THERE ARE many words thatdescribe the XJ-S; fast, handsome and controversial are just three. But with the car’s unique design having as much aggression as a quiet country pub on a Saturday night, the one thing it could never be called is scary.
If Jaguar got its way, though, 40 years ago the car could have become as terrifying a rear-view mirror sight as the BMW X5 and Volvo V90 are today. During the mid-Eighties it planned to supply the then new 3.6-litre model to police constabularies as a high-speed response vehicle, even going as far as producing a demonstrator.
Despite seeing plenty of action while being trialled by forces across the country, the car was amazingly preserved and has recently been restored.
Jaguar was no stranger to supplying cars to the police, its saloons especially.
Ever since the MkV in the 1940s, British constabularies had found their high performance ideal for patrolling the streets. This was especially true in the Sixties when the fast and agile
