1 of 100 Centenary Edition cars.

Registration No: R395 KAX Chassis No: SAJDKKNS3BP802980 MOT: T.B.A

One of just 100 Centenary examples, with 50 six-cylinder and 50 V12 examples
Supplied new to the UK Government and used as an Embassy Car in Japan
Repatriated to the United Kingdom in 2019, and in current ownership since 2021
Just 75,000 km on the odometer; the equivalent of c.47,000 miles

The Jaguar XJ Series and its Daimler counterparts were introduced in 1968.

Some four years into production, a 12-cylinder XJ was offered for the first time, the Daimler version of which was dubbed the Double Six, thereby reviving the famous Daimler model name of the vintage era.

Throughout the ’70s, Jaguar had been developing an all-new design to follow its graceful Series 1, 2 and 3 models.

However, the launch was delayed, and it didn’t see the light of day until 1986.

Even then the line-up didn’t include a 12-cylinder option – the engine bay apparently being too narrow to house a unit of V con...