A limited edition to mark Jaguar’s 60th anniversary as well as the end of the XJS’s 21-year production run, the Celebration gained contrasting piping to the Oatmeal hide, a wood-rimmed steering wheel, different bumpers, and diamond-turned alloy wheels.

This one is also finished in British Racing Green, a time-honoured colour that suits the XJS’s lithe lines very well.

Wonderfully, it’s been in the same hands since the seller bought it as a treat for herself back in 1994.

She then used it as her daily driver for the next 30 years, albeit accruing just 51,000 carefully-driven miles.

She’s now downsizing and will only have room in her garage for one car, so has reluctantly decided that now is the time to let it go.

Our assessment of the XJS’s exterior gets off to a great start by way of consistent and tight shutlines and perfect panel alignment, demonstrating that there really wasn’t anything wrong with Jaguar’s build quality in the mid-90s.

Yes, they’d had a couple of decades of pr...