Some people may feel this is the wrong color on the wrong Jag. Don’t most people fantasize about owning an XK-E in British Racing Green? The XJS doesn’t get much love, and this banana yellow paint color is one I’ve never seen on a Jag. Maybe the shade is “wrong”, but I quite like these XJS coupes.
This is a nicer color. An XJS wasn’t supposed to be as flashy as a Lamborghini, it was supposed to be an elegant grand tourer. Some of the styling details on these were a bit peculiar, like the side rear window detailing and the flying buttresses, but kudos to Jaguar for trying something different. I doubt many would regard the XJS as being the beauty its predecessor was, but it would make a fine ride, its V12 engine purring as you lope through the countryside. Whether or not it was the car’s competence or Jaguar’s financial issues, it was an enduring model and was sold for just over twenty years! Curbsiders, are you a fan of this Jag and its sunny paintjob?
No. I too do actually quite like the XJS but yellow makes it look like a 2 door Taxi. In general I think the most flattering colors on this body are darker colors, with the loudest I’d go being red
reminds me of stanwyck’s jag in the movie fletch
That lemon yellow is a very 1970s colour, so seems fine for a 1975 design, BL-era Jag.
Agreed. Yellow’s a nice happy colour.
I love the XJ-S. Also the Porsche 928 and the Triumph TR7. Perhaps it’s something to do with having been born in 1972 but I’ve never understood how these are not universally respected and loved. To me they’re total classics, I would honestly rather have a XJ-S than an E-type which I find dainty and precious.
Not sure if I like that color on that particular car. Maybe in person it has a certain flair, but in the pictures it makes the beautiful sexy lines of that Jag look cheap.
I love yellow cars, and I like Jags…most of them. I seem to remember the XJC was offered in a light shade of yellow. As far as the XJS, well, I prefer the roadsters as I’m not a fan of the coupe’s “flying buttress” roofline. Besides, a roadster’s contrasting roof color makes the car look less like a taxi. Just be sure the shade of yellow is the “correct” one. More of a light butter than banana color.
Nice car. Not bad color (of you’re going for bright colors). Bad combo.
Looks like fate is pushing me over the edge! I posted yesterday that I was really whipping myself up to buy an XJS. I’ve been doing a lot of research on the web and through various books and magazines. This fever has flared up before but I was always able to sweat it out until the symptoms passed. I really like these cars as the styling, somewhat controversial and definitely under appreciated at the time has seemed to stand the test of time. Also the early cars are all V-12 powered, which is really amazing. At the time of introduction in 1976 these were about the fastest things on the road and the most expensive Jaguars ever built.This was the most successful automotive V-12 ever built. I like both the coupe and the full convertible, but not the weird hybrid targa top version.
There are quite a few of these around in pretty good shape and pretty cheap too. I know, I know, the purchase price is just the cost of admission. I’ve been reading Kirby Palm’s book for XJS owners, over 700 hundred pages! The gist of that book is that the basic engine and running gear are quite well built and strong and that you have to “sort out” the electric, fuel and cooling systems. He believes that the best way to run one of these cars is to do your own maintenance and repair. How else could you afford to keep it?
There was an almost heated discussion following an earlier post by Steve E.and his Mercedes 600. These types of cars were not built for ease of maintenance and repair but many hobbyist owners have been able to enjoy them. I think that a 12 cylinder XJS is a classic supercar and the closest thing to thing to a vintage Aston Martin I’ll ever be able to afford, so I’m going to take he plunge after i finish up a few things left to do on my old Mustang. What ever happened to Project jaguar?
Theres one around here daily driven in sunfaded oxidised red a true ungaraged curbside classic, there are plenty of old Jags on the road locally my doctor run a Jag restoration and restmod factory nearby so that helps but Jags despite the incapability of American mechanics are and always were quite reliable durable cars.
Wasn’t the XJ-S in New Avengers that color?
Someone at Browns Lane had a thing for the ’68 Dodge Charger.
Looks cool, period correct, I will be over tomorrow to pick it up. Seriously, I’d love to have it, mellow yellow and all, really nice car, i love Jags, have since childhood.
I can imagine this car being driven by a wealthy older woman, a faded beauty, who received it as a graduation present way back when.
In reality, one of my neighbors owns a faded red XJS that runs very rough. Very hep looking young longhaired guy. His style matches the car.
It was one of the few colours that Jaguar could offer at the time- apparently when they moved to acrylic paints there were only about four colours they could use successfully!
I just never liked these, and the banana yellow paint doesn’t help. The XJS struck me as playboys car, and not a worthy successor to the E-type. In the late 1970s, a customer of our shop had an especially gorgeous Series 3 E-type convertible, Georgian Silver with red leather, and being up close and personal with that car spoiled me for its successor. Really, I would even take a 2+2 E over an XJS.
Yellow is a colour that can look good on a number of cars. I’m not sure I like it on an XJS. Perhaps it would look better in person.
My mom used to work for a Real Estate developer. He (or his wife) had an XJS like this, but in black. He let my mom drive it occasionally. She said her Grand Am (Quad-4, 5-speed) was faster, and had more room inside. And the last time she drove the Jag, it wouldn’t start back up when she went to bring it back…
Love the XJ-S, but not in that color. A more subtle yellow would be fine–I know I’ve seen yellow Series I XJ6s, and that color would work. But this one is too taxi-like, as has been stated. For a mid 70’s XJ-S, the brown of the one in the ad would work, or I’ve seen them in a non-metallic blue that suits the car really well.
The XJ-S is also one of the few cars where I like the federalized sealed-beam lamps better than the Euro composites. The late 80’s facelift looks good with the flush lamps, but these originals just look “right” with quad rounds. Maybe it’s just what I’m used to seeing?