The XJ Coupe might be unique in Jaguar’s back catalogue, but that hasn’t stopped it from being one of the company’s most revered models. To mark the 50th anniversary of the car going on sale, we’re lookingat its history

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Year of manufacture 1995 Recorded mileage 158,000 Asking price £19,950 Vendor The School Garage, Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire; 01663 733209; classiccarshop.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £45,450 Max power 3

A 60-YEAR-OLD car with just over 20,000 miles on the clock, no matter what the marque, is a rare beast. That it had remained in the same ownership all its life is unusual, and that it should survive u

IT’S BARELY TWO months since I was gushing over Mazda’s bone-stock 1.6-litre heritage fleet car on these pages, so the idea of replacing that engine with a 3.0-litre V6 (of more than twice the power!)

ASKING £19,995 PRICE ENGINE 4196cc/V8/DOHC POWER 400bhp@6100rpm TORQUE ...