If you like the shape of the traditional XJ saloon that first appeared in 1968, then is the last of these models a keeper and future classic?

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Needs work and isn’t cheap, but as Alan Anderson asks, just how often do very early manual XJ-S V12s come up for sale?

Regular readers will know the 99 had quite an eventful summer holiday at the Le Mans Classic with the rest of the C&SC gang (News special, September). Several ‘issues’ occurred on its travels, meaning

£82,845 OTR/£82,845 as tested/£1,049 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’ll conquer the wilderness, but is this £83k Toyota everyday overkill? DRIVER: ANDY FR ANKLIN THE 67 MILE A3 ISN’T EXACTLY celebrated as one o