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XJS values for clean good condition cars are only going one way; Up, Up, and Up!!!
i was buying parts for my 1978 XJS roadster, and got talking to the salesperson, he said the Black bumper cars are finally going up faster than facelift types!
its about time, and like he said of course good condition ones are most sought after Black bumper V12 cars.
i was buying parts for my 1978 XJS roadster, and got talking to the salesperson, he said the Black bumper cars are finally going up faster than facelift types! its about time, and like he said of course good condition ones are most sought after Black bumper V12 cars. im guessing 1975 thru 1987(i think).
when he says black bumper cars I think he means pre HE. No chrome on the bumpers, Kent wheels.
I know that a lot of XJS sell for under $10,000.00
but
Recently sold on Ebay
1995 Jaguar XJS CONVERTIBLE WITH 10,500 ORIGINAL MILES!
1995 4.0L ORIGINAL OWNER CAR WITH 10K ORIG MILES! RARE JADE GREEN MICA COLOR!
$29,000.00
1988 Jaguar XJS 2 door Hess & Eisenhardt convertible
Stunning low mileage converticble. Very clean car in amazing condition
48.000 miles
sold for:$17,000.00
1995 Jaguar XJS XJS 2dr Convertible
1995 XJS 2dr Convertible Used 4L I6 24V Automatic RWD Convertible Premium
72,828 sold for $14,995.00
1996 Jaguar XJS 4.0L CONVERTIBLE WITH 16K ORIGINAL MILES!
1996 XJS 4.0L CONVERTIBLE WITH 16K ORIG MILES IN RARE 'SAPPHIRE BLUE' COLOR!
Sold for $30,000.00
There is hope my friends.....
Last edited by Terry007; 04-14-2016 at 11:53 PM.
Reason: Typo
I have no doubt that all XJS models will start to see some appreciable increases in value in the next five to ten years. They are great cars and even more, what else is there out there? There are no really affordable E-types left. Austin Healys are climbing in value, so many one time affordable sports cars are gaining in value. I think if you want to make any money with the XJS I would buy running, complete cars and store them away without any restoration attempted. You could buy these cars for anywhere from 500 dollars to 2,500 dollars. I would keep them in covered storage to preserve them as well as possible. Then I would sell them as is, probably doubling or tripling your investment. Just don't put any additional money in them. This is what I would do if I had a barn or warehouse to keep them in. Heck, I guess I could keep a couple in my garage. But you are not going to get rich doing this.
I have always fancied an xjs from when I was in my 20s. now im in my 50s, I actually got my sticky hands on one. I don't expect to lose money on it but I don't expect it to rocket skywards in value, and in a way im happy with that because I don't want to be too scared to drive it in case I wipe £10,000 off its value as an investment by denting a wing. I just want to enjoy it for what it is rather that for what it is worth. Each to there own as far as classic cars go but it frustrates me to see wonderful cars sitting in heated garages never to be driven because they are worth zillions
Leo, I'm with you. I'm still working on my XJS but when it's ready I plan and driving it as much as I can. I bought my '97 XJ6 a couple of months back and I've been using it as my daily car. I've put a couple of thousand miles on it so far and I just love driving it. I plan to switch off between the two cars so each will be in constant use. Last summer I went to look at my dream car, an Aston Martin DB7. The car actually "feels" very much like the XJS, which it is based on. I thought the car was fantastic, and the prices are still dropping. This convertible was asking 25,000.00. I know that this is not a lot of money to some of the rich guys on the forum, but I'm just a working guy. Hopefully, I will be able to ****** one at the bottom of the depreciation curve in a year or two. This would be a lot of money for me, and I asked myself more importantly, if I would actually be able to drive and use such a fabulous car. Would I be so freaked out about anything happening to it that I would be afraid to drive it? It wouldn't just be the money, it's that it's a dream car. Maybe that's why I'm dragging my feet with the XJS, it's my dream car also. Maybe I'm thinking I will be somewhat afraid to drive it. So my plan is to get the XJS on the road and use it. If I find I'm having a problem with using it, I'll certainly forget about getting something as glamorous as that Aston. I had a different attitude towards my 1970 Mustang coupe which I drove everyday, everywhere. I figured that it wasn't that nice a car, which it wasn't. I've got some co-workers with nice muscle cars and they almost never drive them. What's the point of that?
for fear of being considered a dinosaur. why have an incredibly beautiful wife and not
getting horizontal. Just sit around looking at her all day too scared of "messing her up a bit"
by the way my wife is not in the room at the moment
I know that a lot of XJS sell for under $10,000.00
but
Recently sold on Ebay
1995 Jaguar XJS CONVERTIBLE WITH 10,500 ORIGINAL MILES!
1995 4.0L ORIGINAL OWNER CAR WITH 10K ORIG MILES! RARE JADE GREEN MICA COLOR!
$29,000.00
1988 Jaguar XJS 2 door Hess & Eisenhardt convertible
Stunning low mileage converticble. Very clean car in amazing condition
48.000 miles
sold for:$17,000.00
1995 Jaguar XJS XJS 2dr Convertible
1995 XJS 2dr Convertible Used 4L I6 24V Automatic RWD Convertible Premium
72,828 sold for $14,995.00
1996 Jaguar XJS 4.0L CONVERTIBLE WITH 16K ORIGINAL MILES!
1996 XJS 4.0L CONVERTIBLE WITH 16K ORIG MILES IN RARE 'SAPPHIRE BLUE' COLOR!
Sold for $30,000.00
There is hope my friends.....
You are feeling it Terry! Up up and beyond, baby!!
Now, I've got to get started on that steering rack!
Leo, I'm with you. I'm still working on my XJS but when it's ready I plan and driving it as much as I can. I bought my '97 XJ6 a couple of months back and I've been using it as my daily car. I've put a couple of thousand miles on it so far and I just love driving it. I plan to switch off between the two cars so each will be in constant use. Last summer I went to look at my dream car, an Aston Martin DB7. The car actually "feels" very much like the XJS, which it is based on. I thought the car was fantastic, and the prices are still dropping. This convertible was asking 25,000.00. I know that this is not a lot of money to some of the rich guys on the forum, but I'm just a working guy. Hopefully, I will be able to ****** one at the bottom of the depreciation curve in a year or two. This would be a lot of money for me, and I asked myself more importantly, if I would actually be able to drive and use such a fabulous car. Would I be so freaked out about anything happening to it that I would be afraid to drive it? It wouldn't just be the money, it's that it's a dream car. Maybe that's why I'm dragging my feet with the XJS, it's my dream car also. Maybe I'm thinking I will be somewhat afraid to drive it. So my plan is to get the XJS on the road and use it. If I find I'm having a problem with using it, I'll certainly forget about getting something as glamorous as that Aston. I had a different attitude towards my 1970 Mustang coupe which I drove everyday, everywhere. I figured that it wasn't that nice a car, which it wasn't. I've got some co-workers with nice muscle cars and they almost never drive them. What's the point of that?
hi riv, i just sold a 72 mustang notchback , good condition, but 6 cylinder,auto.
went for $2500. bucks, new O ,says he is gonna put a V8 into it!
Mustang guys are something like E-type guys and XJS guys,, 60s stangs are more wanted , 70s not so much value, but mustbe me i think the 70s stangs are a better looking car and a better GT model.
I know that a lot of XJS sell for under $10,000.00
but
Recently sold on Ebay
1995 Jaguar XJS CONVERTIBLE WITH 10,500 ORIGINAL MILES!
1995 4.0L ORIGINAL OWNER CAR WITH 10K ORIG MILES! RARE JADE GREEN MICA COLOR!
$29,000.00
1988 Jaguar XJS 2 door Hess & Eisenhardt convertible
Stunning low mileage converticble. Very clean car in amazing condition
48.000 miles
sold for:$17,000.00
1995 Jaguar XJS XJS 2dr Convertible
1995 XJS 2dr Convertible Used 4L I6 24V Automatic RWD Convertible Premium
72,828 sold for $14,995.00
1996 Jaguar XJS 4.0L CONVERTIBLE WITH 16K ORIGINAL MILES!
1996 XJS 4.0L CONVERTIBLE WITH 16K ORIG MILES IN RARE 'SAPPHIRE BLUE' COLOR!
Sold for $30,000.00
There is hope my friends.....
On my opening post to this thread, I mentioned that the exception to this strange XJS low value phenomenon was the low miles examples, and this is what your post appears to show. It's just that there are a few vintage cars dealers that, somehow, always manage to find these low miles XJS' (well, that is sound marketing, I suppose) and then they really know how to "prepare" them to further justify the steep prices. However, their examples are truly exceptional cars. Locals West Coast Classics and Checkered Flag come to mind with some inventories that will have you drooling by the gallons... and I mean not just necessarily Jags or XJS’
BTW, I wonder if this list represents "for sale" asking prices or "sold prices" on closed sales?
Well, I believe that Terry's price list is, indeed, "sold prices".
So, I thought maybe is time to update my old list of sold Jaguar XJS' and the prices they've been going for lately. I'm adding this to Terry's. Again, all these are "sold prices" as they went during February, March and April, 2016. I picked the cars with less than 60,000 miles and then I carefully reviewed the ads that showed suspect pricing, so I wouldn't include exceptions, such as "flooded", or lots of things that need fixing, etc. because those are not the prices that we're interested on. The list order is by miles, beginning with the lowest, that red '96 with 7,771 miles that they were trying to sell for quite a long time.
MILES - MODEL YEAR - SOLD FOR - COMMENTS
7,771 1996 $24,000. -Took like forever to sell
24,000 1991 $ 7,000 -This is a V12 coupe
25,000 1995 $14,900 -6.0:L V12 convertible
39,300 1988 $ 5,600 -H&E conversion
40,171 1987 $ 7,500 -This is a Cabrio
41,000 1995 $12,000 -AJ16 Convertible
43,908 1987 $ 4,400 -V12 Coupe
47,000 1988 $10,000 -H&E conversion
48,000 1992 $11,500 -Accepted less $$ than this
52,370 1987 $ 6,500 -Accepted less $$ than this
56,000 1990 $ 7,000 -V12 Convertible
59,446 1984 $ 4,500 -V12 Coupe
This gives you at least some reference as to where your kitty currently may be, price wise, in the USA. Unfortunately, this particular listing record does not show much forward progress regarding XJS value/pricing. The reality is that "sold" prices do not necessarily show as rosy when compared to your more optimistic pricing found in "Cars for sale" listings.
The cars i mentioned were sold for that price , but were listed for a few thousand more. As far as finding low mileage cars, it took me 3 years to find mine.
In Japan, the current average asking price for all fifteen (15!) XJSs currently shown with prices on kakaku.com is 2.11 million yen, or about USD 18,000 thanks to a stronger USD. All are around 1990, with most being early 1990s and a few from the last years of the 1980s. It's harder to find mid-nineties luxury cars in Japan because, I assume, of how the bubble burst. Most have done less than 30-40,000 miles.
Here’s something that bothers me simply because it shouldn’t be a mystery, yet, I can’t put my finger on it, plus the fact that I continue to assess it as a totally unfair phenomenon. Say what?
OK, I realize that the subject of the XJS poor value has come up previously, but I feel like I’m still far from understanding what’s really taking place that generates this absurdity: It’s about how the world sees a Jaguar XJS sold for peanuts in the widely watched car auctions on TV and how every time a Jaguar XJS comes to the block I feel like hiding or going to the bathroom to spare me the embarrassment. That people can get so much car for just an average $5K to $7K tops, compared to getting an ugly mid eighties Mustang with its mediocre front suspension and steering and with nothing special that will sell for at least twice as much as a super handling by comparison, shiny and decent miles XJS. I realize that cars tend to be sold for less money at auctions, but, then, the auction affects all cars similarly, not just the XJS. Even the hosts comments tend to make justice recognizing how beautiful and impressive both, exterior and interior are and how the XJS presents itself at the block and then they’re surprised at how cheaply they end up getting fetched. What pushes the XJS price down so much? Some may say “because it’s a Jaguar and Jaguars don’t keep their price” and I would tend to agree with that, since X300's and X308's don't fetch better prices than equal vintage XJS' at the auction. So, this would mean that an E-Type is not necessarily categorized as "a Jaguar" but rather as a special car based on how much more value than an XJS or X300 they're worth. I just saw a ’61 blue OTS go for $160,000 in “What’s my car worth?” In fact, this car’s owner thought his blue E-Type was worth $200,000. And that wasn’t the only E-Type fetching a great sales price. I know that the E is a special car, but isn’t it a Jaguar, too?
The only way I see an XJS selling for a decent price is when the car has ridiculously low miles, otherwise, they won’t keep good value in the majinner that other apparently less deserving cars do. We have many members here from whom I’ve read excellent input in regards to vehicles market value subjects and some input here would be much appreciated.
Finally, is this subject actually contributing for you to keeping your XJS for much longer than you would have, otherwise? Would you have already sold it if its value wasn't so disappointing?
Cheers,
I’m a racer. In decades of some very successful racing I’ve learned one thing. Profit from common knowledge when people spouting that common knowledge are stupid.
Here’s the deal. They sell new Jaguars too cheap. People buying those cars “know” about Jaguars “poor reliability”. So they take that too good a deal to pass up and enjoy it for a little while. ( remember there is no free lunch) So they take their prize in for service.
Dealerships aren’t charity, what they lose on the front end selling it they make up in service work. ( not warrantee work because that’s not really that profitable). So routine service work costs silly money.
After a little while of that they bring it to Fred. The local independent with his poorly trained ( if at all) mechanics who also have bills to pay etc. Hey a little padding here and there the owner doesn’t really know and with a good service writer, talks people into buying work not really needed.
The wife complains they are broke all the time he recognizes a lot of it is the expense of the car and it gets dumped.
The downward spiral begins. At some point at $100-$150/ hr the repair is greater than the cost of a replacement and prices spiral down faster. Add a few bogus repairs, botched work, suddenly it’s scrap.
It just seems that accountants can’t or won’t do mechanical work and mechanics without training can’t do the work right.
Especially the 80’s and 90’s cars which are really a nightmare of hoses, electrical connections, and scary obscure obsolete technology. Even though the fundamentals are unbelievably great.
While the XJS was never a mass market car like that Mustang, it was built over a twenty year period. Over one hundred thousand were produced. There are a lot of cars in states like California. Many, many cars still exist, some in current service, many are neglected or abandoned projects. The laws of supply and demand apply, a large supply with low demand. Why is the demand so low?
The E type was a sensation from the day it debuted. It became the dream car of the Swinging Sixties and in fact. it still remains so. I received a model kit for the E when I was in third grade and I knew what it was. Over fifty five years later I still do, and would love to own one if finances permitted. The Mustang was Everyman's dream car of the Sixties. It's popularity was enormous, well over a million built in the first three years. Back then everyone either had one, had relatives or friends that had one, or wanted one when they saw them driving around town. They still want one and this keeps the popularity high and the demand strong.
The XJS though, never was the darling of the media or public during the 1970s or 80s. It was well received by the Industry as a vehicle, except for the styling. Over a very long time the styling has been found to stand the test of time and is now becoming appreciated. The rising prices of E types is making the XJS becoming to be seen as a viable alternative. This will be to the benefit of current XJS owners. It still going to take time.
As a low buck DIY enthusiast I've thought hard about selling the XJS and getting something easier and cheaper to work on. But I know that I'll regret letting this one get away.
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