HISTORY
Having gone through a period of being is considered passé, chrome plating is returning, body colour and black having been de rigueur in the marketplace for some considerable time. Whilst considered a modern concept, in Jaguar terms ‘body colour’ actually dates back to the wire wheels often fitted to XKs and ‘Mk 1s’ in the ‘40s and ‘50s! Jaguars chrome ‘sea change’ was heralded by the introduction of the XJ-S in 1975 – for the first time, conventional heavy chromed steel bumpers were dropped in favour of their rubber covered, impact absorbing brethren, additionally, chromed plastic made its first significant appearance in the form of the headlight surround trims. The
