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Jaguar slant-six pushed
1 February 1979
FEBRUARY 1979 - Exact Date Unknown
JAGUAR - It is decided to divorce the slant-six power unit AJ6 from the vehicle project XJ40 'to ensure that the engine proceeds as quickly as possible' - if necessary ahead of XJ40 , for which 'ease of manufacture' is now considered as the priority .
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