He worked at Pininfarina for many years, designing the Jaguar XJS spyder in 1979 and working on the Ferrari 288 GTO and Testarossa. Later, he worked on the interior design of the Lamborghini Diablo and Bugatti EB110.
Of course the tatty Ford switchgear wasn't great, nor the chassis that was based on the same Jaguar XJS technology that stretched back to 1975, but this machine was beautifully finished in swathes of shagpile and leather, ...
The supercharged variant is known as the XKR. The first-generation XK series shares its platform with the Aston Martin DB7. Both cars are derived from the Jaguar XJS, though the platform has been extensively changed.
However, instead of being the long and drawn out segment as found in previous episodes, this challenge made us laugh out loud a few times. The guys were driving around the Hamptons in a 1972 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, a 1982 Jaguar XJS, ...
The Stratus R/T is more at home on long drives on rural highways and it handles a lot like a lazy GT car (think 80's Jaguar XJS). There's still some go, but the focus is on ride comfort and driver comfort.
 See also: Jaguar, JagUar XJ, Jaguar X, Audi, Honda
  
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