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Jaguar XJ6 3.2 Sovereign Auto

Jaguar XJ6 3.2 Sovereign Auto

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Lot number 21
Hammer value £1,700
Description Jaguar XJ6 3.2 Sovereign Auto
Registration P891 YBO
Year 1996
Colour Red
Engine size 3,239 cc
Chassis No. SAJJHALG3BJ786465
Engine No. 9HPGRB129467

Launched in 1968, the Jaguar XJ6 still ranks as one of the most significant cars ever made. Its astonishing standards of handling, comfort and silence, coupled with the traditional Jaguar attributes of performance and value for money, immediately made every other car on the road look over-priced and old-fashioned.

The car was revised several times over the following years but, so beautifully proportioned was the original design, it was still recognisably the same car over three decades later. After some issues over build quality in the late '70s and over styling in the late '80s, the XJ6 once again regained its old magic in 1995 with the launch of the X300 - considered by many to be the best looking and best made of all the XJ6s.

Under the masterful eye of chief stylist Geoff Lawson (who also penned the dramatic XJ220 and the retro-cool S-Type), the square-sided styling of the XJ40 was binned in favour of a return to the muscular curves and quad headlamps that had traditionally defined the big cat's appeal.

Powered by the superb AJ16 engine and underpinned by vast improvements in build quality thanks to the deep pockets of new owner Ford, the X300 was a great success. In 3.2-litre form it had 219bhp and a top speed of 140mph with up to 30mpg possible if driven sensibly.

This 1996 Sovereign was sold new by Pendragon in Cardiff in 1996 and was looked after by them for the first 5 of its services, by which time it had covered 37,729 miles. Over the following years, a further nine stamps were added to the book, from Steels in Hereford and various other local garages, its last service taking place in 2009 when the mileage was 77,513 miles. Some five years on, the total has been increased by a mere 3,000 miles.

In nice, presentable condition, it retains its two keys and a cd stacker system and is MOTd until the end of October 2015. 

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