page_title: Jaguar XJS
section_title: Full convertible
hierarchical_section_title: Jaguar XJS / Series II (1981–1991) / Full convertible
caption_attribution_description: 27th Annual New London to New Brighton Antique Car Run Automobile Parade through New London. The night before the Antique Car Run begins. More Car Pictures: www.flickr.com/photos/greggjerdingen/collections/72157631...
context_page_description: The Jaguar XJ-S 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 by William Heynes Jaguar Chief Engineer and Vice Chairman using the platform and chassis of the then current Heynes designed XJ saloon, the XJ-S was noted for its prominent rear flying buttresses. The early styling initiated by Heynes and partially by Jaguar's aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer — one of the first designers to apply advanced aero principles to cars. Sayer died just before the XJ-S body styling was frozen for production.
  In 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.
context_section_description: The two-seat XJ-SC targa-type model, never a great success in the marketplace, was replaced by a two-seat full convertible in 1988 which proved to be a great hit.
caption: Pre-facelift XJ-S Convertible
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