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Jaguar XJ-S

Car Convertible 🕰️ Classic

1 production run · 4 variants · 7 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Jaguar XJ-S on record.

Netherlands
1975–1997
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
1987–2025
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 20% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Australia Canada Finland Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Production history & variants

1 production run · 4 variants · 7 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/jaguar/xj-s/full

Registration history

1975: 3 vehicles 1976: 33 vehicles 1977: 33 vehicles 1978: 16 vehicles 1979: 18 vehicles 1980: 15 vehicles 1981: 10 vehicles 1982: 10 vehicles 1983: 5 vehicles 1984: 3 vehicles 1985: 19 vehicles 1986: 51 vehicles 1987: 41 vehicles 1988: 52 vehicles 1989: 70 vehicles 70 1990: 62 vehicles 1991: 25 vehicles 1992: 18 vehicles 1993: 10 vehicles 1994: 23 vehicles 1995: 32 vehicles 1996: 14 vehicles 1997: 1 vehicle 1975 1997
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
1987: 2 vehicles 1988: 3 vehicles 1989: 3 vehicles 1991: 2 vehicles 1992: 1 vehicle 1994: 3 vehicles 1996: 1 vehicle 2004: 2 vehicles 2005: 2 vehicles 2006: 2 vehicles 2008: 1 vehicle 2009: 2 vehicles 2010: 3 vehicles 2011: 3 vehicles 2012: 3 vehicles 2013: 5 vehicles 5 2015: 2 vehicles 2018: 3 vehicles 2019: 1 vehicle 2020: 3 vehicles 2023: 1 vehicle 2024: 2 vehicles 2025: 1 vehicle 1987 2025
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1975 3
1976 33
1977 33
1978 16
1979 18
1980 15
1981 10
1982 10
1983 5
1984 3
1985 19
1986 51
1987 41
1988 52
1989 70
1990 62
1991 25
1992 18
1993 10
1994 23
1995 32
1996 14
1997 1
Finland
1987 2
1988 3
1989 3
1991 2
1992 1
1994 3
1996 1
2004 2
2005 2
2006 2
2008 1
2009 2
2010 3
2011 3
2012 3
2013 5
2015 2
2018 3
2019 1
2020 3
2023 1
2024 2
2025 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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{
  "id": "car/jaguar/xj-s",
  "name": "XJ-S",
  "make": {
    "id": "jaguar",
    "name": "Jaguar"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "convertible",
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "ca",
    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "us"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "na",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/jaguar/x-j-s",
    "car/jaguar/xj-s-he",
    "car/jaguar/xj-s-v12",
    "car/jaguar/xj-sc",
    "car/jaguar/xj-sc-v12",
    "car/jaguar/xj-series",
    "car/jaguar/xjs",
    "car/jaguar/xjs-auto",
    "car/jaguar/xjs-he",
    "car/jaguar/xjs-he-auto",
    "car/jaguar/xjs-v12",
    "car/jaguar/xjsc"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": "classic",
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

On Developer and up, enrichment carries production runs, variants, related models, powertrain counts, reference links and make facts.

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