A student in love with Jaguars gets the graduation present of a lifetime: an XJ-S with a 2JZ-GTE swap from a mid-’90s Toyota Aristo.

A V8-swapped Jaguar XJS Convertible put up a good fight, but the Tesla improved on the previous run with a quarter-mile of 11.8 seconds at 112.7 miles per hour.

Advertised on eBay as a "Pro Street blown 383 Chevy stroker Jaguar XJS 1983 Coupe," the seller isn't lying. What you can admire in the adjacent photo gallery is an excellent machine, albeit it isn ...