BMW 5-Series 540i vs Jaguar XJ8 Comparison (2000)

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  • @geoffk777
    @geoffk777 4 года назад +31

    The Jag is a nice car, but the E39 5 Series is the best one that BMW ever made, and it's aged into a near classic. Sadly, it was replaced by the hideous and clunky E60, and it never again reached the elegance and dexterity of the E39 model.

    • @petarpelovski4039
      @petarpelovski4039 3 года назад +1

      having had an 530i e39 and spent quite some time driving and fixing a friends e39 540 i disagree, everything in the engina bay is made of plastic, petrol engines, especialy the v8's are running at redicilous temps and are coocking the plastics, causing constant coolant leaks, they had even more electrical gremlins than my p38 range rover(i didn't thhink that was possible) and as a drivers car i wasn't too impresed either - my old e34 was sooo much more involving to drive, so much simpler to maintain and so much more trouble free. It's ride was also a lot smoother then the e39. Only plus side of e39 is it was a little flatter in the corners(but having no lsd it couldn't really take advantage of this) and interior space and materials were better, but as a machine i was very disapointed.

    • @MisoElEven
      @MisoElEven 2 года назад

      @@petarpelovski4039 It depends.. the 540i can have 2 different engines and thats not counting all the smaller changes over the years... :D they developed a fix for something, then spent 3 months fixing a problem that arised from that previous fix etc. :DD also there were other things that had an effect on performance of the car overall. Like current VW group cars...order an Octavia with a "hitch" (or whatever its called) and you will get bigger brakes than without the hitch despite Škoda never telling you anything about it :D (if the car is expected to tow shit then it needs bigger brakes..) BMW does and did the same back then but also with the engine, the suspension and even the steering.

  • @g00dfeeling
    @g00dfeeling 7 лет назад +146

    Shouldn't XJ be compared with 7 series?

    • @athenastarbrite2955
      @athenastarbrite2955 7 лет назад +22

      Yes. Both are in the premium large class. BMW 5 is premium mid-size class.

    • @lewis72
      @lewis72 6 лет назад +3

      It depends if you're comparing external dimensions or internal dimensions !

    • @commodore665
      @commodore665 6 лет назад

      my thoughts too

    • @lotusjaggarage2989
      @lotusjaggarage2989 5 лет назад

      Based on price yes but in range no

    • @Nyorker86
      @Nyorker86 4 года назад

      Indeed... 🤦‍♂️

  • @lbb-ridge482
    @lbb-ridge482 4 года назад +15

    Just got an XJ8, Pretty much for free.. The owner got sick of it sitting in her yard because it wouldn't crank... All I needed was $100.00 and a tow truck.. Sat in my yard for a year before I decided to do something with it.. A fuel pump and new battery plus $900.00 later and it's my everyday driver.. lol.. I could finally give the Camaro SS a break.. Great on gas for a V8.. I love it!!

  • @santisizable
    @santisizable 3 года назад +12

    Don’t both of these cars look better than current models…. Jag looks great and gets my vote. Looking for a decent one now.

  • @Porsche996driver
    @Porsche996driver 6 лет назад +44

    The Jag just has a classic look.

  • @hakeemsd70m
    @hakeemsd70m 5 лет назад +32

    Terrible comparison. The XJ8 competes with the 7 series, not the run-in-the-mill 5 series.

    • @ericzhang3016
      @ericzhang3016 3 года назад +1

      The Current one is the same size as a 7, but the old one was smaller

  • @aerojohnw
    @aerojohnw 6 лет назад +51

    Ridiculous. I've owned 3 E39 540's and this video has no relevance as to why I love them.

    • @skelejp9982
      @skelejp9982 4 года назад +1

      @Zaid Mousa I just bought a X308 2000 Build Daimler Super V8, English Luxury combined with a US Muscle-car Engine.
      I tried to find a SWB(only 79 made), but U can believe me, the LWB Daimler Super V8 is Close to Rocket Science.

    • @lorangajapp8086
      @lorangajapp8086 4 года назад

      @alanrtment porter Because they are crap?

    • @sveinwilhelmborvik4277
      @sveinwilhelmborvik4277 3 года назад

      Don't be so dam serious.....

  • @jedw
    @jedw 6 лет назад +40

    I bought an XJ8this year for £895 no joke.. and it's wonderful. Best car ever the x308!

    • @IHATEYANKS41
      @IHATEYANKS41 5 лет назад +1

      jedw how is it going ?

    • @jrea424
      @jrea424 5 лет назад +1

      Great isn't it! One in top top condition no more thank 2k.. great load of car for the price

  • @promerops
    @promerops 6 лет назад +47

    Overly flippant and lacking in any real information.

  • @BrothersGrim2012
    @BrothersGrim2012 5 лет назад +36

    Jag is the winner every time you can’t beat the beautiful XJ

  • @paulfowell5253
    @paulfowell5253 2 года назад +3

    The same Jag is still on the road and has never failed an MOT. That's unexpected!!!

  • @soundseeker63
    @soundseeker63 6 лет назад +28

    18 years on and the E39 is still beautiful while the XJ8 looks like an antique. Compared to todays equivalent the tables have turned. Jaguar now make beautiful and modern cars and BMWs are ugly and common.

    • @stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317
      @stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317 6 лет назад +8

      I'm reporting you all to the taste police.

    • @stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317
      @stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317 6 лет назад +3

      Yes, my family had a lot more BMW reliability problems (four models) than I had with my Jaguars (seven different models). I can use a 1956 XK150 every day and on long trips (500 miles) with average cruising at 75 mph-plus without worries, and at the moment my oldest one is an X300 Daimler (Jaguar Sovereign in the US) on which I have replaced only the water pump apart from routine maintenance/servicing. I'm not a US citizen so had best not comment on Trump!

    • @ThirteenMatt
      @ThirteenMatt 6 лет назад +3

      The XJ looked like an antique when new that was the point, and the reason why it has not aged. Most people have troubles putting a date on the "classic" XJs (X300, X308 and less the X350), usually they just get that they are old cars in the good "collectible" way. And also they stand out of other cars a lot, you don't miss them. Whereas you can find E39s beautiful, but they did age (because their look is attached to their period), have a lot more "normal" styling, and people see them as old cars in the "used car" way.
      For the current production, BMW has mostly kept that way of doing: a styling that you recognize as a BMW, but without being too noticeable. They've just went more into "sporty" styling, but mostly everyone did, so... Jaguar on the other hand has in my opinion moved to a design that is merely "okay" and does not stand out at all. Before if you saw a Jaguar from a distance, you simply knew. Now it blends.

    • @alecoswald7890
      @alecoswald7890 6 лет назад

      looks like an antique. you need to get your eyes checked lol .

    • @soundseeker63
      @soundseeker63 5 лет назад

      @alanrtment porter Valuable...? Both these cars can be bought in decent condition for around £1-2000

  • @sailingyoumeandjosapea6770
    @sailingyoumeandjosapea6770 5 лет назад +2

    I had an xjr 6 about 15 years ago and it was wonderful so today years on I’m thinking of buying an Xj 308 over a much more sensible newer bmw 5 TD I know crazy right ! Should I do it ? Should say I’ve never had BMW

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton 6 лет назад +8

    I like both these cars...!!!.👍😊

  • @v12mercedes-benz72
    @v12mercedes-benz72 5 лет назад +4

    Bmw is very good car i owned e34 and e39 before,but today i like this jaguar

  • @IHATEYANKS41
    @IHATEYANKS41 5 лет назад +7

    No way you would get a 540i as a company car these cars, you’d be given a poverty spec 320d

    • @tommyboy5924
      @tommyboy5924 5 лет назад

      Noicce gramma

    • @guill0t520
      @guill0t520 3 года назад

      Till you get smoked by a turbo remapped 320d

  • @user-zt9qq1fs7n
    @user-zt9qq1fs7n 6 лет назад +10

    I think the question here should be where is the sun?

  • @michaelv6870
    @michaelv6870 2 года назад +1

    I had 4 BMWs and four Jags with the last one being a 2012 XJL SC. Ever since Jaguar decided no to build a new XJ, I`m pretty much done with the brand. I now have a 2023 850i GC coming.

  • @geoffphillips8029
    @geoffphillips8029 6 лет назад +14

    Hamster being wonderfully biased!

    • @ashtondimovski7074
      @ashtondimovski7074 3 года назад

      Hmmmm there may be a bit of patriotism going on, but in fairness, I’ve driven both cars, and his conclusions are right - the BMW and Jaguar both do “serious” very well, but the Jag does “fun” a lot better.

  • @e46M3_DakarYellow
    @e46M3_DakarYellow 6 лет назад +5

    540i without the comfort seats?

    • @tcaudiobooks737
      @tcaudiobooks737 3 года назад +2

      Leccy sport seats are better than the comfort seats anyway. The contour comfort sport seats from the e38 though were the absolute best BMW seats ever.

  • @Krezo200
    @Krezo200 3 года назад +2

    They tried to make this funny? I would say they failed big time

  • @1972juankarlos
    @1972juankarlos 7 лет назад +2

    so great to rescue all these videos. Hamster is the best

  • @ashrichardson8804
    @ashrichardson8804 6 лет назад +1

    Did he just say 'good old fashioned spunk?',i've got that by the bucketload.

  • @britishcomposers
    @britishcomposers 6 лет назад +7

    A legroom test? With half-pint Hammond? He'd have enough legroom in the back of an XJS. Now if it were 6'5" Clarkson, it'd be a real test. No offence to the little guy.

    • @stevechristie2569
      @stevechristie2569 6 лет назад

      Short men belong in cars. Lanky men can take the bus (or the ferry to Brugge)

  • @ronbrock6153
    @ronbrock6153 Год назад

    So really we are sending Hammond to test the cars for stretch out room. That is like asking 3 liter pot if it can fit a 1 liter fill.

  • @soundseeker63
    @soundseeker63 5 лет назад +7

    Those 540s were/are badly in need of a proper LSD!

    • @marklowry8799
      @marklowry8799 4 года назад +2

      It would have undermined the M5.

  • @125southernnh2
    @125southernnh2 5 лет назад

    Which one is still found on the road today?

    • @lotusjaggarage2989
      @lotusjaggarage2989 5 лет назад +2

      Both though the bmw usually has more miles but there are less around

    • @ashtondimovski7074
      @ashtondimovski7074 3 года назад

      Not many of the older BMWs around here in North America anymore sadly (when you factor how many were sold here, etc.). There’s definitely more old Jags, but they are garage queens and attainable dream cars where they are pampered and driven irregularly.

  • @rarevintages6924
    @rarevintages6924 5 лет назад +3

    On This One I'm Gonna Have To Go With The Bmw Alll day Everyday. Anyone Agree With me?

  • @keithwyatt2509
    @keithwyatt2509 4 года назад +5

    Jag all day! Have driven both!

    • @JM-io2uv
      @JM-io2uv 4 года назад +3

      The e39 is a way better drivers car mate

  • @AldershotDave
    @AldershotDave 2 года назад +1

    It’s like watching Stan Laurel! 🤪

  • @followyourbliss101
    @followyourbliss101 4 года назад +1

    hilarious car review !

  • @ronbrock6153
    @ronbrock6153 Год назад

    Also have to add this, damn Hammond was right fit back then.

  • @AldershotDave
    @AldershotDave 2 года назад

    I’m sure the woman in the “family car” played the sister in a brother/sister combo in a programme in her younger years.

  • @Tigerfire75
    @Tigerfire75 2 года назад

    I would say that the Audi A6 2.7t quattro is the best choice for executive car of this year

  • @IHATEYANKS41
    @IHATEYANKS41 5 лет назад +4

    Proper sleeper cars

  • @rastryt666
    @rastryt666 2 года назад +1

    Nowadays you can get both for less than 5 grand lol

  • @marlonbaird6070
    @marlonbaird6070 5 лет назад +5

    Cant compare. Bmw e39 best sedan made to date

    • @ashtondimovski7074
      @ashtondimovski7074 3 года назад +2

      Ehhhhh gotta disagree with you there. It’s a great car, but it’s styling falls short of the Jag, and having driven both, it’s a very “serious” all the time car. That’s fine for highway cruising and if you like track days. But for a Sunday afternoon cruise or a bit of fun on a backroad, the relaxed elegance and sporting fun of the Jag is very hard to ignore.

  • @n136h
    @n136h 6 лет назад +6

    What a load of bollocks this was

  • @docdildonica7515
    @docdildonica7515 2 года назад +1

    Take the Jag all day everyday

  • @DilyanYankov-fe9jj
    @DilyanYankov-fe9jj 3 года назад +2

    jag xj = bmw 7 series not 5 series.......

    • @ashtondimovski7074
      @ashtondimovski7074 3 года назад

      Not exactly mate.
      Dimensionally, the Jag is closer to the 7-series. But in weight, it’s usually closer to the 5-series (in fact the X350 onward was lighter, hence why most motoring journalists compare it’s drive to a 3-series). Interior space, weirdly, is closer to the 5-series unless you got the LWB version as pictured here.
      If they brought in a 7-Series, it wouldn’t be fair for BMW, because the XJ is just so much better a drive. The 5-Series, on the other hand, offers a closer drive to the Jag.

  • @kresienm9031
    @kresienm9031 5 лет назад +1

    should have rather watched them race each other

  • @emrvincenzo
    @emrvincenzo 5 лет назад +2

    Do u have a god damn sun there in England?

  • @gratler
    @gratler 2 года назад

    5:46 ah the bmw v8 sounds so nice :)

  • @tsomeone950
    @tsomeone950 5 лет назад +8

    Jaguar looks horrible in 2019. BMW still looks respectable. That Jaguar won't make a statement any more

    • @1beck2en3ham
      @1beck2en3ham 5 лет назад +1

      @Matt Frazier Jaguar is low like sport cars and full of chrome like Rolls-Royce. BMW is high and fat like 2000 - 2019 cars. I prefer lower car.

  • @Clarkecars
    @Clarkecars Год назад

    Only one has something in common with porcupines and it ain't the Jag.

  • @Victor-DOOM
    @Victor-DOOM 5 лет назад +1

    Both legends

  • @dannysamsam6527
    @dannysamsam6527 3 года назад +1

    In the early 2000s classy snobby people owned BMWs now thick plumbs own them

    • @chriso8485
      @chriso8485 3 года назад

      Chavs with money or Sikhs with money. The Chavs will paint their wheels black however.

    • @Shift4g
      @Shift4g 3 года назад

      Depreciation for the masses

  • @chriso8485
    @chriso8485 3 года назад

    W567MCF lasted until 140,000 miles

  • @yohan-electwordofguardthem9173
    @yohan-electwordofguardthem9173 7 лет назад +5

    i preferd the jag interior ans tbe Bm exterior🙄

  • @sonnyblack0870
    @sonnyblack0870 5 лет назад

    What’s the point of review like this?

  • @JonDingle
    @JonDingle Год назад

    BMW - Bland Miserable Wheels. My brother had a 7 Series, much nicer car but hideously expensive to repair. More so than any Jaguar.

  • @manteufel1964
    @manteufel1964 Год назад

    It's a pity he thinks he is capable of being a comedian and did'nt just do a review of the bloody cars.

  • @clemmie4
    @clemmie4 6 лет назад

    My Annaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun!

  • @mohamadfathy3284
    @mohamadfathy3284 5 лет назад

    Sun ☀

  • @BirdogEd
    @BirdogEd 6 лет назад +3

    And 18 years later, the e39 5 series is the winner while the Jag turns out to be the loser with a piece of junk history.
    Respectfully yours.

  • @damianlugocantu9623
    @damianlugocantu9623 4 года назад +2

    540 is better than a jaguar!!÷

    • @ashtondimovski7074
      @ashtondimovski7074 3 года назад

      That’s your opinion and you’re entitled to it. But I don’t share it. Both are fine cars, and have their pros and cons.

  • @hunterhigginbotham5941
    @hunterhigginbotham5941 5 лет назад

    Ooo! Ooo! I think I can guess when this aired! Apr, 1st 2000? Because this video is more of a joke than my 3rd grade teacher...
    ... I like Richard Hammond, but seriously! This was cringe worthy!

  • @Inflator82
    @Inflator82 7 лет назад +2

    That was funny.

    • @raycroal
      @raycroal 4 года назад

      was that funny?

  • @Max-eo6rv
    @Max-eo6rv 7 лет назад +1

    Hello

  • @Emstonesgaming
    @Emstonesgaming 7 лет назад +20

    A 2018 Review from me. The jaguar is ugly and the Bimmer still looks good. Review over

    • @waynusp1664
      @waynusp1664 7 лет назад +19

      Shame the first comment is wrong really!

    • @dragonbutt
      @dragonbutt 7 лет назад +14

      I like the old jag looks. Its very 'flat', not unlike american classics from the 60s and 70s. Makes hard cornering look hella impressive in it too.
      The BMW just looks like a Taxi :)

    • @michaelroache1287
      @michaelroache1287 7 лет назад +20

      I’ve had both the jag is 10x the car

    • @stringer-ik1pc
      @stringer-ik1pc 7 лет назад +6

      B.m.w.=black man's wheels. (That goes for Asians too.) Great taxi.

    • @rabeeaalmahmoudi8704
      @rabeeaalmahmoudi8704 7 лет назад +3

      The e39 m5 is one of the best looking cars ever.

  • @waynusp1664
    @waynusp1664 7 лет назад +1

    2nd comment...at least I called it!

  • @cherokeegotti4903
    @cherokeegotti4903 5 лет назад

    Biased video.

  • @bayareaomg
    @bayareaomg 6 лет назад +1

    this is hilarious

    • @raycroal
      @raycroal 4 года назад

      is this hilarious?

  • @Bod8998
    @Bod8998 4 года назад

    What adick

  • @g0753
    @g0753 2 года назад

    Бмв пизже

  • @GlitchTTG
    @GlitchTTG 2 года назад

    679th like

  • @hansvogel4335
    @hansvogel4335 7 лет назад +4

    Bmw > Jaggar.