The Jaguar XJ-S (later called the XJS) is a luxury grand tourer produced and marketed by the British manufacturer
of Jaguar Cars from 1975 to 1996, namely in coupé bodywork, fixed profile and fully
convertible. Three different iterations were made, with a total final production of 115,413 units over 20 years and seven
months. Originally developed on the platform of the then current XJ sedan, the XJ-S was known for its distinctive rear ends
struts. The early styling was partly created by Jaguar's aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer – one of the first designers to be in the
applied advanced aero principles to the cars – sadly Sayer died in 1970 before the design was completed. In mine
the last version, which ran from 1991 to 1996, was produced after Jaguar was taken over by Ford, which
introduced a number of modifications – and removed the hyphen in the name, marketing Jaguar's longest-established model simply as
XJS.