1998 jaguar xk8

Good XJ40s are rare but bargains are still out there

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

Mike’s Jag hadn’t turned a wheel for months and needed a degree of fettling to get it back on the road. First job – a long overdue new set of tyres…

Now really only used for long journeys, the ...

(2001-2009)

ASKING £7995 PRICE ENGINE 3980cc/6-cyl/DOHC POWER 223bhp@4750rpm TORQUE ...