Great Vid!, I'm a proud owner of an 03 x350 4.2 in Australia, it is a fantastic car! I Love her! I think Phil did her just a little bit of injustice in some of his comments, maybe cos mine is BRG with more chrome and the Leeper on the "Bonnet" (hood to you Yanks watching 😆) she does indeed turn heads and people chat to me at Shopping Malls and Servos etc 😊 And yes I happily get up on a Sunday morning just to take her for a drive!! 💖💖 If I won the lotto I'd have the Bentley as well not instead of, The Aston? great car but being an old bloke, I'd rather have a DB 6 or 5 😆 Cheers for a great show! 👍👍👍

@russcooke5671

2 жыл бұрын

Good choice but for me it would have to be a DB4. The early models. Also a little fact about the Bond DB5 was actually a modified DB4. The DB5 was not ready for a few months and Goldfinger had already started filming so they just Badged it asa DB5. Beautiful cars.

It would be interesting to see the DB7 and the XKR go head to head in a review.

@Blackmamba12345

2 жыл бұрын

And an xjs since that is what they are based on lol.

@NewtonInDaHouseYo

2 жыл бұрын

XKR-S 4.2 vs. XJR-S 6.0 would be the dream pairing

@Punisher9419

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewtonInDaHouseYo I really wish they did a manual XKR, would be my dream car.

@NewtonInDaHouseYo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Punisher9419 Yes, that would have been a great send off in 2005. Wasn’t there a Jaguar prototype with a manual at one point? XKR-R … However, the Mercedes 5 speed auto is quite a good fit.

@Punisher9419

2 жыл бұрын

@@NewtonInDaHouseYo Yea there was a prototype. The merc auto isn't a bad one but the later ZF in the 4.2 cars is much better. If they where to do a review it would be a bit silly to pick a 4.0 car as the 4.2 cars with the supercharger is just a better car.

Well I own a 2006 4.2 v8 Jaguar Sovereign and I bloody love it!!!!, use her every day no problems 😊 except when it comes to parking lol 😆

The Bentley and the Aston are bona fide classics, the X350 isn't there yet but being the last of the classically styled XJ's it will be. I do hope so as I have an immaculate X358 (the facelift) .

@setter501

2 жыл бұрын

Me Too! 🤞😆

@mickadatwist1620

2 жыл бұрын

X358 ....ohh, ohh, that is remarkable . Like a stately home. And yes, with the 2.7 diesel 👍👍👌👌

As you did, a great case can be made for any of these cars. But, with the price of fuel at the moment, 30mpg in the Jag sounds very very tempting.

@russcooke5671

2 жыл бұрын

I would actually like to see it manage 30 mpg. The m Must stand for metres

@ClassicsWorldUK

2 жыл бұрын

We consistently get 30+ on long runs! Aluminium construction and all that 🤓

@russcooke5671

2 жыл бұрын

@@ClassicsWorldUK I might wrap some bacofoil around my v12 turbo nutter bastard. If that’s the case. 👌👌👌❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@peterhermina656

2 жыл бұрын

@@russcooke5671 My XJ8 easily gets more than 30 mpg at 70 mph

Beautiful! But for this review a 2002 XJR with the R1 pack would have been ideal.

Excellent video as always. My S Type 2.7 (50mpg achieved) also has sunglasses holder issue!

These Millenials! My first reaction was, give me the XJ8 every day of the week.

Fantastic. Aston for me please 😂😂

🤭🤫 Wonderful to see the beautiful Bentley Turbo R again, and let's be honest, the only true 👍 classic vehicle here among these vehicles....

@hondamanvtec2894

2 жыл бұрын

What are you smoking or shooting ?

Very well done guys, love the comments you make about each car and what superb cars they are. I saw a Bentley Turbo R in Reading a few years ago with a BTR registration, really set the whole image off so very well.

@ClassicsWorldUK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Derek! Which would you choose?

@derekstocker6661

Жыл бұрын

@@ClassicsWorldUK Bentley each and every time! Well done, great video. Each one very informative.

@ClassicsWorldUK

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again, much appreciated! 😁

As always factual but still an enjoyable watch, well done guys.

@ClassicsWorldUK

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul!

For me, I'm all about wafty barges. But I bet the Aston is a sensational machine if the bank balance is never a problem. You have to give it to Aston, while it might appear to be a parts car (and by the way, thanks for telling us where the rear lights are from. For years I couldn't figure it out🤔😂) it was about getting volume sales and boy did they do it! Each car here was quite a pivotal moment in each manufacturer timeline. Good choice, guys! 👍🏻

Love the Jag.

Great classic blue cars 🚗🚙🚘👍👍👍👍👍👍

You can buy one of these for the price of a new VW Passat. If you're only doing low mileage, as a classic car lover, wouldn't it be so much more fun to own one of these as a daily driver? Servicing costs would be higher, but the cost of depreciation would be negligible. I've spent the last 30 years driving stratospheric mileages in the likes of a Mondeo or Camry. But now I only travel about 10,000km per year at most. Should I be buying one of these as a daily drive?

@ClassicsWorldUK

2 жыл бұрын

Go in with your eyes open as to maintaining and servicing costs and there's no reason not to!

@SailorBen

2 жыл бұрын

I have a pair of V8 jags. All in w/maintenance they cost me sub 10 grand over the last two years, including a new engine for the XJ8. My sisters have dealer warranted skoda and Volkswagen, costing around double that on purchase, depreciate like you say, and even then one of them is forced into a (not covered under warranty) 1500£ oil-gasket bill. The odd big bill is inevitable but I'd rather spend a grand on a supercharged Jag or Bentley than a skoda...

Nicely put together review. I don't often coment on videos but this one is close to my heart as I own a DB7 Vantage GT and having borrowed one I'm set on owning a XJR version of the Jaguar. They are all great cars but the Bentley is just not to my tast, I'm looking at a 1950 R type at the moment.

My red Jaguar XJ6 is on Copart for auction on Monday... very good car and only on £225 so far and has almost a years MOT.... Engine light came on after it was sat unused for a week - an oxygen sensor apparently, just makes it look bad!

A new Aston Martin magazine, I'am in, thanks for that.

@ClassicsWorldUK

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy, Mark!

I drive a Xkr and it is superior to the Aston Martin I know they both based on the same chassis but overall in interior features and steering response and the power and the stunning body shape is a real headturner

I think since you went all the way back to 1980 for the bently, it would only have been fair that you chose the x305 jaguar. The more classic lines and typical jag interior would feel more typically British but the 6.0 V12 would make the difference as a car that would get you out of bed just to go driving.

As a famous BritBloke famously told on a BBC car show: *Made in England means your doors are falling off during your ride*. But that was prior Nissan started to build cars in England 😂😂

An XJR 2008 would have perhaps been a better comparison. Jaguar here was probably aluminium . Jaguar were always in a class all of their own. Daimler too. Nice video.

Jaguar the winner for me in a car I’d love to drive and own.

Please could you tell what is the name of the tune you played over the bentley??

@ClassicsWorldUK

2 жыл бұрын

Check the description! 😁

If it's speed you need or just want then count me out Top Gear fans. How ever If you want luxury, practicality with class, then the Jaguar Xj6 X300 from the 90's, with the simple practical straight 6 engine, has to be considered for value for money,

The Jaguar is infinitely better looking than the gin palace on wheels or the James Bondage prick car. It was more competitively - priced due to economy of scale. Better made too lol.

Jaguar 5.0 Supercharger Engine Legenda ❤❤❤❤✅✅✅✅✅✅

I prefer E39 750 short base 😅

An X350 Jag looks out of place really!!? Absolute crap many wealthy people own all of these luxury marques, and they look great parked up together

As excellent as the performance of the X350 Jaguar is, I cannot get over that bulbous styling. It looks like an X300 or X308 which was stung by a wasp and suffered an allergic reaction!

@ofmanynicknames

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, and even despite being made out of aluminum it isn’t hugely lighter than its X308 predecessor, to say nothing of the trouble that can come with air suspension.

the Jag plz

I see the Jag has the traditional sagging and wrinkled headlining :-)

@ClassicsWorldUK

2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't be British without it!

Dear Sir, with all respect, but I think you haven't understood the DB7 V12. The issue is not at all that it uses parts from other cars. Who really cares? Also, as regards your comparison between the 6-cylinder and the V12, the point is not that the latter is 0.98 seconds faster or has an extra 20 miles/h to the top speed. The point is the driving characteristics of the V12, which is light years better than the 6-cylinder. Also, the sound of the V12 is so much better than the smaller engine. And finally, it also about prestige: nothing beats a naturally aspirated V12 Aston Martin!

The Jag is the best of these 3. And getting a XJR is much better than the XJ8. The Bentley is garbage. The Aston is an overpriced XKR. The Jag gives you everything you want and can be maintained without going bankrupt.

That's a ford, thank you. 98-02 XJR was the best and last real XJ

No longer British, now german.