Classics Monthly

JAGUAR X300

FUTURE Classics FORGOTTEN HERO

When it arrived in 1994 with Jaguar under Ford ownership, the X300 was seen as a heavily facelifted XJ40 and a return to a more curvy look, more a progression from the muchloved XJ6 Series 3, while at the same time as dialling in better build, reliability and greater comfort. Perhaps the real headline story of the X300 therefore was the arrival of the supercharged XJR – the first production supercharged engine that Jaguar had produced – with its lowered suspension and chic, un-Jaguar like cabin, a move by the firm to

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