Had David LaChance, Hemmings patron saint of lost British automotive causes, spotted this XJ6 in the Clunker lot at Crossroads Ford Mercury in Ravena, N.Y., he’d have probably strapped himself to the bonnet and demanded safe asylum for the car in Coventry or maybe a pardon from the Queen.
It is a shame that a car which retailed north of $50,000 when it was new in 1995 is now on its way to a sodium silicate tea party. Other than a few unfortunate dents and a general lack of housekeeping in the cockpit, the XJ looked like it should be cruising to the country club not the crusher. Just 93K on the clock too. The EPA rates this XJ6 at 15 city and 22 highway with a combined mpg of 18, so it’s unfortunately a target for the government’s newest corporate/consumer welfare program.
Two or three rusty pickup trucks away sat this 1998 Infiniti Q45 (below).
I’ve long had an affinity for Infinitis, particularly the boxy 340hp 2003-2005 M45, which sold like coldcakes here. This death row Q looked considerably more hammered than the Jag, but then it’s a Japanese car so it probably started and ran more frequently. The 266hp 4.1 liter V-8 that powered these Qs was typically very reliable though only good for 16 mpg city and 22 highway for a combined 18. Not exactly economical, but then, people who paid $45Gs for a Q back in ’98 weren’t all that concerned about gas money. Especially considering the national average for regular gas was probably about $1.30 a gallon.
So long supreme sedans of the heady ’90s. You will be missed (by some of us anyway).
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