At a time when its ilk are being phased out of existence, does the G21 Alpina D3 S Touring – based on the M340d xDrive – do enough to rebel against the extinction of diesel?
When Sue Hedley bought an Jaguar XKR 4.0 in 2002, little did she realise that the 2000 coupe had previously been a press car, appearing in several magazines including our predecessor. We revisit the metallic blue GT and talk to Sue about her two decades with the car.
The Daimler 3.6 was once the pride of the pack; today, less than 50 remain taxed and in use. The flagship XJ40 is now a seldom seen scarcity… A rare beauty.
Even though Bob Tullius’ Group 44 team won the 1978 Sports Car Club of America Trans-Am Series with a largely standard XJ-S, Jaguar North America withdrew its sponsorship, leaving the Virginia-based outfit to concentrate on its Triumph TR8 campaign instead.
By the early Nineties, and with no replacement in sight, Jaguar gave the now-aging XJ-S a major facelift, resulting in the unhyphenated model from 1991. For the 30th anniversary of the update, we explain why the changes helped to keep the XJS relevant for the new decade.
The straight-six diesel powered S350d is a supremely luxurious and impossibly comfortable entry point to the latest 223-series range, but in our fast-changing world its days could be numbered…
When an owner’s Mercedes-AMG C63 became hydro-locked, he took another older example to Arkham Performance to regain some of the lost magic – and then things got interesting…
