cost of ownership isn't terrible for the Jags.

 

I don't know why you'd say that, unless you disconnected one of yours. I have two of 'em, I just double-checked. Want me to post a pic?

 

I believe you if you say so. I complained to the dealer that only one rear fog lit when switched on and they said that only one supposed to light, so I believed them. Could be pulling my leg I guess. I don't use it anyway...

Both reverse lights light.

 

Nor do I, as I had to double-check. Not even once, except for five minutes ago.
I DID notice that the right light had a couple LEDs out however. Don't care, never used.

 

funny. Well thanks for checking. I may look into it some day when I'm bored.

Or not

 

Appreciation might never happen for XK/XKR. I own R107 SL Mercedes, for the past 10 years prices were surprisingly stable and reliably depressed.

 

Once the 2012+ models drop a bit more, I'll be jumping ship from the X350/X358 section!

 

Great picture and does say alot.. Depressing? Absolutely! Mortality is always a rude awakening. But the truth for sure. Nice picture. Not sure I'm looking for duplicate though! Thanks.

 

The 2007 through 2009 LHD X150s have only one rear fog lamp on the inner LH tail lamp assembly mounted to the boot/hatch. On RHD vehicles, the fog lamp is on the RH inner light assembly.