Jaguar X300 Sovereign

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– elegant 1996 Jaguar X300 Sovereign
– 4.0 litre 6-cylinder 177 kW (241 hp) engine with automatic gearbox
– grey leather interior
– only 2 registered keepers from new
– cruise contorl, trip computer, climate control and built-in telephone
– electric steel sunroof
– leather steering wheel
– seat heating for driver and passenger
– original radio on board
– runs on 16″ Jaguar alloys
– German registration documents

Sir William Lyons’ iconic XJ had been on the market for nearly three decades by the time Jaguar finally unveiled the successor model, named XJ40. Compared to its predecessor, the new Jaguar featured a more angular styling. It also brought an improved build quality, and the manufacturing process had been optimized for greater efficiency. The XJ40 remained in production until 1994, when it was replaced by the X300 – which re-introduced the more curvaceous looks of the original XJ while being mechanically similar to the XJ40. In 1997, in a significant break with company tradition, both the inline-6 cylinder as well as the V12 engine were phased out, and a new V8 introduced to replace them. The facelifted car was appropriately named X308. The V8 engine came in two sizes, with 3.2 or 4.0 litres of capacity, the latter also available in combination with a supercharger. All cars had an automatic 5-speed transmission. As was customary, Jaguar also offered Daimler and Vanden Plas variants of their luxury sedan.
Total production figures for these Jaguars amount to just over 200,000 units of the XJ40, 92,000 of the X300 and 126,000 for the X308, including the respective submodels.

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