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| Jaguar XJ-S Jaguar XJS | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Jaguar Cars |
| Production | 1975–1996 |
| Assembly | Coventry, England |
| Designer | Malcolm Sayer (early design) Geoff Lawson (facelift) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Grand tourer |
| Layout | Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Jaguar E-Type |
| Successor | Jaguar XK8 |
The Jaguar XJ-S (later called XJS) is a luxury grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British car manufacturer Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996, in coupé, fixed-profile and full convertible bodystyles. There were three distinct iterations, with a final production total of 115,413 units over 20 years and seven months.
Originally developed using the platform of the then-current XJ saloon, the XJ-S was noted for its prominent rear buttresses. The early styling was partially by Jaguar's aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer—one of the first designers to apply advanced aero principles to cars—however Sayer died in 1970, before the design was finalised.
Its final iteration, produced from 1991 to 1996, was manufactured after Jaguar was acquired by Ford, who introduced numerous modifications – and eliminated the hyphen in the name, marketing Jaguar's longest running model simply as the XJS.