My boyfriend recently bought a XJ12 (which he might love more than me ) But I was hopeing to get him a user's manual for his birthday.
SO I have a few questions:
First does anyone have any suggestions on where to find one?
Second, how can I tell which series it is? (I was looking on e-bay and it didn't have any listed by year, just by series 1, 2, and 3.)
Third, is there some difference between the 1994 model and the 1995 model? I know there are differences, but how can I tell which one it is. (My bf couldn't remember which year it was when I asked him...)

Any help you can provide would be much appreciated!
:)
-Jessica

Submitted by zurdo_1@univis… on Mon, 11/13/2006 - 10:13

any Jaguar Dealer parts department has the Service Manuals in CD nowadays.
you just tell them the Model Year. They cost around $25. + tax!!

If not, you can contact the Jaguar-Daimler Heritage Trust in the UK, (do a search in google.com for their page address), and they also have them, you need to have the registration year and model of the car. The price is about the same + shipping. They also offer a nice service in which you provide them with the V.I.N. (vehicle identification number), and they send you a Certificate with all the details of the car, manufacture date, colors, etc., suitable for framing.

The XJ-6 was called Series 1, 2, and 3 from 1968 until 1987 in the USA market. In 1988 it was renamed the XJ-40, although those of us with series 3 XJ-6 or XJ-12 call it the "Series 4 XJ-6", but that's not the official factory designation, only a way to differentiate the models. Your boyfriend's car is an XJ-6 but officially it's an "X-300" (correct me if I'm wrong guys).

The easiest way to refer to these cars is to say: "I have a 19-something or 2000-something XJ-6 or XJ-12", and let someone else worry about Factory model designations. One thing is common, the 4-door Sedans (a.k.a. "Saloons"), are all known as the XJ-6 or XJ-12 unofficially, unless you have one of the sporty 2-door models, like the XK-8.

In the mid-1990's, the factory decided to bring back the Series 3 "looks" of the 1980's because it was the most beautiful design, and the X-300 cars started to look "rounded" again, with lots of curves and round headlights, as opposed to the "squared" lines and headlights of the XJ-40, which in itself is a very good looking design too. One thing is true: All Jaguars are beautiful. Take a look at mine in graphic form!