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Hi JF,
I was curious if anyone knew what the price hierarchy of Jaguars were in the mid-eighties in the United States. To be specific, in 1986-*87, was the XJ12 the king of the hill on price or would an XJ-SC have had a higher sticker/manufacturers suggested retail price?
I know the Hess & Eisenhardt Jaguar convertibles were available and possibly the factory Jaguar convertibles may have been available in 1987. Feel free to throw them in the price mix as well.
Thank you Doug. With the old saying, "When the top goes down (or off in my 1987 XJ-SC case), the price goes up." I wondered if the XJ12 was more expensive than the XJ-SC in 1987. My XJ-SC had the complete Lister upgrade when new, so I suspect my car had a sticker price of around $65k in 1987. That is a heck of a lot of money in today's money.
I wondered if the XJ12 was more expensive than the XJ-SC in 1987.
The XJ12 was not sold in the USA from 1979* until 1993.
*: 6 of the Series III models were imported into the US in 1979, but no more Series III models. The next XJ12 was the XJ40 models in 1993.
The rest of the world could buy a Series III with a V12 engine, but not in the USA.