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Vanden Plas is the name of coachbuilders who produced bodies for specialist and up-market automobile manufacturers. Latterly the name became a top-end luxury model designation for cars from subsidiaries of British Leyland and the Rover Group , being last used in 2009 to denote the top-luxury version of the Jaguar XJ (X350) .
Vanden Plas is the name of a former coachbuilders, later used as a car badge by BMC and most recently, Jaguar. Vanden Plas may also refer to: Vanden Plas (band), a German progressive metal band; Camille Van den Plas (1850–1902), Belgian soldier, accountant and colonial administrator.
Vanden Plas, a coachbuilder and later, automotive marque and model designation, originally spelled Van den Plas and abbreviated "VdP". Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title VDP .
The Daimler and Vanden Plas cars were also available with the supercharged engine otherwise found only in the XJR. This model was named the Daimler Super V8. In the United States market, this combination was available only as a special order through 2001, with these cars identifiable by their Vanden Plas Supercharged rear badging.
Rover 75 Vanden Plas A stretched version of the Rover 75 — initially called Vanden Plas (later simply Limousine ) was introduced in 2002. Developed in conjunction with vehicle builder S. MacNeillie & Son Limited in Walsall, England, the model was stretched by 200 mm in the rear floor pan and altering the rear doors.
Van der Plas is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the pool / pond / lake". [1] People with this name include: Caroline van der Plas (born 1967), Dutch politician; Charles van der Plas (1891–1977), Dutch Governor of East Java from 1936 to 1941; David van der Plas (1647–1704), Dutch portrait painter
The Jaguar XJ (XJ40) is a full-size luxury saloon manufactured by Jaguar Cars between 1986 and 1994. It was officially unveiled on 8 October 1986 as an all-new, second generation of the XJ to replace the Series III, although the two model ranges were sold concurrently until the Series III was discontinued in 1992.
A Vanden Plas Princess 3-litre with automatic transmission was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1961 and had a top speed of 99.3 mph (159.8 km/h). It could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 16.1 seconds while fuel consumption of 21.1 miles per imperial gallon (13.4 L/100 km; 17.6 mpg ‑US ) was recorded.