MINOR ROYAL

THE INTRODUCTION of a 3.2-litre variant of the Advanced Jaguar Six-cylinder engine (AJ6) was a more seismic event than many realise, since it marked a significant shift in Jaguar’s sales patterns.

Previously, the XJ40 had been offered with two engine choices – a single-cam 2.9-litre and a 3.6-litre twin-cam version of the original AJ6 block. But, in 1990, things changed. The unpopular SOHC unit, which accounted for little more than 15 percent of XJ40 sales, was dropped and replaced by a new 3.2-litre DOHC powerplant, while the 3.6-litre engine was supplanted by a 4.0-litreunit befitting of the more upmarket models in the Jaguar and Daimler line-up.

The new 3.2 was hugely significant. Not only