The X100 generation Jaguar XK8 was launched for the 1997 model year with styling by Fergus Pollock (famous for his Supervan project while at Chrysler of Europe which eventually became the Renault Espace) under the leadership of Geoff Lawson (who spearheaded Jag’s design renaissance with cars like the XJ220, XJ Sedan, S-Type etc). The XK8 […]
The XK8 was Jaguar’s late-90s attempt to bottle classic E-Type proportions with modern civility, which mostly succeeded until the factory electrics inevitably staged a quiet protest, so swapping in an all-aluminum 6.0-liter LS feels less like sacrilege and more like preventive medicine. This one gets the full Commonwealth betrayal treatment with a Trick Flow cam, […]
Everybody loves a good deal, but this Temu-inspired Jag is heinous. What you’re looking at is a Jaguar XK8 coupe that has been “art car’d” into an early grave with a coat of paint that looks like it was applied by kindergarteners at recess with a bucket of finger paints or worse… a coven of […]
Assembled in Coventry from 1997 through 2006, the XK added some soft lines to the angular XJ coupe and evokes the legacy of the E-Type. Mechanical & electric parts aren’t as troublesome and “release the smoke” prone as stuff from the 80s, but it isn’t as reliable as a Toyota or Ford or anything from […]
Jaguar coupes have been gorgeous cars since Ernesto Jaguar was a little boy sketching his designs on Big Chief Tablets, and the X100 generation XK was no exception. Assembled in Coventry from 1997 through 2006, the XK added some soft lines to the angular XJ coupe and evokes the legacy of the E-Type. Mechanical & […]
Another day, another Jaguar with Chevy V8 conversion — I’d better watch it, else endure the wrath of the Jaguar faithful…oh, wait…it’s a late model XK8, nobody will care — keep calm and carry on swapping! Find this 2003 Jaguar XK8 Convertible with LS1 power offered for $12,500 in Weatherford, TX via craigslist. Dropping a […]
The X100 generation Jaguar XK8 was released in 1996 on a platform shared with the Aston Martin DB7. It was a much more modern looking car than the XJS is replaced and looks dead gorgeous in drop top spec if you ask me. What could make it better? An engine that is more powerful, more […]
Throughout the dead of winter, you diligently stashed away your pennies and dimes for an open-air sports car. Good on you. You have $6,000 saved, which would put you in just about the best NA Miata on the market, or an Alfa Spider but not quite Boxster territory – yet. Here, for your consideration, is a […]