It’s not too difficult to find discarded examples of the supercharged V8-powered Jaguar
For many years, Denver Pick Your Part was a funky, muddy operation on an industrial stretch of Federal Boulevard. I purchased many parts for various projects and documented dozens of discarded vehicles for this series. On April 1, LKQ moved this operation to a brand new location half a mile away, and I showed up early to attend the grand opening.
I’ll miss the old “Denver Pick Your Part” despite its treacherous foundation, but sometimes even junkyards get scrapped.
The new location is located in a huge asphalt parking lot, designed to make it easier for shoppers to get around and pick up pieces. One of the employees is running this really cool Scion xB project, so that’s a good sign.
As I walked through the rows, this two-tone jaguar immediately caught my attention. What’s going on here?
The VIN says it’s a real XJR, complete with a turbocharged 4.0-liter inline-six making 322 horsepower and 378 pound-feet. That was better than the 313 hp V12 in the XJ12 that was in the showrooms next to it.
The supercharger belongs to the same Eaton family that was used in the Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe. This makes sense since Ford bought Jaguar in 1989.
The US market X306 XJR was only available with an automatic transmission; A few hundred examples with five-speed manual transmissions were sold in Europe. The version we got here was good for quarter-mile times of 14.9 seconds and ran 0-60 in 6.6 seconds – not bad for a car that weighs 4,215 pounds.
The MSRP was a hefty $65,000, or about $134,206 in 2024 dollars. The 1995 XJ12 costs $77,250, which after inflation is $159,499.
This XJR generation was only sold here for the 1995 to 1997 model years and was then replaced by the V8 XJR. Only 6,547 examples were built.
This received extensive customization at some point, including major ones CHARGED Badge.
The hood is covered in faux carbon fiber, which was all the rage in the early Fast & Furious era.
The upholstery has been renewed with well-finished two-tone embroidered leather.
I knew it had to be this way some Traces of this car online. In fact, Mecum auctioned it off in Denver in the summer of 2015. With its white wheels and the whine of the supercharger, it must have attracted a lot of attention.
The person who customized it loved it very much, but now it is on the verge of decay.
The Simple dealer described his suspension as a straight-up dominatrix.