Porsche memories
Several fond memories were brought back when I read your comparison feature between the Jaguar XJ-S and the Porsche 944 – because as a company director in the late 1980s and early 1990s I actually owned and ran examples of both. My 944 was an early 2.5, and my XJS was a late Celebration convertible, and at the time the two cars seemed so very different in focus. I had a BMW 635CSi etween them, and at the ime I th ugh hat it i djob of bridging the two: more sporty than my Jag and yet more of a grand tourer than the Porker Do I agree that the Jag’s a better car? 35 year old me with his used 944 in 1 88 wouldn’t have thought so, but another decade of life certainly meant that the XJS made more sense in middle age. Nowadays I drive an F-PACE, but part of me wishes I still had a sporty car sitting outside.
US Jaguars
According to Google Jaguar sales continue to historically be within a couple of thousand cars year over year between the US and UK and even though it’s a British marque I think your mag would do well to devote a section every issue or possibly one or two complete issues a year to what’s going on in the US market and possibly special adverts for parts and services in the colonies.
Currently I don’t see one single service or parts provider based here less SNG Barrett’s US outlet. After all it does say Jaguar World.
Point taken, Chris. And turn to page 100 for our Corvette v XKR comparison! Ed
Off the PACE
I don’t know why Jaguar are bothering with cars like the I-pace. The company always used to be about grace, space and pace – and while it might be roomy for all I know, it’s hardly pretty and taking two hours of charging to cover the distance that a five-minute petrol fill would cover must make it far slower than any petrol equivalent.
I know it’s cheaper, but if money mattered wouldn’t we all be driving Ford Fiestas? Some things in life should be sacred, and I don’t want to see cars like this in a magazine I paid good money for. I don’t care if it can drive to Edinburgh. I haven’t yet owned a car that can’t.
