Jaguar does some of the oddest things. In an American car of the same vintage a front bumper would be a stamped and chromed steel single piece unit held on with 4-6 carriage bolts, or a one piece molded plastic part help on with a dozen screws in front of a painted metal bumper. Not Jaguar. 3 rubber skirts reinforced with metal held on by 20-some bolts with oval washers, possibly originally stainless steel, and a steel bumper, fabricated from several pieces, with a rubber covering held on with clips, more oval washer bolts, and springs to keep everything taut.
I can imagine a Ford accountant asking a jaguar designer how they could possibly make money given the expense, complexity, and and labor involved. "With panache." or "We can't." would have to be the answer, depending on whether the question was asked in 1978 or 1999.
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