Finished in Lunar Grey Metallic with a Charcoal hide interior, ‘LF08 JBE’ is a Jaguar Sovereign 4.2 that’s spent its life in the car-friendly environs of Japan, a country whose fanatical approach to car curation is underpinned by its government’s farsighted decision not to use salt to de-ice its roads.

Its cars are therefore invariably cleaner and far better preserved than anything that’s spent seventeen years shrugging off indifferent servicing and low-budget road maintenance here in the UK.

Including this beautifully presented and recently fettled example that’s stuffed to the gunnels with toys, has a new and advisory-free MoT, a mileage-verification certificate, and is ULEZ-compliant.

It’s had just the one owner from new too, has covered just 49,000 miles and, unusually, has retained its servicing record, so you can see for yourself how well it’s been maintained.

The Lunar Grey Metallic colour inspired our seller to wax lyrical, describing it as “Graphite Silver with a subtle ma...