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 Carnival Red, a colour that suits the XJS’s lithe lines very well, as well as the rare and desirable manual gearbox.
Only being sold because he is emigrating, the seller has owned ‘J40 RJD’ for the past 14 years, during which time he paid Jaguar specialists KWE more than £35,000 to carry out a “no expense spared” restoration.
Why spend so much?
Well, he’d owned three previous XJSs, all from new and all fitted with manual gearboxes.

Of course, by the time he bought this one they simply weren’t available new anymore so he bought the best example he could find and then spent far too much money in restoring it to better-than-new condition.
It’s covered just 16,000 miles since and still drives beautifully with an...