Description
This lovely car was manufactured in 1992 and spent sometime in Japan before being exported back to the UK. Clearly in Japan she was very much cherished and enjoyed the lack of rain/ salt.
The Double Six is a fast car, as it should be with a 5. 3-litre, 313bhp V12 engine, and the power delivery is matched to an equally smooth automatic transmission. The Double Six was far cheaper than the cheapest Rolls-Royce or Bentley in its day but oozes much the same opulence and is as well made.
Engine 5, 993cc. V12 cylinders, 313bhp at 5, 350rpm. Four-speed automatic gearbox, rear-wheel drive. Top speed 152mph, 0-60 in 7. 5 seconds.
Polished walnut and soft leather abound, of course, and rear passengers have plenty of toys to play with. Each rear seat reclines electrically, and a further set of controls on the back of the front passenger seat even allows the left rear passenger to move the front seat.
In late 1979, the Jaguar XJ/ Daimler Sovereign was facelifted, and re-named as the XJ Series III. Using the long-wheelbase version of the car, the XJ incorporated a subtle redesign by Pininfarina. Externally, the most obvious changes over the SII were the thicker and more incorporated rubber bumpers with decorative chrome only on the top edge, flush door handles for increased safety, a one-piece front door glass without a separate 1/ 4 light, a grille with only vertical vanes, reverse lights moved from the boot plinth to the larger rear light clusters and a revised roofline with narrower door frames and increased glass area. There were three engine variants, including the 5. 3 lt V12, the 4. 2 lt straight-six and 3. 4 L straight-six. The larger six-cylinder, and V12 models incorporated Bosch fuel injection which was made under licence by Lucas. 132, 952 Series III cars were built, 10, 500 with the V12 engine... how many are left now?
This example of the Daimler Double Six is presented in Metallic Grey with contrasting full Doeskin Leather Interior. The car features Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Electric Windows/ Mirrors, Power Steering, Central Locking, Pioneer Stereo CD and AUX/ USB Input, Centre Armrest, Lumbar Support, Headlamp Washers, 15in Kent Alloys.
The car has comprehensive service history in Japanese, a new MOT will be done. The car was imported back from Japan in 2016. MOT’d since without advisories
The service history looks really good we say looks because much of the stamped book is in Japanese and sadly our Japanese is not that good; but we have listed the service intervals other work as we understand them below all in Kilometers. Please note some of these will be Shaken being the name of the vehicle inspection program in Japan for motor vehicle, which by all account is much more rigorous than our MOT. BUT this list demonstrates how well this car has been looked after.
Service History
3524
5164
10096
17877
21108
24297
26815
31741
33964
39500
42858
46992
49598
54187
56687
59916
61903
63615
65380
66284
67589
68947
69901
70493
71354
71934
72585
UK Work and servicing:
17/ 04/ 2019 – 77005 Km- Full service
2017/ 2018 Fuel system work including new tanks, pipes and injectors – £3200
2022 - Recondtioned Diff
2023 - Cosmetic paint work undertaken
A mileage tachometer comes with the car
