This car is in excellent condition and starts, goes, performs and handles every bit as well as it looks – and it looks great.

None of which comes as any surprise to us whatsoever.

The car was brought to our HQ by a vendor with whom we have been doing business for several years.

He has built a successful niche business on the back of his expert understanding of the Japanese market for imported luxury European cars - Jaguars in particular - and he consistently selects and imports only the very best examples to export back to the UK and auction through us.

This car was bought new by its first owner from the Hiroshima Jaguar dealership in Japan in 2008.

It was returned to the land of its birth in 2026.

This information tells us two very important things.

Firstly, that it has spent its life immersed in a culture where people invariably take pride in their cars and usually spend a great deal of time and effort pampering them and making sure no harm comes to them.

Secondly, that it co...