By the time the car was updated in 2006 to a more muscular, purposeful-looking model, 91,406 had been built worldwide. In 2003, the engine was upgraded to a 4.2-litre V8 producing 305bhp, with the supercharged version now chucking out 406bhp – the new engine being married to a new six-speed auto box replacing the old five-speed affair.
Indeed, it warrants a second look on the roads even now.Īnd despite the passage of time, it still is. The new Jag was presented to the Geneva Motor Show in March 1996 and, with James Bond looks, it marked a departure from the more angular XJS and those curves, the long, bulging bonnet and open-mouthed grill are straight from the E-Type design-book. The XK8 and its supercharged XKR sister (0-60 in just 5.2 seconds) will almost certainly never hit the monetary heights of its illustrious predecessor, but as a luxury used motor for the price of a six-year-old Ford Focus it’s hard to beat.
Something similar happened to the E-Type before the classic car boom set in and the best-loved Jag of all was taken well out of the range of ordinary motorists. Perfectly good examples of this 155mph beast are still available for well under £5,000. With the stunning new(ish) F-Type surely the first true successor to the sainted E-Type, the voluptuous XK8 has been almost forgotten along the way.īut with prices still at rock bottom, the car originally set to carry the F-Type name is surely among the best value on the classic car market in terms of bang for your buck. Can you afford to miss the affordable E-Type?
Get the low-down on this beautifully sculpted sporty grand tourer. Well, you’d be well advised to take a closer look at the bargain priced Jaguar XK8, produced for 10 years from 1996 as a successor to the much-maligned XJS. Can’t afford an E-Type or an F-Type, but love the looks and lusting after a sporty big cat?
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