What a super piece of footage from 1968. Gentlemen talking calmly and optimistically about the future of Jaguar and their new and elegant XJ series. Wonderful stuff! Fast forward to 2024, Oh dear, All I can say is that it's a blessing that Sir William Lyons did not witness what has happened to his once prestigious, and forward thinking British motor company. I do fear for the future of Jaguar!!
Personally I think they're making steps in the right direction because it was clear that their image as old man cars and their range of forgettable SUVs was a losing strategy. I mean look at the poor I-Pace for example. It was easily one of the best EVs you could buy for the whole time it was available and nobody bought it because it was a Jag. Meanwhile the comparatively hopeless German rivals sold well. I think that had everything to do with brand image. Regardless of what your views on what the rebrand looks like, I think the image they're selling aligns perfectly with the "Selfridges Shopper" that used to be their core market. The sort of person who has enough money to buy basically anything in the shop, but goes to the shop themselves. Young Money basically.
@@Reddsoldier Don't understand why Jaguar charged so much for the I-Pace , that is why it wasn't a big seller along with the majority of buyers still being wary and not yet ready for an electric vehicle ( the brands reliability image didn't help ) , the strange decision to build it in Austria must of meant very slim profit margins with all the extra logistics , transportation and bureaucracy costs , unfortunately crucial upgrades to keep it competitive like the motor and batteries failed to materialise , not having a basic entry level model with 1 motor which could extend the range and be cheaper to buy was a big mistake , still think it's the best looking electric car , sadly Jag made little effort with upgrades and competitors soon surpassed their achievements.
1968: What Next for JAGUAR? | Wheelbase | Retro Transport | BBC Archive 2330pm 22.12.24 all things the car's the star reminds me of a hyper alan partridge gettin' all full of himself as he test drives the latest whatever it is... i know sod all about automobiles and i am happy to admit this. cannot see the pleasure. unless it's a classic car, then there is, at least, a semblance of history behind the wheel.... and i aint ever seen top gear. so i have no concept of may and co. driving about the UK being lads....
Politeness, seriousness, good review, good interview, no gimmicks, all so refreshing and once I was absorbed in the video I stopped noticing that it was in black and white. Those were the days!
6:10 Note his critical comment about the feel-alike switches that you have to look down at to operate. He would clearly go totally berserk if it had a touch screen with menus to access those functions.
Those switches were just fine. Actually, the central ones are for lights and have a 'frame' around them, so they are easy to pick out. The others are few in number and you soon 'know' where they are; the wiper is the one you might want while driving. You didn't need most of them while driving, and the panel tilted forward to give access to the fuses. Meanwhile, the foot operated main beam dip allowed one to hold the hand of the passenger! As for 2024's "safety" aids and flat screens - there is nothing polite to be said! (My daily is full of them)
@@karmanline2005 Yep - agree entirely! You beat me to the comment 😃 I had a few XJs and a Mark 2 - the row of switches was fine after about 5 minutes of familiarisation.
@ajpdaniels I had a Series 2 and I would have preferred the switches had been left as the Series 1. If I recall correctly the switches on the Series 2 were set lower down which is not, I think, an advance.
@ColinMill1 you're right - but as I recall there were only 4 and for minor items. The important ones - lights / wipers were on a higher rotary switch / stalls (memory permitting?)
I was a teen in Canada when the XJ6 came out, and even I could say it was revolutionary. Mind, I did have the advantage of my dad being a confirmed motorhead with a passion for British cars. As a result, over my formative years I got to live through a succession of great British automobiles. Most TH-cam audiences are too young to remember, but up to the mid-sixties the British manufacturers were the only ones that could claim they caused some sleepless nights in Germania. Probably the high point of my boyhood love affair with British cars was in my dad’s stunning 3.8L Mark 2. We lived in a small town and my dad’s car was always the sole import. All the goons in their souped-up hot rods tried to race him but he ignored them. He was after all, a physician. But then one day all that changed. My dad and I were following the undulating river road to our summer cottage when some moron in a Marauder planted himself on the Jag’s rear bumper. My old man did not like to drive fast with me in the car, but in this case, it was all too possible this driver would attempt a pass in a blind corner, or merely push us aside as was the privilege of American iron in those days. Anyway, after a couple minutes of cat and mouse, my dad muttered something, downshifted to second, and showed me what a Jaguar was capable of. I was pinned to my seat. It was downright pathetic to see, without any dangerous stuff on my dad’s part like crossing the centerline, how rapidly that Merc became a fly-spec in the rear view mirror. Now I knew the meaning of performance. Not a simple-minded obsession with 0-60 times, but rather in the sense of a good car’s ability to work with its driver to the point where rapid transitions on a twisty road were so smooth, the passenger (usually my mother) never felt flustered. Now, that’s a car! As for XJ series to follow, as a grownup I have owned a total of three X308s (2017-2023), upon which Ford had devoted billions to overcome reliability issues and enhance performance with a brilliant all-new 32-valve V8. By this time I was living in California, in the Bay Area, which since the 1950s has been ground zero for Jags. (This due to the brand’s success on two well-known local racetracks.) I recall one hot summer night at around 3:00 a.m. on a drive from Vancouver Canada, on a nearly empty stretch of I505, which is the short-cut freeway that enables San Francisco-bound cars to bypass Sacramento. I was cruising at around 80 when some bright spark in an S-Class responded to my safely overtaking him with an overtaking maneuver of his own. I let him by, but when the dust had settled, went on to provide him with a brief tutorial about the kinetic energy displayed when a lightweight sedan is mated with a supercharged all-alloy V8. Due to tire limitations, Jaguar’s blown 4L AJV8, was governed to 155. But the word from the factory test crew was, another 20 mph was available sans governor. This level of performance, combined with a silky ride that was the envy of the Rolls-Royce crowd, and whose drop-dead gorgeous arrival at the trendiest nightclub gave us plebes the opportunity to watch Princess Di glide effortlessly out of the rear seat and in the process give us an unforgettable star turn, with just a little wink at the end. Take my word for it, nearly every woman from my boomer generation, despite their lack of interest in cars, could not help but live out the Princess Di fantasy as a Jaguar passenger even when the destination was not as grandiose. As in, their (boyfriend) driver pulling up to the In-N-Out. Now, there’s a car!
I remember as a kid hitch hiking near Oakham, Leicestershire, a gent stopped to give me a lift.It was a 1969 powder blue 2.8 .I thought i was in the starship enterprise,so smooth and quiet.I normally travelled in Ford Cortinas etc.Great memory for me !!
The discussion of the V12 is intriguing. The XJ6 engine bay was designed to accommodate a V12 and the motor was almost ready for production at launch. The wry smiles when discussing the V12 are priceless. It is amusing, too, to see the journalist/reporter asking quite blunt questions about styling and design decisions. Although this is largely PR and marketing fluff, it is also a rare and candid insight into Jaguar and 1960s UK industry. 😊
@TheKievKen Well... I watched it and listened to it. I am a supporter of the BBC and think it a remarkable broadcaster. I think I made positive reference to the blunt questions and candid editing, but the PR fluff is there for all to see and hear. I adore the S1 XJ6 and I am very positive about this snippet. It is wonderful archive footage. It also contains quite a lot of PR fluff. W Lyons did not get as far as he did without knowing a thing or two about presentation and sales. It comes out here. It is slightly disguised, but it comes out. Likewise the questions from the reporter... He knew what to ask. Likewise the review from the first reporter. The BBC was (and remains) remarkable. The 1968 XJ6 was a tour de force. But... There is a lot of marketing and PR fluff in this piece. It doesn't have to be a negative observation.
@@BanjoLuke1 Yes - agreed - BBC also did something very similar on the eve of the launch of the XJ40, many years later, with an hour long documentary on the development programme, as you may know. That programme is also on TH-cam.
In the 1970s my father had one of these, 4.2 with three speed auto. It was a magic carpet to ride in! On the other hand it was definitely an off-roader, spending a lot of time off road at the local Jaguar expert! After the oil crisis there was a national economy speed limit [ think it was fifty], and he got caught doing over seventy on a main road, just after visiting granny in Hereford County Hospital after having gall stones removed. It was touch and go as she was an old lady, but lived a lot longer to ninety-four ... He made a plea of mitigating circumstances and was not fined. The funny thing was that the car felt safe at that sort of speed, whereas we had had a Volvo 145 Wagon and a Mini Pick-up, neither of which were remotely comfortable above sixty! Jaguar really were amazing cars, though not low rent to keep running, either on repairs or fuel! Thanks for reviving memories of happy times. Best wishes from George
My dad bought one of these brand new in Australia. I remember sitting in the back and riding around it was one of the most prestigious car on the road back then.
Thank you for retaining this and publishing the archive; the timing is most apposite. How marvellous to hear My Lyons explaining his approach personally. I feel sure that the current iteration taking the brand forward fits well into an ethos of constant development, step-wise with each new model launch. The brand's current predicament has been caused by leaning into a visual design cured in aspic, and I say this as a fan of the classic saloon design initiated by the Mark 1(then II) family. Four round lights and a curvy bonnet can only take you so far. The X351 was very controversial, but what a classy motor. It needs a worthy successor (not another SUV either!)
It is refreshing to see footage of the XJ6 series 1 from the period, when there is so much on the E Type I truly believe the XJ6 is the best car Jaguar ever made and the series 1 cars are getting very rare because of the cost to restore an XJ to a good standard is as expensive as the E type but when you drive a properly sorted XJ then you will understand why it won Car of the year, find one now before the values go the same way as the E Type.
The car of Mike Baldwin, Arthur Daley and all the baddies on the Sweeney. Not to mention all the white ones that seemed to always jump from cliffs in Lew Grade productions.
Really emotional to see a Ser.1 on the move. Mr. Wilkins could have presented my XJ6 2.8 manual i restored in my youth . Platinum Silver Frost and grey interior.
Nice! Mine was manual but very rusty.(Expensive welding course) Went to see a very good black -69 2.8 before that but owner would't sell. Cheers from Finland
Thanks very much for posting this, even though it shows the decline in the quality of car programmes on TV. Gordon Wilkins provided an intelligent and cogent commentary on the car, focusing on technical matters, making sound criticisms, where warranted. Such a contrast from having three idiots jabbering inanely and performing stupid stunts. Maybe the programme is a metaphor for the decline in quality of national and international governance as a whole over the past fifty years. It was fascinating to see how one of the most outstanding and and ground breaking cars ever produced was treated at the time - no national flag waving, but a sober analysis, that was not afraid to criticise minor issues.
Sir William was a hero of mine as a youngster. I bought my first XJ6 in 1983. It was 13 years old at the time. A bit rusty around the edges (which was typical of all cars at the time) but still a fabulous drive. Those tyres were ER70VR15s - The wheels and tyres were huge for the time - 15 inch wheels, with 205 section tread 😂 And they were expensive too.. These days, even Minis often have 18 inch or bigger wheels! Sir William had a 1969 XJ6 in brown as his personal car. Such a pity that Jaguar lost its way in the last few years and looks headed for extinction.
Amazing to see that the XK120 (NUB120) which was 18 years old when this was filmed is still with us today 20/12/2024 Model XK120 Colour White Fuel Type Petrol Engine Size 3442cc Jaguar XK120 Registered 13 March 1950 Vehicle Age 75 years Marked for Export NO Last V5C Issued 15 April 2016 Current MOT exp 01 Sept 2025.
A whole program on the then newly introduced Jag XJ6. Great stuff and historic too! Especially for a classic petrolhead like myself. Definitely show more of these episodes. Little did they know at the time what a disaster British Leyland would turn out to be 😬
@ my comment was in context to the time period of this video. Sir Lyons was not around for modern era Jaguar/Land Rover. And isn’t the latter doing well now? As for modern day Jag, that’s a whole other kettle of fish. I did see that awful Jaguar reborn advertisement or whatever THAT was supposed to be 🤷♂️
What a wonderful era for Jaguar, the BBC and its presenters. The XJ has always been my favourite car of all time in all its incarnations, well except for the 2009 - 2020 X351! The coverage of the XJ was superb and it's great that Gordon Wilkins lived to the ripe of old age of 95, having semi-retired to rural France and then Italy, and was still involved in motoring journalism in his 90s. Sadly, all the values of this era are fast dying. While Jaguar becoming part of BL must have seemed a nightmare back then, nothing compares to the horror of that new Teletubbies ad and today's pink marital aid lookalike concept car!
In my opinon, the Series 1 Jaguar XJ was the most beautiful, followed by the Series 2 and then the XJ8 the last of the steel XJ's. Pity Jaguar management have BETRAYED their owners, heritage, founder's memory and DNA. One day, I hope someone will buy Jaguar Cars and restore them to building proper cars again. But first, the brand will die before it can be reborn.
I tend to agree though I owned a Series 2 for 14 years I slightly regret that I failed to buy a Series 1 LWB VDP Double Six in perfect condition that came up for sale.
@@wobblybobengland Yes, I was thinking of the 4-door cars of which I think the Series 1 in LWB form was the best. The existence of the XJ12C makes me wonder why they bothered with the XJS at all. It wasn't a continuation of the E-type but they should perhaps have put the effort of the XJS into something much more obviously derived from the E-type.
Did Sir William once again state that Jaguar were the first with 4-wheel disc brakes? Surely I misheard, because I’m sure he was well aware of the existence of the Citroen DS and the Rover P6
The World has moved on. Marques have become brands. People get very upset (or sneering or caustic) about the current ads, but what was the last really "Jaguar" Jaguar you drove or were driven in? For me it was perhaps a 1972 Series 1 2.8 Sovereign. There have been lovely cars since then, but probably no "real" Jaguars since the Millennium. As to the leaping cat, it went the way (quite rightly) of the steel bumper.
You don’t appear to have noticed that this is 56 year old TV programme, talking about its direction in the 1970s. You are obviously an American - pleased to see an American maintaining the nation’s world wide reputation for intelligence.
...using parts provided by Lucas, Prince of Darkness. Honestly, the quality of our cars was just inadequate. Dad had an XJ6, which I loved and maintained. Meanwhile, I worked at a Datsun garage and the difference in reliability was astonishing. I suppose the Jag gave me the chance to learn electrics and body (rust) repairs! Cars are still being made here, though local costs are high and access to the biggest local market has been made more difficult. Notably, the iPace was never UK built.
sure you can!..you can add a flux capacitor to almost anything that moves more than 25mph to make a time machine.. making the flux capacitor is the problem!
@@andrewjones-productions naaaah i intend to transit to 2000bc when gold was 10cents per kg, buy 50kg of gold then teleport to 1968ce and sell them for 1100dollars per kg..👍
I've wanted one for a while. Having watched this i want one even more. Or perhaps i want to be back in 1968 when we would be getting excited about having a car industry that could produce the best saloon car in the world at a non-astronomical price. Pre-WEF days.
So Lyons was expected to use his experience and make Leyland better. Well, that didn't work did it? Those XJ Jags looked really nice, they drove nice, but they had an extraordinary high fault rate. Rotten Lucas electrics. Lyons claimed the engine was highly efficient. So how come it did about 20 mpg?
I’ve owned six of the model featured here. Currently a Daimler Double Six, Series Three. All hobby cars, not daily drivers. When I’m out, older people give admiring glances, most younger people completely ignore it. And that tells you all you need to know about where Jaguar needs to go. It’s hard to accept, but the Jaguars that blew our minds a generation or two ago, are not wanted now, at least not by the market segment that counts, people in their twenties to forties. Remember, even Chippendale had its day.
The shape of the Jaguar XJ6 remained similar when restyled updated through series 2,3,4,5 and I think 6 until being replaced after 2000. No mention of the more luxurious Daimler models. With the series 2 came the 12 cylinder 5.3 XJ12 and Daimler Double Six.
Unexpectedly Jaguar's 3 saloon policy became redundant soon after because people were only buying the XJ so they had stopped building the Mk2 and 420G by 1971. A bit like what'll happen now except instead of people unexpectedly buying 1 car rather than the range, people will buy a Bentley or a Porsche instead at that price range and Jaguar will go under
A now deceased pal had a series 1 4.2 XJ6 {and at the same time a Daimler V8, a series 3 then replacing his series 1}. That first Jag had a brilliant ride quality, the like of which wasn't bettered by Mercedes and BMW big saloons I drove ten years later.
Not a flat panel any where beautifully designed. Floats along. excellent. Road holding .high performance. Pure quality&prestige .comfort reliability & safety. Documentary professionals no Clarkson tyre burning vain stupid boorish farcical television career comments 😮 Englands JAGUAR FOREVER ❤
My first introduction to Sir William Lyons, a self made who created the marque from nothing. (Hello, big predatory cat.) You can tell from Sir Williams’s manner, he is not completely comfortable with the reception of his life’s ambition, which was always to create a sedan with the best pedigree for middle-class aspirants. Americans have trouble understanding this, but that can be attributed to the wealth of their society. Sir William always was aware of the enticing possibilities when two anti-Nuke people are thrust together by circumstance, where anything is possible when experienced as the overwhelming “bound for glory “ experienced in Woksy Guthree’s music
The original Series 1 XJ6 was a game changer Rolls-Royce and Mercedes studied carefully to match the ride refinment and silence and BMW had barely started in that market sector. There were waiting lists and there was a black market in new cars. Contrary to saloon bar wisdom they were reliable our family did a huge mileage in a 4.2 automatic and the weakest link was the exhaust system. Eventually we had a failure in the BW automatic transmission with a broken 2nd gear brake band. The series 2 models weren't so good
There hasn't been a decent Jaguar saloon since the launch of the XJ6 in 1968 and improved it with shoe horning that lovely V12 into the same body shell in 1971. With that V12 It was a nicer car to drive than a Rolls Royce. Ever since then they have continued to go down hill.
It's impossible to overestimate the impact that driving a nearly new XJ6 4.2 had on me at 18 years old (1975). It was like a rocket ship, and a silent one. Amazing to think that Jaguars could turn them out at a fraction of the cost of say, a Ferrari, which had the cache and the performance, but not great build quality. Unfortunately later Jaguars build quality dropped with all the union problems.
I understand the feeling. At 21, I bought an XJ6 and all my mates had XR3i’s and Capri’s. I have to confess that I drove it like a hot hatch, and actually it would keep up with the former even on tight B-roads
That was a preproduction car as pa's was standard the door had a pull on you did not use the door pocket. In 1970 door arm rest had a cut out to put the door closed
Jaguar's best days were half a century ago, when it produced the most beautiful, desirable, and amazingly affordable cars in the world. Compared to that peak, the recent laughable "pink" Indian Tata Owned Jaguar concepts are truly PITIFUL and look like the DEATH THROES of this once glorious automaker.
56 years ago Sir William was about to leave behind in good shape with the beautiful XJ6. Although later he had second thoughts about BL, Jaguar’s future was secured. Today, the Jaguar identity is about to vanish. Jaguar should stay to its very core DNA and make cars in the best Jaguar tradition.
I suppose heritage is great if it appeals but the people who appreciate it are becoming a smaller and smaller group. Also if your heritage is linked to ICE this is also dying away. The advert got everyone talking, positively or negatively, they are all taking about Jag. The brand has been in decline for decades, let’s see if the new approach can reenergise it.
There's a common theme here. The downfall of two respected names tripping over themselves to be seen in the pursuit and worship of a toxic political ideology. Rip Jaguar and bbc.
You sound like yet another easily-triggered Boomer snowflake who gets offended by anything and everything. Jaguar has a new logo and some concept cars - oh no! The BBC reports things in its usual balanced way - outrage.
Growing up in Europe in the 1970s - 1980s, our doctor always drove Jags. He got a new one every 4 or 5 yours... Pretty sure they were XJ6s... He wouldn't dream of buying a new one in 2024, were he still alive... for obvious reasons...
For Jaguar racing was their R&D. They competed to develop race performance for the public road. They succeeded. Holden copied the same formula. The Cad’s car.
Jaguar’s always been a company that’s pretty lost in what direction to go in, it’s a miracle it didn’t take the Jowett route of just throwing in the towel. And for people saying ‘Jaguars going broke’ and crap like that, it’s always been going broke. It’s just now some people think that blaming it on the idea that the company is ‘going woke’ to help push an outdated political idea will somehow make them reconsider. No one likes the way that Jaguars been going, no one has for the past 80 years, their main job is simple; toys for the rich.
I was 3 years old. When the BBC was worth watching. However, a typical condescending, stilted presenter interviewing a brilliant, innovative engineering entrepreneur
I think that you are 180 degrees out - I was surprised what a poor speaker Sir William Lyons was (and he was a stylist and marketeer btw), whereas Gordon Wilkins provided a sober and even handed analysis, and asked intelligent technical questions.
The new Jaguar XJ6. Everything you could possibly want (except head restraints and seat belts!) The 'SS' Jaguar label - used between 1936 and 1939 - was a bit of an unfortunate choice of name!
The XJ6 was a game changer in the luxury car market of the time, the current Jaguar directors ought to have watched this before releasing the recent ridiculous Woke advert🤔
Jaguar need to sell cars, and they aim to sell them to people who have money and make up their own minds, so they have to up their game. The type of people who bought Jags in the 60s no longer exist - probably smoekd themselves to extinction. Anymore than the original pre-Jag company of Swift SIDECARS hardly existed - people want to ride motorbike/sidecar combinations. So no, it's good to see Jaguar looking to the future not resting on their laurels which they've done since the Ford ownership era - over 35 years and the reason Jaguar festered and nearly died.
They used to make cars back in the day that were driven by London villains as get away cars. Now they make massively over priced electric pink cars for big bummers!....The irony is that this is on Bacon Bonce Central's archive channel.
Jaguar produced some wonderful cars. The recent F Type is a great car and in the right spirit. Sadly time and climate change has taken over. Coventry can take pride.
Ah, back in the days when Jaguar were talked about for making fantastic cars that people wanted to buy rather than stupid woke rebranding. And when the BBC still made good programmes worth watching rather than stupid woke propaganda.
What a super piece of footage from 1968. Gentlemen talking calmly and optimistically about the future of Jaguar and their new and elegant XJ series. Wonderful stuff! Fast forward to 2024, Oh dear, All I can say is that it's a blessing that Sir William Lyons did not witness what has happened to his once prestigious, and forward thinking British motor company. I do fear for the future of Jaguar!!
Personally I think they're making steps in the right direction because it was clear that their image as old man cars and their range of forgettable SUVs was a losing strategy. I mean look at the poor I-Pace for example. It was easily one of the best EVs you could buy for the whole time it was available and nobody bought it because it was a Jag. Meanwhile the comparatively hopeless German rivals sold well. I think that had everything to do with brand image.
Regardless of what your views on what the rebrand looks like, I think the image they're selling aligns perfectly with the "Selfridges Shopper" that used to be their core market. The sort of person who has enough money to buy basically anything in the shop, but goes to the shop themselves. Young Money basically.
@@Reddsoldier Very interesting comments. I bow to your knowledge & experience. Cheers!
@@Reddsoldier Don't understand why Jaguar charged so much for the I-Pace , that is why it wasn't a big seller along with the majority of buyers still being wary and not yet ready for an electric vehicle ( the brands reliability image didn't help ) , the strange decision to build it in Austria must of meant very slim profit margins with all the extra logistics , transportation and bureaucracy costs , unfortunately crucial upgrades to keep it competitive like the motor and batteries failed to materialise , not having a basic entry level model with 1 motor which could extend the range and be cheaper to buy was a big mistake , still think it's the best looking electric car , sadly Jag made little effort with upgrades and competitors soon surpassed their achievements.
1968: What Next for JAGUAR? | Wheelbase | Retro Transport | BBC Archive 2330pm 22.12.24 all things the car's the star reminds me of a hyper alan partridge gettin' all full of himself as he test drives the latest whatever it is... i know sod all about automobiles and i am happy to admit this. cannot see the pleasure. unless it's a classic car, then there is, at least, a semblance of history behind the wheel.... and i aint ever seen top gear. so i have no concept of may and co. driving about the UK being lads....
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Politeness, seriousness, good review, good interview, no gimmicks, all so refreshing and once I was absorbed in the video I stopped noticing that it was in black and white. Those were the days!
Today, Gay Pade
Likewise! accurate interview with style indeed.
LOL. Never noticed until you told me I don't see black or white
6:10 Note his critical comment about the feel-alike switches that you have to look down at to operate. He would clearly go totally berserk if it had a touch screen with menus to access those functions.
Those switches were just fine. Actually, the central ones are for lights and have a 'frame' around them, so they are easy to pick out. The others are few in number and you soon 'know' where they are; the wiper is the one you might want while driving. You didn't need most of them while driving, and the panel tilted forward to give access to the fuses. Meanwhile, the foot operated main beam dip allowed one to hold the hand of the passenger! As for 2024's "safety" aids and flat screens - there is nothing polite to be said! (My daily is full of them)
@@karmanline2005 Yep - agree entirely! You beat me to the comment 😃 I had a few XJs and a Mark 2 - the row of switches was fine after about 5 minutes of familiarisation.
True re touch screens. And they fixed the switches for the series 2. Easier to use but didn't look so amazing.
@ajpdaniels I had a Series 2 and I would have preferred the switches had been left as the Series 1. If I recall correctly the switches on the Series 2 were set lower down which is not, I think, an advance.
@ColinMill1 you're right - but as I recall there were only 4 and for minor items. The important ones - lights / wipers were on a higher rotary switch / stalls (memory permitting?)
I was a teen in Canada when the XJ6 came out, and even I could say it was revolutionary. Mind, I did have the advantage of my dad being a confirmed motorhead with a passion for British cars. As a result, over my formative years I got to live through a succession of great British automobiles. Most TH-cam audiences are too young to remember, but up to the mid-sixties the British manufacturers were the only ones that could claim they caused some sleepless nights in Germania.
Probably the high point of my boyhood love affair with British cars was in my dad’s stunning 3.8L Mark 2. We lived in a small town and my dad’s car was always the sole import. All the goons in their souped-up hot rods tried to race him but he ignored them. He was after all, a physician. But then one day all that changed. My dad and I were following the undulating river road to our summer cottage when some moron in a Marauder planted himself on the Jag’s rear bumper. My old man did not like to drive fast with me in the car, but in this case, it was all too possible this driver would attempt a pass in a blind corner, or merely push us aside as was the privilege of American iron in those days.
Anyway, after a couple minutes of cat and mouse, my dad muttered something, downshifted to second, and showed me what a Jaguar was capable of. I was pinned to my seat. It was downright pathetic to see, without any dangerous stuff on my dad’s part like crossing the centerline, how rapidly that Merc became a fly-spec in the rear view mirror. Now I knew the meaning of performance. Not a simple-minded obsession with 0-60 times, but rather in the sense of a good car’s ability to work with its driver to the point where rapid transitions on a twisty road were so smooth, the passenger (usually my mother) never felt flustered.
Now, that’s a car!
As for XJ series to follow, as a grownup I have owned a total of three X308s (2017-2023), upon which Ford had devoted billions to overcome reliability issues and enhance performance with a brilliant all-new 32-valve V8. By this time I was living in California, in the Bay Area, which since the 1950s has been ground zero for Jags. (This due to the brand’s success on two well-known local racetracks.)
I recall one hot summer night at around 3:00 a.m. on a drive from Vancouver Canada, on a nearly empty stretch of I505, which is the short-cut freeway that enables San Francisco-bound cars to bypass Sacramento. I was cruising at around 80 when some bright spark in an S-Class responded to my safely overtaking him with an overtaking maneuver of his own. I let him by, but when the dust had settled, went on to provide him with a brief tutorial about the kinetic energy displayed when a lightweight sedan is mated with a supercharged all-alloy V8.
Due to tire limitations, Jaguar’s blown 4L AJV8, was governed to 155. But the word from the factory test crew was, another 20 mph was available sans governor.
This level of performance, combined with a silky ride that was the envy of the Rolls-Royce crowd, and whose drop-dead gorgeous arrival at the trendiest nightclub gave us plebes the opportunity to watch Princess Di glide effortlessly out of the rear seat and in the process give us an unforgettable star turn, with just a little wink at the end. Take my word for it, nearly every woman from my boomer generation, despite their lack of interest in cars, could not help but live out the Princess Di fantasy as a Jaguar passenger even when the destination was not as grandiose. As in, their (boyfriend) driver pulling up to the In-N-Out.
Now, there’s a car!
Did I just read a book?? Joke. Fantastic story brother. ❤
Be great to see more episodes of this programme
What a gem of footage just in time for christmas! Thank you so much !
lol likewise
I remember as a kid hitch hiking near Oakham, Leicestershire, a gent stopped to give me a lift.It was a 1969 powder blue 2.8 .I thought i was in the starship enterprise,so smooth and quiet.I normally travelled in Ford Cortinas etc.Great memory for me !!
The discussion of the V12 is intriguing. The XJ6 engine bay was designed to accommodate a V12 and the motor was almost ready for production at launch.
The wry smiles when discussing the V12 are priceless.
It is amusing, too, to see the journalist/reporter asking quite blunt questions about styling and design decisions.
Although this is largely PR and marketing fluff, it is also a rare and candid insight into Jaguar and 1960s UK industry. 😊
PR and marketing fluff? The BBC were not marketers for Jaguar. How do you see this as “marketing fluff”?
@TheKievKen Well... I watched it and listened to it. I am a supporter of the BBC and think it a remarkable broadcaster. I think I made positive reference to the blunt questions and candid editing, but the PR fluff is there for all to see and hear. I adore the S1 XJ6 and I am very positive about this snippet. It is wonderful archive footage. It also contains quite a lot of PR fluff. W Lyons did not get as far as he did without knowing a thing or two about presentation and sales. It comes out here. It is slightly disguised, but it comes out. Likewise the questions from the reporter... He knew what to ask. Likewise the review from the first reporter. The BBC was (and remains) remarkable. The 1968 XJ6 was a tour de force. But... There is a lot of marketing and PR fluff in this piece. It doesn't have to be a negative observation.
@@BanjoLuke1 Yes - agreed - BBC also did something very similar on the eve of the launch of the XJ40, many years later, with an hour long documentary on the development programme, as you may know. That programme is also on TH-cam.
Gordon Wilkins the motor journalist lived another 39 more years and died in 2007 aged 95...
In the 1970s my father had one of these, 4.2 with three speed auto.
It was a magic carpet to ride in! On the other hand it was definitely an off-roader, spending a lot of time off road at the local Jaguar expert!
After the oil crisis there was a national economy speed limit [ think it was fifty], and he got caught doing over seventy on a main road, just after visiting granny in Hereford County Hospital after having gall stones removed. It was touch and go as she was an old lady, but lived a lot longer to ninety-four ...
He made a plea of mitigating circumstances and was not fined.
The funny thing was that the car felt safe at that sort of speed, whereas we had had a Volvo 145 Wagon and a Mini Pick-up, neither of which were remotely comfortable above sixty!
Jaguar really were amazing cars, though not low rent to keep running, either on repairs or fuel!
Thanks for reviving memories of happy times.
Best wishes from George
My dad bought one of these brand new in Australia. I remember sitting in the back and riding around it was one of the most prestigious car on the road back then.
cant wait to complete my time machine and go back to 1970 and get one of these to add to my collection!
Thank you for retaining this and publishing the archive; the timing is most apposite. How marvellous to hear My Lyons explaining his approach personally. I feel sure that the current iteration taking the brand forward fits well into an ethos of constant development, step-wise with each new model launch. The brand's current predicament has been caused by leaning into a visual design cured in aspic, and I say this as a fan of the classic saloon design initiated by the Mark 1(then II) family. Four round lights and a curvy bonnet can only take you so far. The X351 was very controversial, but what a classy motor. It needs a worthy successor (not another SUV either!)
It is refreshing to see footage of the XJ6 series 1 from the period, when there is so much on the E Type I truly believe the XJ6 is the best car Jaguar ever made and
the series 1 cars are getting very rare because of the cost to restore an XJ to a good standard is as expensive as the E type but when you drive a properly sorted XJ then you will understand why it won Car of the year, find one now before the values go the same way as the E Type.
The car of Mike Baldwin, Arthur Daley and all the baddies on the Sweeney. Not to mention all the white ones that seemed to always jump from cliffs in Lew Grade productions.
Not forgetting Robert McCall.
Daley had a mustarded Daimler not jag
Really emotional to see a Ser.1 on the move. Mr. Wilkins could have presented my XJ6 2.8 manual i restored in my youth . Platinum Silver Frost and grey interior.
Restored a Series One 2.8 automatic when I was nineteen. Adored it beyond reason.
Nice! Mine was manual but very rusty.(Expensive welding course) Went to see a very good black -69 2.8 before that but owner would't sell. Cheers from Finland
Wonderful bit of history BBC. I wish you lot still made quality programmes. I once owned a Mk 2 Jag, but it was a money pit.
Jags aren't for poor people. Like you.
Wolf Hall?
Absolutely brilliant car-show program! Love Jaguar
brilliant - thanks for dropping this in.
"A fatherly eye," what a beautiful statement. And God created man. Merry Christmas '24 Cheers 🎄
Modern day Jaguar, take note. Learn from and embrace your heritage and history.
the best looking saloon car ever,bar none,beautiful design from every angle.
Jaguar b99 concept is the best
@@ambivalentonion2620 From some angles the B99 seems rather reductive.
You have good taste 😊
Thanks very much for posting this, even though it shows the decline in the quality of car programmes on TV. Gordon Wilkins provided an intelligent and cogent commentary on the car, focusing on technical matters, making sound criticisms, where warranted. Such a contrast from having three idiots jabbering inanely and performing stupid stunts. Maybe the programme is a metaphor for the decline in quality of national and international governance as a whole over the past fifty years. It was fascinating to see how one of the most outstanding and and ground breaking cars ever produced was treated at the time - no national flag waving, but a sober analysis, that was not afraid to criticise minor issues.
Those were the days Jaguar made beautiful cars. I used to love watching that car as I grew up. 👌
Sir William was a hero of mine as a youngster. I bought my first XJ6 in 1983. It was 13 years old at the time. A bit rusty around the edges (which was typical of all cars at the time) but still a fabulous drive. Those tyres were ER70VR15s - The wheels and tyres were huge for the time - 15 inch wheels, with 205 section tread 😂 And they were expensive too.. These days, even Minis often have 18 inch or bigger wheels! Sir William had a 1969 XJ6 in brown as his personal car. Such a pity that Jaguar lost its way in the last few years and looks headed for extinction.
How wonderful to see the then new XJ, so sad that the mighty cat, Jaguar, has now been slain
Great stuff. More like this, please, BBC Archive.
Amazing to see that the XK120 (NUB120) which was 18 years old when this was filmed is still with us today 20/12/2024
Model XK120
Colour White
Fuel Type Petrol
Engine Size 3442cc
Jaguar XK120
Registered 13 March 1950
Vehicle Age 75 years
Marked for Export NO
Last V5C Issued 15 April 2016
Current MOT exp 01 Sept 2025.
A whole program on the then newly introduced Jag XJ6. Great stuff and historic too! Especially for a classic petrolhead like myself. Definitely show more of these episodes. Little did they know at the time what a disaster British Leyland would turn out to be 😬
Or what a disaster Jaguar and Land rover would become?!. Or are you going to brush Jaguars death spiral under the carpet now?
@ my comment was in context to the time period of this video. Sir Lyons was not around for modern era Jaguar/Land Rover. And isn’t the latter doing well now? As for modern day Jag, that’s a whole other kettle of fish. I did see that awful Jaguar reborn advertisement or whatever THAT was supposed to be 🤷♂️
@@DavidDatura I get you, sorry for the ambiguity and misunderstanding.
What a wonderful era for Jaguar, the BBC and its presenters. The XJ has always been my favourite car of all time in all its incarnations, well except for the 2009 - 2020 X351! The coverage of the XJ was superb and it's great that Gordon Wilkins lived to the ripe of old age of 95, having semi-retired to rural France and then Italy, and was still involved in motoring journalism in his 90s. Sadly, all the values of this era are fast dying. While Jaguar becoming part of BL must have seemed a nightmare back then, nothing compares to the horror of that new Teletubbies ad and today's pink marital aid lookalike concept car!
I liked the comment about there being no roll then going round a corner and showing considerable roll 😂. Beautiful car , best Jaguar ever perhaps ?
The XJ6 was a car that was truly immaculate
In my opinon, the Series 1 Jaguar XJ was the most beautiful, followed by the Series 2 and then the XJ8 the last of the steel XJ's. Pity Jaguar management have BETRAYED their owners, heritage, founder's memory and DNA. One day, I hope someone will buy Jaguar Cars and restore them to building proper cars again. But first, the brand will die before it can be reborn.
I tend to agree though I owned a Series 2 for 14 years I slightly regret that I failed to buy a Series 1 LWB VDP Double Six in perfect condition that came up for sale.
@@ColinMill1That would have been magnificent.
XJC was peak XJ.
@@wobblybobengland Yes, I was thinking of the 4-door cars of which I think the Series 1 in LWB form was the best. The existence of the XJ12C makes me wonder why they bothered with the XJS at all. It wasn't a continuation of the E-type but they should perhaps have put the effort of the XJS into something much more obviously derived from the E-type.
I wonder what Sir William would say about Jaguar's past 30 years history and it's uncertain future?
Did Sir William once again state that Jaguar were the first with 4-wheel disc brakes? Surely I misheard, because I’m sure he was well aware of the existence of the Citroen DS and the Rover P6
Did they have Discbrakes in 1952?
Jaguar had then with the C-Type.
What's next for Jaguar? How about adverts that don't make sense, that feature no cars, and lose the iconic hood ornament.
Yawn
Got you talking about the brand though, which is the whole point of advertising
Yep. Go ultra woke and destroy you customer base.
The World has moved on. Marques have become brands. People get very upset (or sneering or caustic) about the current ads, but what was the last really "Jaguar" Jaguar you drove or were driven in?
For me it was perhaps a 1972 Series 1 2.8 Sovereign.
There have been lovely cars since then, but probably no "real" Jaguars since the Millennium.
As to the leaping cat, it went the way (quite rightly) of the steel bumper.
You don’t appear to have noticed that this is 56 year old TV programme, talking about its direction in the 1970s. You are obviously an American - pleased to see an American maintaining the nation’s world wide reputation for intelligence.
Still an attractive car with a lot of road presence today nearly 60 years later
When cars were actually manufactured in the uk
...using parts provided by Lucas, Prince of Darkness. Honestly, the quality of our cars was just inadequate. Dad had an XJ6, which I loved and maintained. Meanwhile, I worked at a Datsun garage and the difference in reliability was astonishing. I suppose the Jag gave me the chance to learn electrics and body (rust) repairs! Cars are still being made here, though local costs are high and access to the biggest local market has been made more difficult. Notably, the iPace was never UK built.
I need a time machine and a full wallet.
sure you can!..you can add a flux capacitor to almost anything that moves more than 25mph to make a time machine.. making the flux capacitor is the problem!
Well, I have a spare capacitor and some flux in my plumbing kit, so I'm halfway there😊.
Just make sure that your wallet is full of £Sd if going back to the sixties!
@@andrewjones-productions naaaah i intend to transit to 2000bc when gold was 10cents per kg, buy 50kg of gold then teleport to 1968ce and sell them for 1100dollars per kg..👍
I've wanted one for a while. Having watched this i want one even more. Or perhaps i want to be back in 1968 when we would be getting excited about having a car industry that could produce the best saloon car in the world at a non-astronomical price. Pre-WEF days.
The bosses and designers at Jaguar back then must be spinning in their graves now.
2025: What’s next for Jaguar?
Complete and utter self-destruction. RIP 🪦
transfer ownership to China and convert them to electric motors..
So Lyons was expected to use his experience and make Leyland better. Well, that didn't work did it?
Those XJ Jags looked really nice, they drove nice, but they had an extraordinary high fault rate. Rotten Lucas electrics.
Lyons claimed the engine was highly efficient. So how come it did about 20 mpg?
From an era when Jaguar still made beautiful cars, instead of whatever the hell is going on with Jaguar these days.
If only he could see what has become of his beloved Jaguar 😢😢
The MKII the favoured Jag of Chief Inspector Morse, Fred Thursday & Endeavour, that's one of my favourite jags, the other is Robert McCall's. 🤭
Hènry Royce, w o Bentley william lyons ,colin chapman, etc i wonder what they'd think of the British car industry now ???
One has to say One has too say I enjoy the new Jaguar 😂
I love the XJ6, it is fast with a great ride and fantastic interior. William Lyons knew his onions! Incredibly cheap too in comparison to its rivals.
I’ve owned six of the model featured here. Currently a Daimler Double Six, Series Three. All hobby cars, not daily drivers. When I’m out, older people give admiring glances, most younger people completely ignore it. And that tells you all you need to know about where Jaguar needs to go. It’s hard to accept, but the Jaguars that blew our minds a generation or two ago, are not wanted now, at least not by the market segment that counts, people in their twenties to forties. Remember, even Chippendale had its day.
Bollox ,are you a homosexual????
The shape of the Jaguar XJ6 remained similar when restyled updated through series 2,3,4,5 and I think 6 until being replaced after 2000. No mention of the more luxurious Daimler models. With the series 2 came the 12 cylinder 5.3 XJ12 and Daimler Double Six.
I think the xj12 might be the last genuine Jaguar in the 1990s.
Unexpectedly Jaguar's 3 saloon policy became redundant soon after because people were only buying the XJ so they had stopped building the Mk2 and 420G by 1971. A bit like what'll happen now except instead of people unexpectedly buying 1 car rather than the range, people will buy a Bentley or a Porsche instead at that price range and Jaguar will go under
A now deceased pal had a series 1 4.2 XJ6 {and at the same time a Daimler V8, a series 3 then replacing his series 1}. That first Jag had a brilliant ride quality, the like of which wasn't bettered by Mercedes and BMW big saloons I drove ten years later.
Not a flat panel any where beautifully designed. Floats along. excellent. Road holding .high performance. Pure quality&prestige .comfort reliability & safety. Documentary professionals no Clarkson tyre burning vain stupid boorish farcical television career comments 😮 Englands JAGUAR FOREVER ❤
I'll take a Series 3 XJ just as soon as they build one again 😘
I would much prefer a restomod over any new production.
It's not a Jaguar, it's a Jaaaaag. 😘👌
My first introduction to Sir William Lyons, a self made who created the marque from nothing. (Hello, big predatory cat.)
You can tell from Sir Williams’s manner, he is not completely comfortable with the reception of his life’s ambition, which was always to create a sedan with the best pedigree for middle-class aspirants. Americans have trouble understanding this, but that can be attributed to the wealth of their society. Sir William always was aware of the enticing possibilities when two anti-Nuke people are thrust together by circumstance, where anything is possible when experienced as the overwhelming “bound for glory “ experienced in Woksy Guthree’s music
The original Series 1 XJ6 was a game changer Rolls-Royce and Mercedes studied carefully to match the ride refinment and silence and BMW had barely started in that market sector. There were waiting lists and there was a black market in new cars. Contrary to saloon bar wisdom they were reliable our family did a huge mileage in a 4.2 automatic and the weakest link was the exhaust system. Eventually we had a failure in the BW automatic transmission with a broken 2nd gear brake band. The series 2 models weren't so good
There hasn't been a decent Jaguar saloon since the launch of the XJ6 in 1968 and improved it with shoe horning that lovely V12 into the same body shell in 1971. With that V12 It was a nicer car to drive than a Rolls Royce. Ever since then they have continued to go down hill.
4:24 I thought we were laid back these days! Nahh no one would fit a V12 in there lol !
It's impossible to overestimate the impact that driving a nearly new XJ6 4.2 had on me at 18 years old (1975). It was like a rocket ship, and a silent one. Amazing to think that Jaguars could turn them out at a fraction of the cost of say, a Ferrari, which had the cache and the performance, but not great build quality. Unfortunately later Jaguars build quality dropped with all the union problems.
I understand the feeling. At 21, I bought an XJ6 and all my mates had XR3i’s and Capri’s. I have to confess that I drove it like a hot hatch, and actually it would keep up with the former even on tight B-roads
Foreshadowing at 5:00
In 1969 the xj replaced the 420G as the xj came in short and long wheel base
It's a real pity what became of Jaguar.
Can we discuss the coffee table? Knoll or Herman Miller!
That was a preproduction car as pa's was standard the door had a pull on you did not use the door pocket.
In 1970 door arm rest had a cut out to put the door closed
Jaguar's best days were half a century ago, when it produced the most beautiful, desirable, and amazingly affordable cars in the world. Compared to that peak, the recent laughable "pink" Indian Tata Owned Jaguar concepts are truly PITIFUL and look like the DEATH THROES of this once glorious automaker.
All by design, all done on purpose!
When Jaguars were Jaguar.
56 years ago Sir William was about to leave behind in good shape with the beautiful XJ6. Although later he had second thoughts about BL, Jaguar’s future was secured. Today, the Jaguar identity is about to vanish. Jaguar should stay to its very core DNA and make cars in the best Jaguar tradition.
I suppose heritage is great if it appeals but the people who appreciate it are becoming a smaller and smaller group. Also if your heritage is linked to ICE this is also dying away. The advert got everyone talking, positively or negatively, they are all taking about Jag. The brand has been in decline for decades, let’s see if the new approach can reenergise it.
Exactly, sales of ‘traditional’ jaguars were dire, carrying on like that isn’t an option.
There's a common theme here. The downfall of two respected names tripping over themselves to be seen in the pursuit and worship of a toxic political ideology.
Rip Jaguar and bbc.
Dear oh dear, what utter rot
You sound like yet another easily-triggered Boomer snowflake who gets offended by anything and everything. Jaguar has a new logo and some concept cars - oh no! The BBC reports things in its usual balanced way - outrage.
Growing up in Europe in the 1970s - 1980s, our doctor always drove Jags. He got a new one every 4 or 5 yours...
Pretty sure they were XJ6s...
He wouldn't dream of buying a new one in 2024, were he still alive... for obvious reasons...
The new 69 model , I wonder if they are still on the roads today ?
Where the factory exhaust tips like that ?
They were quickly changed to the "S" type exhaust because fumes were backdrafting into the cabin.
What's next for Jaguar is oblivion.
On a side note, this was a time when the BBC was loved and respected,
now it's anything but.
Much like Jaguar.
One of them cares too much about Palestinians.
The BBC is still respected by everyone except for lunatic political extremists who can't cope with facts being reported.
Ashame he didn't know how to close the bonnet properly.
Surely Sir William Lyons, for his interview, should have been wearing an orange dress and wielding a yellow sledgehammer.
For Jaguar racing was their R&D.
They competed to develop race performance for the public road.
They succeeded.
Holden copied the same formula.
The Cad’s car.
He'd be disgusted with Jaguar now
Imagine if they produced an SUV
Jaguar’s always been a company that’s pretty lost in what direction to go in, it’s a miracle it didn’t take the Jowett route of just throwing in the towel. And for people saying ‘Jaguars going broke’ and crap like that, it’s always been going broke. It’s just now some people think that blaming it on the idea that the company is ‘going woke’ to help push an outdated political idea will somehow make them reconsider. No one likes the way that Jaguars been going, no one has for the past 80 years, their main job is simple; toys for the rich.
Americans take note how the word "Jaguar" is correctly pronounced.
Had he got a bus to catch?
I was 3 years old. When the BBC was worth watching. However, a typical condescending, stilted presenter interviewing a brilliant, innovative engineering entrepreneur
I think that you are 180 degrees out - I was surprised what a poor speaker Sir William Lyons was (and he was a stylist and marketeer btw), whereas Gordon Wilkins provided a sober and even handed analysis, and asked intelligent technical questions.
The new Jaguar XJ6. Everything you could possibly want (except head restraints and seat belts!)
The 'SS' Jaguar label - used between 1936 and 1939 - was a bit of an unfortunate choice of name!
Front seat belts were fitted, but not worn. It was the '60s...
Tata needs to watch this. Real Jag.
You mean the ones nobody has been buying?
“JaguAR” …😂
British Leyland was better for Jaguar then Tata could ever hope to be, and thats saying something..
I bought an 18year old descendant… A 2006 Daimler super eight- They won’t be surpassed me thinks- Beautiful
The XJ6 was a game changer in the luxury car market of the time, the current Jaguar directors ought to have watched this before releasing the recent ridiculous Woke advert🤔
A V12 please.
It's heartbreaking to see the way Jaguar is now destroying itself with its DEI woke madness.
Jaguar need to sell cars, and they aim to sell them to people who have money and make up their own minds, so they have to up their game. The type of people who bought Jags in the 60s no longer exist - probably smoekd themselves to extinction. Anymore than the original pre-Jag company of Swift SIDECARS hardly existed - people want to ride motorbike/sidecar combinations. So no, it's good to see Jaguar looking to the future not resting on their laurels which they've done since the Ford ownership era - over 35 years and the reason Jaguar festered and nearly died.
What came next for many Jag sedans in the U.S. was a swap to a Chevrolet V-8 engine and transmission. The Jaguar legacy was unreliability.
Because your Mechanics did not understand the Engine😅
Top Gear minus the silly 💩
They used to make cars back in the day that were driven by London villains as get away cars. Now they make massively over priced electric pink cars for big bummers!....The irony is that this is on Bacon Bonce Central's archive channel.
Love the series 1 XJ. SWL has rolled over in his grave due to the new horrific branding of Jaguar.
Jaguar produced some wonderful cars. The recent F Type is a great car and in the right spirit. Sadly time and climate change has taken over. Coventry can take pride.
This video is being ripped off/copyright infringed:
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This 🇬🇧 🚗 needs Yankee🇺🇸 power swapped in, like a nicely built Ford 347 stroker or a Chevy 383 stroker
Ah, back in the days when Jaguar were talked about for making fantastic cars that people wanted to buy rather than stupid woke rebranding. And when the BBC still made good programmes worth watching rather than stupid woke propaganda.