Used 2003 Jaguar XJ-Series Vanden Plas 4dr Sedan (4.0L 8cyl 5A) Consumer Reviews
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2003 Vanden Plas-beautiful!
WL, 02/24/2003
Jaguar XJ-Series Vanden Plas 4dr Sedan (4.0L 8cyl 5A)
14 of 14 people found this review helpful
I purchased my '03 Vanden Plas late last year and it's been wonderful. I was lucky to get it because my dealer informed me that production of the Vanden Plas has stopped for a while. I was sad to hear it because I think that the only car that can out shine the beauty of a Vanden Plas is maybe a Rolls Royce. What I couldn't believe is that these Jags are still hand assembled in England (woodwork and all.) I can't tell you how many comments I've received on my car. It's been wonderful. Classic British luxury at it's best.
The Jag
Craig Seifert, 06/25/2007
Jaguar XJ-Series Vanden Plas 4dr Sedan (4.0L 8cyl 5A)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
Bought the car for my wife, but love to drive it when she'll let me. Picked it up in DC and drove it 200 miles on the interstate to get home and was impressed with the comfort, stability, power and control. Two days later, we drove it to Michigan from Virginia Beach. Again, superb is the word. We've owned and driven a lot of high end cars, but the XJs are in a class of their own. The styling is refined from decades of improving on a base design from the late sixties. The engineering has too. The base 300 HP 4.0 L V8 coupled with the 4 speed automatic is powerful but smooth, sophisticated but dependable and pretty efficient (20 mpg), considering that it's pushing a 2.5 ton car.
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Nimble car
Terry Brown, Miami, FL, 06/19/2016
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Jaguar XJ-Series Vanden Plas 4dr Sedan (4.0L 8cyl 5A)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
You can feel the road. A drivers car. I’ve owned the car now for 14 years. It is a pleasure to drive. I will keep it for a very long time. It has 65,000 miles and is still running and operating perfectly !
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Breathtaking Automobile
M. Montecelli, 04/28/2005
Jaguar XJ-Series Vanden Plas 4dr Sedan (4.0L 8cyl 5A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
It is beuatiful, fast, and sexy. When I am cruising down the freeway (once at 260km/h), just smoothly gliding along, listening to that cat purr, I feel like a billion bucks. It is fairly practical, maybe not such as an S- class, but still not bad. But the pure thought of knowing that I am in such respected, hand-built piece of art that rides on four wheels, it does not even compare to a Benz. I can drive my Jag everyday, take it on weekend vacations, and look absolutely 'pimp' compared to everyone else on the road. FABULOUS CAR! PS Buy one, its worth it!