Visi – July 2019

Jaguar XJR 575

Engine 5.0-litre V8 supercharged

petrol with an 8-speed auto

Power 423 kW

Torque 700 Nm

Top speed 300 km/h

(electronically limited)

0 – 100 km/h 4,4 seconds

Price from R2 731 000

HALF A

CENTURY

HITS THE

ROAD

As part of the

50th-birthday

celebrations,

a convoy of Jaguar

XJs travelled from the

company’s Castle

Bromwich assembly

plant in the UK to the

Paris Motor Show,

taking in a series of

locations along the

way, including the

Le Mans race circuit.

The line-up featured

all eight generations

of XJ produced since

1968, led by the 1968

Series I, which made

its debut at this

biennial auto show

50 years earlier.

almost Bentley-like luxury feel to it. You
could be chauffeured in it, but the wild
cat is preferably a driver’s car.
One of the oldest cars in Jaguar’s
port folio, this might be the last old-
school XJ ever produced, judging by
what a great job the cat whisperers did
with the new fully electric performance
SUV, the I-Pace. Soon, it’ll be, “Rust in
peace, you gas-guzzling V8s”.
jaguar.co.za

187 visi.co.za JUNE/JULY 2019