Jaguar’s most underrated saloon turns 60 this year.Here ’show to buy one.

(1998-2005)

ASKING £27,995 PRICE ENGINE 3442cc/6-cyl/DOHC POWER 210bhp@5500rpm TORQUE ...

ASKING £20,000 PRICE ENGINE 2549cc/V8/OHV POWER 150bhp@5800rpm TORQUE ...

Arriving in 1956, the MkVIII helped consolidate Jaguar’s position as a manufacturer of luxury saloons. To mark the 70th anniversary of its debut we take acloser look at this often overlooked model

Once they headed the company car parks of Eighties Britain, now these executive icons offer prestige, nostalgia and pure driving pleasure from £5k. But which of these trading-floor titans best rewards the shrewd classic motorist?