Photo: Silverstone Auctions
Remember the Jaguar XJS? That luxurious grand tourer was a very proper Jag in theory and it replaced the gorgeous E-Type legend, but when British Leyland incorporated the British-owned motor vehicle industry, that translated to very shoddy build quality and Lucas electrics so bad Brits had a joke that went like 'why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas made the refrigerators, too.'
You can acquire an XJS Jag for pennies nowadays and you don't need too many pounds sterling to get rid of the rust and replace the electrics. Furthermore, the XJS is considered by vintage car enthusiasts to be a classic. But there's a very special member of the breed that is very sought after by both enthusiasts and collectors. That is the Lynx Eventer, a hand-built, shooting brake version of the XJS.
Only 67 were ever produced. Starting with the XJS V12 HE, each car was assembled in East Sussex on a custom-made jig, taking 14 weeks from order to delivery. The biggest structural change was the removal of the XJS’ buttresses replaced instead by an extended roof with rear and side windows offering a bigger glasshouse. And guess what: the first ever production Lynx Eventer is heading to auction on September 20th, at Silverstone Auctions' Autumn Sale event.
“We’re no stranger to these beautiful estate cars having sold build number 40 at the Silverstone Classic Sale in July. These cars are incredibly rare and offer an unusual and practical classic car ownership experience,” declared managing director of Silverstone Auctions, Nick Whale. He also tells that this 1982 example has been in storage for the last 15 years and needs a little bit of TLC here and there, but the vehicle comes with rare, original paraphernalia such as the factory brochure, press cuttings and even auto magazines of the era.
How about the estimate? That is somewhere between £25,000 and £30,000. Isn't it a steal or what?
Only 67 were ever produced. Starting with the XJS V12 HE, each car was assembled in East Sussex on a custom-made jig, taking 14 weeks from order to delivery. The biggest structural change was the removal of the XJS’ buttresses replaced instead by an extended roof with rear and side windows offering a bigger glasshouse. And guess what: the first ever production Lynx Eventer is heading to auction on September 20th, at Silverstone Auctions' Autumn Sale event.
“We’re no stranger to these beautiful estate cars having sold build number 40 at the Silverstone Classic Sale in July. These cars are incredibly rare and offer an unusual and practical classic car ownership experience,” declared managing director of Silverstone Auctions, Nick Whale. He also tells that this 1982 example has been in storage for the last 15 years and needs a little bit of TLC here and there, but the vehicle comes with rare, original paraphernalia such as the factory brochure, press cuttings and even auto magazines of the era.
How about the estimate? That is somewhere between £25,000 and £30,000. Isn't it a steal or what?
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