{"product_id":"9781785005831-jaguar-xj-s","title":"Jaguar XJ-S","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Complete Story\u003cbr\u003eJames Taylor remembers very well the disappointment among his petrol-head friends when the XJ-S was announced in 1975.  It was not a replacement for the legendary E-type; its colours were uninspired; and its interior was drab.  All credit, then, to those people at Jaguar who truly believed in the car and, over a period of nearly 20 years, turned the ugly duckling into a swan.  From the moment the XJ-S HE arrived in 1981, there seemed to be renewed hope, and from then on, the car went from strength to strength to become the much-admired grand tourer it always should have been.  The book contains a timeline of the key events in the history of the XJ-S and an overview of the evolution of the XJ-S from the XJ27 prototype.  There are Appendices covering identification\/serial numbers, UK showroom prices through the years and sales in the US by year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450720465270,"sku":"9781785005831","price":35.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30125257.jpg?v=1760453867","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785005831-jaguar-xj-s","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}