Manufacturer: Jaguar Cars Model: XJ8 4.0 LWB Sovereign First...

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Manufacturer: Jaguar Cars
Model: XJ8 4.0 LWB Sovereign
First Registered: 1998
Registration No: RegNo
Engine No: BC9803182134
Chassis No: SAJJHAMD3CR838655
MOT: oCT 2015
Colour: Metallic Madeira
Details:
By the early 1990s a new generation of the XJ Saloon was under development. An investment of £200 million from Ford in 1989 enabled Jaguar to re-design the XJ40, which made the car simpler to manufacture and improved build quality. The result was the X300, the first of a new generation of Jaguars with a new style of project numbers. For the X300, the opportunity was also taken to re-style the car, the result was a more Jaguaresque design; softer shapes and a classic four-headlamp front end were more in tune with newer motoring designs in the 1990s, and recalled the styling heritage of classic Jaguars of the past.

As launched in 1994, the X300 range featured a choice of the 3.2-litre and 4-litre versions of the six cylinder engine, now in a modified form known as the AJ16, while the 6-litre V12 was also available. Most exciting however was the new supercharged version of the 4-litre, fitted to the XJR model. With a top speed of 155mph (250 km/h), it was just as fast as the 12 cylinder car, but had even more spectacular acceleration. As before there were basic XJ6 models, Sport versions and Sovereign models, as well as the traditional Daimlers. In 1995 long wheelbase models were added to the range.

However, the six and 12 cylinder versions of the X300 were to be the most short-lived of the various XJs to date. Jaguar was working on an all-new engine family, which eventually would embrace both V6 and V8 versions. If we disregard the Daimler engines of the 1960s, this was Jaguar's first V8, although an eight cylinder version of the V12 had been under consideration in the late 1960s. The new V8, known as the AJ8 engine, was launched in 4-litre form in the new XK8 sports car which replaced the XJS in 1996, and in the following year the V8 engines also appeared in the X300.



With just 1 lady owner since 08/01/1999 plus Jaguar Cars,Browns Lane, this long wheel base Sovereign presents superbly both inside and out. The motor car is offered compete with its full book pack, with 8 Jaguar stamps including the original pre delivery inspection, plus one current independent stamp for oil and filter.

The car is fully equipped, which includes Climate control, multi play CD, electric front seats, remote locking + 2 sets of keys, superb leather interior, perfect headlining, electric door mirrors and alloy wheels.

This really is a time warp example of this luxury, modern British classic.

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Auction Date:
28th Oct 14 at 1:30pm GMT

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