’93 Jaguar XJS Coupe

SPORTY PERFORMANCE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON STYLE AND GRACE

by Ron Grable

We have some good news and some bad news: The bad news is that all production Jaguar coupes for ’93 have the 4.0-liter straight-six engine: no V-12s. (Actually, there’ll be a few: Jaguar-Sport, aka Walkinshaw Racing, will build 1OO signature-edition XJR-S, with a 6.0-liter version of the V-12, but all are spoken for already.) The good news is this 4.0-liter six-cylinder XJS is a better performer than last year’s V-12 version, anyway. Comparing test data for the ’92 V-12 XJS and the ’93 AJ6-engined version, we found the ’93 0.5 seconds quicker to 60 mph and 0.4 seconds quicker in the quarter mile (but almost 1.0 mph slower). In ’92 trim, the V-12 made 263 horsepower with a curb weight of 3970 pounds, so each horse was responsible for accelerating 15.1…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 1993

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