Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7593069
Area
Model cars
Title
Jaguar XJ12 Series 2 LWB
Manufacturer
Collection
Number
VA13902
Car brand
Model
Variant
Scale
Production year of the model car
2019
Number produced
First year of production original car
1973
Country of origin of the model
China
Barcode / EAN / UPC
Dimensions
Details
Juniper Green. The XJ12 modelled was a well known Jaguar Public Relations car that featured in the 1977 Series 2 V12 brochure where it was shown with a raffish roll-neck wearing owner in front of a hot air balloon. The brochure states, "You have a taste for excitement in life. Yet with a subtlety and refinement you appreciate through experience. We believe we can offer you a car which comes closer to your lifestyle than you ever thought possible". It goes on the proclaim it "the pinnacle of luxury" and that is confirmed by contemporary car magazine group tests, which the XJ12 continued to win with ease, even when competin with cars of twice the price. The XJ12 series unmatched refinement, superb ride and sohisticated road manners were the results of careful development work by unsung Jaguar design genius Bob Knight. When this was painted with the mellifuous V12 deseigner by former Coventry Climax man Wally Hassan, which is still on of the smoothest engines ever produced, the result was, without question, the best car in the world. The Series 2 was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 13e 1973 and continues production until 1979. It was a great sales success, with well over a 120.000 examples being produced and prevented Jaguar being drawn into the maelstrom pf parent Company British Leyland. It featured a more modern dashboard layou, improved air conditioning and revised styling. Numberplate: LOE 776S Limited edition 1.600 pcs. (with certificate)