Jaguar XKR100 Coupe

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“The XKR 100 is a devastatingly rapid car cross-country. In the dry it's got more than enough pure grip for most drivers and astounding traction. Add in terrific seats, a superb steering wheel and great looks inside and out and it has enough appeal to justify its £70k price tag.”

Launched in 2002 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Jaguar’s founder, the late Sir William Lyons, the XKR 100 certainly impressed the writers at EVO magazine. Produced in a limited edition of just 500 cars (half coupes and half convertibles and only 160 available to the UK), it had many improvements on the standard XKR.

The 4-litre supercharged V8 packed the same 370bhp punch, sufficient to propel the car to 60mph in just 5.1 seconds on its way to a top speed of 155mph, but the chassis, steering, brakes and gearbox were all considerably tweaked to provide a more sporting feel. Only available in black, the XKR 100 also had massive 20” Montreal alloys and a bespoke interior with black leather Recaro sports seats, smoked grey bird’s eye maple veneer, a bespoke steering wheel and gear lever and various flashes of aluminium trim.

Supplied new by HA Fox of Cheltenham in January 2002, this black beauty has had just one owner to date and has covered some 95,000 miles with six service stamps in the book, the first four at HA Fox and the last at 85,503 miles when a new set of tyres were also fitted along with new Brembo discs and pads all round, new oil, air and fuel filters and a set of new plugs at a cost of over £2,500 (bills on file).

Fully loaded in the usual XKR 100 manner, it has a black leather Recaro sports interior (unique to the model), factory sat nav and recently refurbished 20” Montreal alloys. A sophisticated Tracker theft recovery system has also been fitted and the car comes with all its original handbooks in the original Jaguar wallet plus many invoices. A JDHT Heritage Certificate is also present to prove that it is indeed a genuine XKR 100.

Mean, moody and magnificent, this one owner coupe certainly stands out from the crowd and you are unlikely to ever see another one coming the other way. A blue chip investment if ever we saw one, it is due to have a fresh MOT in time for the sale and now just needs a lucky second owner behind the wheel.