Jaguar XJR Review (X308 XJR) - A Big British Bargain! 

That has to be one of if not the most beautiful cars ever made.

Absolutely The a pitta me of British luxury. The XJR is my favorite jaguar model of all time. If the repairs were not so bloody expensive I buy my one myself. Great video thanks for sharing. New subscriber here by the way thanks again

What a motor! Lovely Jag!

I’ve had 3 of these 2 xjr and 1 daimler super v8 amazing cars.. great video thanks

I have just bought one of these XJRs on 18 inch BBS Milano wheels, think it's an R1. It cost more than £2400! I just love it!!

Nice for a reviewer to know his stuff

At 5:46 you can see how tight the rear seat is. The car's low roofline requires that the narrator scrunch his head downward. Leg room is similarly compromised. Jaguar built a long-wheelbase supercharged version, ultra rare at only 248 units for the world market, called the Vanden Plas Supercharged. If you come across a low mileage version, grab it! I had one but foolishly sold it and have never forgiven myself.

I love this video! 1998 Jaguar XJR FOR SALE SOON! 4.0 L V8 Eaton M112 supercharged 150,000 kms Black on Black wood and chrome and leather

I'm restoring my 01 XJR at the moment. I think these cars are worth saving as they will become a future classic. My car is on 135k with full Jag history and was on second generation tensioners as were all 01 models. I opted to change them anyway and i'm glad i did because the main guides had cracked and the tensioners had hairline cracks in them. But by listening to it you would never know, that's the problem with the 2nd generation tensioners because you cant tell if they require changing. They don't rattle at start up due to being spring loaded. It's a real issue on these cars.

I got to drive a few XKRs from a similar period to this back in the early 2000s and I hated the supercharger whine. It was because of that and that it's an auto-only I bought an E39 M5. I still may have one of these anyway.

Vanden Plas in platinum silver looks elegant

Nice I had the x300 xjsport 4.0 and believe it or not it was a manual which I've never seen before, one of my favourite cars I've owned.

My 1998 XJR has 175,000 miles on it. I put 40,000 miles on it in the last 3 years. It has been quite reliable except for the many, many coolant hoses that have needed replacement. Many are hard to reach especially the firewall hoses and the "valley" hoses between the V-8. Effortless performance is an excellent description of this gangsta car (mine is black on black with tinted windows). My car is also rust free thanks to it spending its entire life in San Diego, Calif. or within a few minutes of SD. It's life is short. Starting to smoke and there is increased crankcase pressure due to it needing new piston rings (or possibly Nikasil degradation). Probably won't pass "smog" test (California's only MOT test) next year.

they are great cars, I have had two of these since 2006 as weekend toys, they pull like you wouldn't believe, I had a good go with a 5.0l mustang on the motorway a few years back, coming out of a 50mph roadworks, we both floored it and all the way to 135mph the xjr are was creeping ahead of it all the way to the point he pulled back in behind me, I could almost hear the national anthem when he accepted defeat

"Subtle air of gangster" Is why I liked the video.

An absolute steal for that price!

stunning car ,shame they never did a manual ,what is it with jag headlining tho? maybe ....one day....

Please have a look at the bleed pipes coming out of your header tank. They should cross over. The pipe that runs down the inner wing is to the over flow tank and should fit on the higher port on the degas tank. When they're the wrong way around it can seem like a head gasket issue as the coolant goes straight from the engine into the overflow tank.

Hey! nice to see that you like the X308. I would like to say though, in the defense of the car... I'm 6'3 and if I put my seat down at almost its lowest and back a decent amout, that I dont have any head room issues! Maybe you should put the seet back a little bit, your arms are quite bended, and where I live, we find that quite dangerous. Enjoy!

Really cool video, i think of buying one because their so cheap. I also believe that they will go up in value a lot.

£2400 supercharged xjrs don’t exist unless there full of rust !

...bad skip but, I really liked it mate!

I’m the owner of the car in the video. It has now gone to the scrap heap in the sky. Why? Well, I had a £700 bill to get it through the MOT which I agreed to pay, and this included a fair bit of welding (surprise surprise). However, once the welder got into it it was worse than previously expected and it was apparent that the car was likely to require maybe £2k spent on it just to keep the corrosion at bay. Trouble is, the car was already tatty with 180k on the engine and the bodywork was getting pretty ropey, all in a car worth probably £3k on a good day. Other things waiting to suck up money were knackered cats, and the whole exhaust system basically. I had to make a call on it. Basically the corrosion was too much to make it worth saving the car which is a shame as I was spending a grand a year plus to keep it on the road but the car was just too far gone for the money I’d need to put into it. Corrosion really is the Achilles heel of the x308. Maybe I’ll get another one day but I’ve moved onto a Maserati Quattroporte V so that is keeling my wallet ‘busy’!

What a car! I love a performance barge myself!

14:09 there's a creepy hand on the back seat

great review, i have a 98 and a Jaguar car channel here. You sure know your cars,,

Such a shame so many people have that "run it til it dies" mentality with these old xj's I paid 3k for a very nice 64k miles xj6 & about another 1k on preventative replacment of hoses, gaskets, seals & keeping on top of maintainence before things go wrong.bodywork is spotless and it never goes on wet roads. It's unfortunate people people abuse these amazing cars like they are driving an old Vauxhall Corsa.😢

I will get one!

XJR is typically 8cms lower than a new Mini.

Great looking car, would love to own one. Would kill my bank account quickly.

Excellent

I would buy a Leaper for the hood.

Scrap it until it fails an MOT! What a sad demise. Sell it to someone who actually appreciates the quality motor that it actually is.

To balance the brexit disconnection England should have no limit speed in the Highways

Rather have one of these in manual than some overated tesla or EV.

That looks exactly like mine but with better paint 😂

Money pit