JAGUAR XJ12 SERIES 1 (1972-1973)
The original XJ was the culmination of over 20 years’ work by William Lyons to create what he deemed to be the perfect luxury saloon car. But one final item still had to be introduced to turn the XJ into a true flagship, and that happened in 1972 with the launch of the XJ12 featuring the new 5.3-litre, 280bhp V12 engine that had debuted in the E-Type. caught the mood by saying that the XJ12 was “a
