There’s no way to decide on the paint colour without looking at the interior. Of course, the original cars were all trimmed in leather; there was no other option. And a surprisingly large number of these were in bright red – combined with either Old English White, Gunmetal Grey or Midnight Blue. Also British Racing Green and Silver – actually almost every colour was combined with this bold lipstick red – and her more sensible sister in maroon red. These were the sixties after all!
To the modern eye, it needs a little adjustment. But after a while, I find that people more and more like it.
I am not going to discuss a black interior as I really do not like it. It’s like entering a dark tunnel. However, this dark blue interior of the light silver green Mk2 works perfectly with the paint and still looks inviting:
And there’s the light grey variant – unfortunately with XJ6 seats. It looks a bit boring grandpa colour to my eye, but still acceptable. Please note the headrests – I’d love to have them, but not with the XJ seats. Not sure what to do.
My least favourite is the tan variant. Just adding for completeness of standard colours:
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