Spectre
The Deported
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2007
- Messages
- 36,832
- Location
- Dallas, Texas
- Car(s)
- 00 4Runner | 02 919 | 87 XJ6 | 86 CB700SC
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The XJ Sport is an XJR without the XJR drivetrain - you know, the thing that separated the XJR from the rest of the model line? It has the styling cues, the wheels, the internal and external XJR appointments, the XJR suspension settings... But it had the base car's V8 and gearbox plus it cost almost as much as the XJR. So you have a body making promises that the engine simply can't fulfill, in a car that was ~$85K when you could have the real XJR for less than ten percent more.
Or, put another way, it was kind of like getting an M3 that BMW stuck an unmodified 128i motor in and then made you pay 95% of the M3's original price for the privilege of owning such an abomination.
Fortunately, few people fell for it back then and it was taken out back and shot after a couple years.
The XJ Sport is an XJR without the XJR drivetrain - you know, the thing that separated the XJR from the rest of the model line? It has the styling cues, the wheels, the internal and external XJR appointments, the XJR suspension settings... But it had the base car's V8 and gearbox plus it cost almost as much as the XJR. So you have a body making promises that the engine simply can't fulfill, in a car that was ~$85K when you could have the real XJR for less than ten percent more.
Or, put another way, it was kind of like getting an M3 that BMW stuck an unmodified 128i motor in and then made you pay 95% of the M3's original price for the privilege of owning such an abomination.
Fortunately, few people fell for it back then and it was taken out back and shot after a couple years.
