Jaguar XJR: Age shall not weary the appeal of Jag's original supercharged big charger

摘要

If you've ever run an old Jaguar XJ40 and had time to study the slow decomposition of its bootlid while waiting for the AA to unravel its electrics, you'll probably think that the idea of adding a supercharger to this mechanical mix is about as sensible as asking an octogenarian to take up the bizarre new(ish) sport of stair running. There's likely to be a lot of wheezing and gasping, followed by moments both cathartic and potentially tragic. The XJ40, great though it was if you got a reliable example, was not a car in search of yet more complication.