Why would they go to all the trouble then only produce nine cars? I wonder if they're only able to skirt safety and emissions rules to register these new cars because they are able to use the chassis numbers of the original nine?

+MathsYknow yes, exactly. Just like the e-type lightweight they've done

MathsYknow I believe so yes! Also the things they learned were probably invaluable

Ayyye what's up Tony

+MathsYknow - Nope. The 9 cars are NOT street legal. The rich owners can only drive around on their private estates.

They obviously aren't doing it out of the kindness of their hearts.

Just like Mercedes, who tried in the Eighties with a modern engined Gullwing by AMG. But even the great Carroll Shelby did it himself, with various manufacturers, and also Ford did it in the Eighties with Brian Angliss who had bought the right to the AC name and started producing recreation Cobra's. Ford tried to sue him, but they never copyrighted the name Cobra, and still don't own it today or GT40 either. That's why the representation of a modern GT40 was called the Ford GT, and the same for the latest money spinner for them with V6, and the very tight cockpit.

I believe that, too, but I'd argue that most new cars are waaay better in safety, practicality, and performance. Tech marches onwards...

computiNATEor true but I like fun. And fun over safety once and awhile isn't bad.

Miguel Hernandez ...it's true, they really don't make them like they used to. Cars had a personality, a soul, cars didn't have to be fast to be fun

Yeah, true. But new cars are safer, faster, more powerful, better mileage, way better reliability. Less fun though...

It's true. A lot of it has to do with crash safety standards. It's simply not possible to incorporate today's requirements for a production vehicle in the shape of cars from yesteryear.

AlexCoronaPhoto yes I cringed a little at that

Crossley / Goodyear's disk brake episode lasted six months as they were not practical. Non practical disk brakes on road cars were first tried in the 1900s by Lanchester! Jag / Dunlop were the first to succeed in racing and Austin Healey with Dunlop disk brakes on all four corners on a series production vehicle. Very much Jay Leno to roll out his amazing 'knowledge'

hydorah , yes Jay is an educated car nut. Kudos to him. Chrysler also tried disc brakes in the fifties and failed. He doesn't open his mouth just to see if his foot will fit.

Standard Jay phrases that always make me smile are over use of the term 'hilarious' every thing is 'hilarious' and the way he always says 'spudomemeter' when surveying the gauges in a car... Oh and the double denim suits are quite a thing. He's definitely a character!

Jay was right. Disc brakes were not invented by Jag, they were the first to perfect them for cars. A little mistake there, or probably just a slip as the guy was highly knowledgeable. As was mentioned the Austin Healey was the first to have them on a production car. I think Citroen were the first to have them on a non-sporty car.

Have you checked out the Doble steam car? That just blows my mind.....

Although a small (under 100) batch of Austin Healey 100S with disc brakes were made with discs which pre-dated it, in terms of series production cars (circa 1.5 million built) the first type to be fitted with reliable, highly effective disc brakes was the Citroën DS available from October 1955. Kudos for Jaguar's use of disc braking in their race vehicles but they were *not*, as was claimed, first to use them in a production street car.

Very interesting,Brett. I'll have to educate myself more on this. Would you give me some good link sources on the topic? Most of my knowledge comes from being a car fanatic and what I read growing up. My only vintage car now is a '59 bug.

No disc brakes on the bug eh? ;-) My much newer truck is a 1970 Toyota FJ40, drum binders all around. It actually stops pretty well though.

After the loss of '52 Le Mans against Mercedes when several of the aerodinamical low nose C_Type Model fell out because of overheated drum brakes! Jaguar had to think something new and they did.

***** Oh no! It's drum brakes and a top speed of about 60ish... It's a 34-37hp engine. I'm so torn on keeping the car.

For sure - an education, as well as the only way I could ever “experience” these cars to this degree. I feel like I’m collecting cars vicariously thru Jay’s videos….

YES!!!!!! 'Savagegeese' does this...and it's great edit- actually, Jay has done this before i remember

Really good idea

He does do it for some cars, I would like to see it done more.

GREAT IDEA!

Maybe do an extended version for people that want to see the WHOLE car.

The E-Type, Xj-13, Xj-15 and the. XJ220 are more beautiful.

@@gf4353 Really the XJ220? I wouldn't even consider it beautiful.

@Jordie Evans c'mon! invented does not mean applied

We all love Jay. That’s an awesome comment.

Enzo Ferrari said the same!

The XKE was voted as the BEST LOOKING car of the 20th century.

@@dgeorge852 Even Enzo Ferrari called it the most beautiful car in the world. High praise indeed. He also said the only thing wrong with it was it did not have a Ferrari badge.

@@Silverhand290 . My dad offered to buy me a used one, but I opted for a new GTO instead. All I can say is: STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!!!

@@dgeorge852 I would have to agree. I had several Jags back in the 90's and they were the best things I have ever bought myself. i had a nice silver XJ6 and I saw a 5 speed manual which was very rare so I bought it too and my girlfriend and business partner was ok about it but when I came home with a third I did get a bit of hassle, but it was well worth it. She really had a face on when myself and a friend rented a building that would have held about 50 cars and we proceeded to fill it over half full, but that was worth the dark looks too.

He can't afford it. His garage is so full, he would have to build an addition onto it.

OutlawUniverse

OutlawUniverse - Fascinating.

They are priced way higher than that. Last one sold at auction for over $18,000,000.oo.

The remake of the Dodge Charger SUCKS. The new ones are FOUR DOORS.

Alvis cars did a similar project heres a link kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ha-XltBp0Kq9fI0.html

On the disc brake issue, Hanning had it coming (Jaguar DID NOT develop them!) - Jay was 100% correct about the history behind disc brakes and how they got into automobiles.

Sometimes I agree with you but with ones like this I think it is good that he doesn't always just let the sales blurb run and run.

Alfa Romeo Type 33 Stradale?

agreed

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People want what they can't have. People who get what they want become bored/disillusioned. That is how rich guys wind up with 50 cars (I don't mean Mr. Leno, of course!).

The Lotus 14 Elite and Lola Mk1 are rather nice, and very aerodynamic. Personally I find the XKSS looks a little goggle-eyed, and prefer the D

When I was about 13 or 14 my father wanted buy an XKE with a blown motor. It had the 4.2L engine but my Dad had a line on 3.8L out of a sedan. The owner wanted $2000 and Dad offered him $850. They couldn''t come to an agreement. Years later when I had a gotten out of school and got a good job I went back and the Jag was still in the same place with a Scottish thistle growing through the roof. No I didn't even ask how much he wanted for it.

I beg your pardon. It is not.!!! The E-Type is.

It's right up there, that's for sure. I'd list it in with my top 5....

The "High-speed blowout" takes on a whole new meaning!

Don't worry, if you exit the car at that speed it only hurts for a second! lol

Would that not cause an annoying sound, BEEP BEEP BEEP! LOL!

Didn’t some rapper just survive a massive accident cause he got thrown from his Ferrari - obviously they save lives but there are many times they can be traps too

Sven3xs Steve MacQueens' car, from a while back.

You can't call this car a reproduction. It was made by the original company using essentially the same components as the original run. It's pretty much a continuation of the line... just following a nearly 60 year pause. Regardless, though, it's a real beauty. I especially like the tan/brown interior they chose for this one... I think it's much nicer than the black on the Steve McQueen car we saw Jay driving in this video.

Larque Fausse

Me too. The car is supposed to be green, bnut it sure looked gray under those lights. I suppose the only way to find out how it looks in daylight is to buy one.

Hopefully Jay buys one, then we'll see it put through its paces...whoohoo can't wait.

Rockroyaltymc 😁👍🏼

Yeah, Jay just HAD to 'school' him a bit didn't he? Crosly..... Only Leno.. A walking, talking car encyclopedia.

They can't due to modern specs. That body would be illegal to sell without meeting crash standards and the lights and bumpers are not placed correctly and don't meet standards. As of 2013, you can't even sell a car without stability control and abs brakes. As such, the 9 XKSS' they are making are not street legal. The people shelling out $1.25 million can only drive around on their country estates.

Chris Henniker No way. This has nothing on the F-type. Replacing the unnecessary XE is a different story. Or the F-pace.

sprawl nod New cars have too much to go wrong with them.

Ok, Ken M.

sprawl nod Depends on how many you make, small series often get exemptions.

I hadn't even looked at the Thumbs down votes, because it just seemed Ludacris that anybody could be that dumb, and still be breathing. Lol 😅

Womb Raider Me too, I have had cars in the past, even cool ones, but when I had a different job and no wife and child. I had to choose between car or family. I had a 1991 Celica 4x4 rallye car Japanese import for a while, and a crazy modded 1998 US spec VW beetle in Europe. Miss them, believe it or not I miss the beetle more, it looked like a HotWheels toy car, super low, fancy 18" giant wheels, and tons of mods all over, xenon, led lights, custom paint, Golf engine, custom exhausts all the way.

Find your favorite car buy sheets of aluminum an English wheel and a shop hammer and a Shop bag and start beating away and make your favorite car buy whatever brand new engine you want make her own chassis learn how to weld so you can make your dream car you can make it look better than a real one. Have Fun!!!!

Do what I'm doing, buying the best model of the cars I can't afford. I've got a dark purple one by autoart, and it's amazingly detailed. Trying for a D-type, but struggling plus the 'unicorn' racecar the XJ13. I think the most beautiful car designed by Malcolm Sayer, and which unfortunately has been restored badly in the mid 70's after one of the rear wheels collapsed whilst being shown off to Prince Phillip. The late Norman Dewis, was a rear gunner in Wellington and Lancaster bombers in WW2. He had a high chance of not returning from a sortie as the rear gunner was always the first to be killed if attacked by an enemy plane. He did shoot a few planes down, and was one of the rare lucky ones to survive. But unfortunately he died last year, which was a bad year for losing the best of the best. To all that we last, pedal to the metal forever.

Never say never

If you keep telling yourself that, you can be 100% sure you'll never ever be able to afford one.

😂

What's a back over?

+Shamil Ameer Illegal in most countries.

Shamil Ameer

3.34 Cantilevered over, when Jay meant Canted.

@Desmond Bagley.That is certainly not a "fact" however long it has supposedly been established. It is merely an opinion. Also it is simply my opinion that a Jaguar is a real experience worth having if you are in any way a "rev head". If you want eonomical motoring then you are not going to choose a Jaguar but if mpg matters to you then you are very unlikely to "love" your car in the way that I loved my Jags and my motor cycles. Undoubtedly a Honda or toyota may be a wiser choice economicaly but you will never get out of one with a huge grin and the feeling of utter joy which only a serious motor car can bring. Even a Honda NSX which does have impressive performance is very clinical and is just not an "experience" Jags had a reputation for being unreliable but that was simply people not understanding what they were driving. A Jaguar is an enthusiasts car and needs an hour or two on the weekend. They are supposed to burn oil. That is not a fault. If you drive several hundrd miles then you need to put a pint of oil in to get home or it will overheat. You need to remember that the six cylinder engine used in most old Jags was designed just after the war but was smooth enough to balance a coin on it while running and was still in use in 1986. To compare a Jaguar and a Honda really is apples and pears. They are not the same in any way other than they both have round wheels.

Daniel van Slooten he is german. i don't think he does it on purpose

He's my linguistic neighbour and I know he's doing the best he can. I'm Dutch and I was like him: You get taught British English in high school, but you get American English in all the media you consume at the same time. It's very confusing for us.

I'm actually positive he's also Dutch, but spent a lot of time in the UK and the US.

Sounded South African to me.

German influence

*brakes

Hehe, technically Lanchester Motor company invented them in 1902, but they were bought by Daimler and later Jaguar, so I guess Jag owns the rights. But by that logic Tata invented the disk brakes as they own Jag, Daimler and Lanchester now lol

+Darius Hammond He also fouled up on the 8K rev limit. The red line @ 6500 was right there! Kids!

Jonny B Glad that you caught that. The classic XK engine that powered all Jaguars from 1948 through the 50s, 60s, and 70s had many virtues, but it was a long stroke (4 inch?) engine. Its rev limit was defined by the ability of its pistons to travel that long stroke without the heat of friction welding the pistons to the cylinder walls.

by daimler you mean the british daimler motor company, not daimler AG from germany. Tata doesn't own Daimler AG.

I took all the other comments from the Jag guy with a grain of salt thereafter, the steering wheel comments, etc. Very nice car though

You could sell some organs on the Chinese medicine market? 😉

deltavee2 I have always said the same thing. A Spitfire for the road

well, this cars are very unsafe in case of the accident...

There are astonishing modern cars but you don't have enough money to buy them, just like you wouldn't have enough money to buy this car when it was brand new.

How do you know that he can't buy them?

look, i didn't want to be rude, I just wanted to say that there are new cars which are pieces of art, but are too expensive for most of people

??? They are made like this still, it was made in 2016.

Np it's not !!!!!

@Jamie Mills Yes, we all know that but we like our version better. It more typifies universal expression. 9 out of 10 car people really do think that the E-Type is the most beautiful design in the world. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

No it's not it's stunted.