Jaguar XJ40
Jaguar XJ (XJ40) babban sedan na alatu ne wanda Jaguar Cars ke ƙera tsakanin 1986 zuwa 1994. An buɗe shi bisa hukuma a ranar 8 ga Oktoba 1986 a matsayin sabon-sabon, ƙarni na biyu na XJ don maye gurbin Series III, kodayake ana siyar da jeri biyu na samfuri a lokaci guda har sai an dakatar da Series III a cikin 1992. XJ40 ta yi amfani da tsarin dakatarwa mai zaman kanta na Jaguar, kuma ya ƙunshi abubuwan haɓaka fasaha da yawa, kamar tarin kayan aikin lantarki . 

XJ6 na 1993 ya sami lakabin "Mota mafi aminci a Biritaniya" sakamakon binciken gwamnati.  Mota ta asali ta 1986 ta ba da damar zuwa Jaguar XJ (X300) da aka sabunta a 1994, sannan Jaguar XJ (X308) a 1997. XJ40 da abubuwan da suka samo asali daga baya shine dandamali na XJ na biyu mafi tsayi da ke gudana, tare da jimlar samarwa na shekaru 17. Bayan XJ40, niyyar Jaguar shine ƙaddamar da sabon saloon tare da sabon injin V8. Ford ya dakatar da haɓaka salon salon, wanda ake kira XJ90, kuma ya ba da shawarar shigar da sabon injin sa da ƙarshen gaba da na baya zuwa tsakiyar sashin ƙirar XJ40; duk da haka, V8 bai shirya ba.

Ci gaba 
A cikin 1970s, Jaguar ya kasance yana haɓaka Project XJ40, wanda shine sabon samfurin da aka yi niyya don maye gurbin ainihin XJ6. An gina samfuran sikelin tun farkon 1972. Sakamakon rikicin mai na 1973 da matsaloli a kamfanin iyaye na British Leyland, motar ta ci gaba da jinkirtawa. An karɓi shawarwari daga masu zanen gida na Jaguar da Pininfarina. Daga ƙarshe, an yanke shawarar za a aiwatar da ƙirar ciki don samarwa. A cikin Fabrairu 1981, hukumar Leyland ta Burtaniya ta amince da fam 80 miliyan don kera sabuwar motar. An fara ƙaddamar da ƙaddamarwa don 1984. Bayan Jaguar ta de-merger daga BL da privatization a waccan shekarar, kamfanin ta Shugaba John Egan ya yi amfani da sake farfado da tallace-tallace na data kasance Series III XJ6, musamman a cikin m kasuwar Arewacin Amirka, don jinkirta da XJ40 ta kaddamar da wani karin shekaru biyu zuwa. ba da damar ƙarin lokacin ci gaba.

XJ40 ita ce a lokacin mafi yawan gwajin abin hawa da kamfanin ya taɓa kerawa. Zane-zane na XJ40 sun ba da gudummawa ga ci gaba mai mahimmanci ga yadda aka kera motocin Jaguar, ginawa, da kuma haɗa su. Daga cikin waɗannan haɓakawa akwai raguwar 25% a cikin adadin sassan aikin jiki da ake buƙata kowace mota (misali matsi guda uku da ake buƙata don Ƙofar Series 3 idan aka kwatanta da ɗaya don ƙofar XJ40), wanda ya haifar da ba kawai ingantaccen tsarin taro ba amma har ma da ajiyar nauyi. da tsari mai tsauri. Duk da haka, farkon samar da XJ40s har yanzu ya sha wahala daga aminci, musamman tare da tsarin lantarki da gina al'amura masu inganci, wanda ya lalata sunansa, kuma ya ci gaba da rashin kyawun Jaguar na inganci, duk da yawan gwajin motar, da ƙoƙarin injiniya don inganta inganci. . Tsawon lokacin haɓaka yana nufin motar tana da sauri fiye da abokan hamayyarta, kuma cikin sauri ta maye gurbin ta da fasaha ta E32 BMW 7-Series (1986), Lexus LS400 (1989), da W140 Mercedes-Benz S-Class (1991). . Bayan ɗaukar nauyin da Kamfanin Motoci na Ford ya yi a cikin 1990, an maye gurbin XJ40 da X300. Yayin da aka dogara akan dandamali na XJ40, X300 an yi masa bita sosai a kusan duk yankuna.

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