The Jaguar XJ-S, later called the XJS, is a luxury grand tourer that Jaguar Cars made from 1975 to 1996 as a coupé, a fixed-profile cabriolet and a full convertible, in three distinct iterations with a total production of 115,413 units over 20 years and 7 months. Chief engineer William Heynes developed it on the platform of the XJ saloon, and it was noted for its prominent rear buttresses; the aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer partly styled it but died in 1970 before the design was finalised. Power came from the Jaguar V12 engine, joined later by six-cylinder models. Jaguar launched it in the wake of a fuel crisis, when the market for a 5.3-litre V12 grand tourer was small, and it was a radical departure from the E-Type it replaced, shifting from a sports car to a GT and losing the option of a convertible roof until later. Its final iteration, built from 1991 to 1996 after Ford had acquired Jaguar, dropped the hyphen from the name and removed the window frames, and the XJS was discontinued in 1996 after 21 years in production, superseded by the XK8.
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Its final iteration, produced from 1991 to 1996, was manufactured after Jaguar was acquired by Ford, who introduced numerous modifications – and eliminated the hyphen in the name, marketing Jaguar's longest-running model simply as the XJS.
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The Jaguar XJ-S (later called XJS) is a luxury grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British car manufacturer Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996, in coupé, fixed-profile and full convertible bodystyles.
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The Jaguar XJ-S (later called XJS) is a luxury grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British car manufacturer Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996, in coupé, fixed-profile and full convertible bodystyles.
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The XJS was discontinued in 1996, after 21 years in production, superseded by the XK8, which continued to use a modified version of the XJS platform until 2005.
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There were three distinct iterations, with a total production of 115,413 units over 20 years and 7 months.
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Power came from the Jaguar V12 engine with a choice of a manual or an automatic transmission
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Its final iteration, produced from 1991 to 1996, was manufactured after Jaguar was acquired by Ford, who introduced numerous modifications, and eliminated the hyphen in the name, marketing Jaguar's longest-running model simply as the XJS.
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The Jaguar XJ-S (later called XJS) is a luxury grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British car manufacturer Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996, in coupé, fixed-profile and full convertible bodystyles.
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The Jaguar XJ-S (later called XJS) is a luxury grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British car manufacturer Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996, in coupé, fixed-profile and full convertible bodystyles.
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The Jaguar XJ-S (later called XJS) is a luxury grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British car manufacturer Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996, in coupé, fixed-profile and full convertible bodystyles.
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