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If you ask Jaguar North America, they'll tell you the production numbers by coupe and convertible, but not by interior color. Apparently, they don't have records by interior color. I asked years ago, and here's their reply:
P.S. There is no interior color named "Cream". Your interior color is an off-white called "Ivory" combined with either an Oyster or Warm Charcoal dash.
Last edited by Stuart S; 11-19-2020 at 07:54 PM.
Reason: Added P.S.
Jaguar have never released production numbers by COLOUR although they do release annual PRODUCTION totals categorised into XK8/XKR and Coupe/Convertible. There is little option as this information is published elsewhere such as on Carsalesbase: https://carsalesbase.com/us-jaguar-xk/
Clearly paint and trim colour data is extremely important for sales and marketing trends (and even more so when related to World market sector and demographic) so JLR must consider this information could be useful to competitors and restrict the release.
If you ask Jaguar North America, they'll tell you the production numbers by coupe and convertible, but not by interior color. Apparently, they don't have records by interior color. I asked years ago, and here's their reply:
P.S. There is no interior color named "Cream". Your interior color is an off-white called "Ivory" combined with either an Oyster or Warm Charcoal dash.
So am I reading this right? 380 XK Jaguars produced in the whole of 2009?? Is that all?? Or is that sold to the USA? And is it all XKs (including supercharged variants)? Even so its still small as I presume the US was the biggest market.
I was always told by management at JLR that the JLR car scheme for employees consumed more XKs than the rest of the word put together, but I presumed the number would be at least in the low thousands?!?
I did 3 contracts for JLR from 2011 to 2016 - I remember there were a lot of XKs being driven around by Management at the time, so many that I ended up promising myself one the moment they became cheap - but for some reason, unlike every other Jaguar ever made, they didn't become cheap!
If you read that letter again, carefully, you will see that it was 380 XKRs of the portfolio edition, a special edition. They only came in one color. That data point could be used with other production numbers to maybe glean more information.
If you read that letter again, carefully, you will see that it was 380 XKRs of the portfolio edition, a special edition. They only came in one color. That data point could be used with other production numbers to maybe glean more information.
Thank you, I somehow missed that, makes sense. I know there are websites that show total production numbers, I must check it out.
Jaguar Customer Service in Coventry, UK refused to give me the VIN for the last XK produced but JDHT have the vehicle on display and it is clearly visible. I asked question because I was interested to know how close to the end of production my own XK Signature had been built.
The 2015MY began in January 2014 with B54165. The last X150 built, B56794 rolled off the line on Thursday 24th July 2014. Therefore only 2,629 of the 2015MY cars were built between January and July 2014.
From a previous viewing of Carsalesbase, I discovered the last new XK was sold by a dealer as late as October 2017. I'll bet they were pleased to see that go after three years.
I think what this says is we've got a classic in the making. Keep them clean, and in 20 years you'll get your reward.
Someone I know in the industry surprised me by saying a very well known group who tend to accurately call the market have predicted the XK to be one of the surprise classics of the next 20yrs. Wouldn't surprise me, though i only have mine because I like looking at it.
Someone I know in the industry surprised me by saying a very well known group who tend to accurately call the market have predicted the XK to be one of the surprise classics of the next 20yrs. Wouldn't surprise me, though i only have mine because I like looking at it.
As the European market moves away from petrol (gasoline) / diesel and towards electric, prestige V8 and V12 infernal combustion engined vehicles will inevitable become prized. The demographic that owns and drives these is not one politicians either want or dare to alienate so there is inevitably going to be some kind of "collectors" category exemption from the save the planet / tree-hugging legislation. An expanding number of buyers seeking a diminishing number of vehicles will drive up prices. My first Jaguar was an E-Type in the 70's but I wouldn't swap my XK for one now. The XK a future classic - you bet.
Some good points there Graham- I think and advantage the x150 has over the x100 regarding potential classic status is that they are aluminium- they will probably last better- and they made far less- over 90,000 x100s were made. The 5 litre cars are rarer still, about 14000 worldwide from memory split between NA/SC and coupe/conv. Late model low mileage x100s are already significantly dearer than an early x150 (in the UK), reflecting there are relatively few 4.2 x100s and fewer still with low miles.
Some good points there Graham- I think and advantage the x150 has over the x100 regarding potential classic status is that they are aluminium- they will probably last better- and they made far less- over 90,000 x100s were made. The 5 litre cars are rarer still, about 14000 worldwide from memory split between NA/SC and coupe/conv. Late model low mileage x100s are already significantly dearer than an early x150 (in the UK), reflecting there are relatively few 4.2 x100s and fewer still with low miles.
+ 1 on the Aluminium hide. Also the convertible model x 100īs require a fabric cover for the top.
I would ONLY consider a X 100 Coupe, with 4.2 lt engine. The dashboard is AWESOME!
Still happy with my XK X 150 2007 Convertible 4.2. 46.000 kms on it!
I don't see these getting cheaper. The more I learn about them, the longer I think I can keep mine on the road. Couple that with the fact that I see 20 Mustangs/Challengers/Corvettes on every block (only a very small exaggeration), the rarity factor is a huge bonus. These are one of the best values out there right now. If only I had garage space for more than 1...
I don't see these getting cheaper. The more I learn about them, the longer I think I can keep mine on the road. Couple that with the fact that I see 20 Mustangs/Challengers/Corvettes on every block (only a very small exaggeration), the rarity factor is a huge bonus. These are one of the best values out there right now. If only I had garage space for more than 1...
I think the XK 5.0 still has a long way to fall in the UK but appreciate the European and US used vehicle markets are very different.
However, one thing that doesn't go away is cost of ownership. I've kept detailed records of all my vehicles for many years and the true cost can make frightening reading. This is the summary for my last 2007 XK 4.2 Coupe extracted from the vehicle history:
The CPM (Cost Per Mile) is a reasonable 0.86 UKP ($1.15) but CPD (Cost Per Day) is 9.69 UKP ($12.94). That's a significant cost even if it's just parked in the garage. To be considered as an investment, values have got to rise significantly year on year. The only Jaguar model to succeed in this has been the E-Type but restoration costs usually chew into any rise in value.
Like you, I've decided to keep my current XK. The main reason is JLR will never make anything remotely like it again. My driving began just before we had speed limits outside built up areas and I'd like it to end with a V8 rather than some soulless electric powered box.
11-19-2020, 06:24 PM
