Great car if you want a daily driver year round even with rear wheel drive. Just get good tires, Continental ContiProContacts. Keep up with the regular maintenance and the car will do the rest! My only complaint is the headliner which in the XJ will develop a sag and need replacement. Otherwise, the car does all the work and I do the driving. Enjoy one.

This is a 150 MPH autobahn killer lets not beat about the bush. Available with 2 engines in the UK there is a 3.2 and a 4 litre V8. The 4 litre is the clear choice, 0-60 appears in a rapid 6 and a bit seconds and tops out at 150MPH. The 4 litre has very similar MPg to the 3.2. There is no wind noise or road noise even at 120-130 MPH. If you have a motorway commute this is the car for you. Remember new these cars were £45,000 to £55,000 (1998-2003 production run) so you can expect parts and servicing to cost a little more than a ford etc. Converted to gas, like mine is these are a very viable car.

Good fun, classic British cruiser. Wood, leather, grace space and pace as they used to say. Build quality on par with top Ford models as built under their ownership. Expensive parts prices. Definitely a future classic. Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear had 2.

This is the last of the lower XJ series and has a more purposeful and balanced look than the later version. Everything just works quietly, whether it is in a slow queue or cruising at 120+ on a motorway, which means you get in at one end and get out at the other quite relaxed. When it's clean you can park it next to anything with pride if you don't mind being a little dated in others' eyes.

Let me put it this way, what else can you get for 15000 that is this fast, looks this good, and is this comfortable, nothing, that's what. This car is a riot, Corvette levels of speed (in some cases faster then) with four doors, what's not to love?