Highlights
- Under 12,000 documented miles from new
- Lived in Japan on salt-free roads to 2016
- Concours-contending example in original condition
- Only two registered UK keepers
- Desirable 80s facelift V12 convertible model
- Finished in dark blue metallic with very rare red leather
- Full service and maintenance history
- Current MOT with no advisories
The Appeal
If you want the best and you want a XJ-S, then you want this car. With under 12,000 documented miles from new, amassed by just two keepers, it is in the sort of condition that will appeal to concours judges.
Finished in smart dark blue metallic with very rare red leather interior, this 1991 XJ-S V12 convertible looks like it rolled out of the showroom yesterday. Only the very slightest wear to the driver’s bolster betrays any sense, and it is merely a sense, that this is a 34 year old car.
The condition is in part down to this car's life in the cossetted environs of Japan until 2016. Famously fastidious about maintenance, the nation also doesn't salt its roads, which is a boon for classics like this one.
Quite how the subsequent duo of UK keepers restrained themselves from enjoying one of Jaguar’s finest cars we’ll maybe never know. But lets be glad they have, because it gifts the buyer a truly superb example of these well-regarded GT tourers.
Quite how the subsequent duo of UK keepers restrained themselves from enjoying one of Jaguar’s finest cars we’ll maybe never know. But lets be glad they have, because it gifts the buyer a truly superb example of these well-regarded GT tourers.
The car comes to market with current, advisory-free MOT and full records of the servicing and maintenance history. This feels like a scarce opportunity for Jaguar collectors.
History and Paperwork
- First registered 1991
- Previously registered in Japan
- UK registered from 2016
- Two registered UK keepers from new
- Current keeper since July 2018
- Factory handbooks and wallet as shown
- Service history from time in Japan
- Typed spreadsheet recording mileage as shown
- Vendor advises car has full service history
- MOT records support the low mileage
- Showing 11,849 miles in photos on a six digit odometer
- Current MOT at time of writing to 25th June 2025 with no advisories
- 11,822 miles on last MOT test
The Condition
- Well preserved dark blue metallic paintwork with red and silver coachline
- Paintwork is in very good condition as shown with only handful of light stone chips to note
- Bodywork presents very well across usual XJ-S check areas such as arches, sills and panel edges
- Underside is in very good condition being clean and undersealed
- No structural advisories on current MOT
- Factory standard car with bonnet leaper fitted
- Lattice alloys in very good, clean condition with matching spare
- Matching quality Pirelli P600 tyres all round with good tread and sidewall condition
- Blue fabric folding roof with glass screen in good working condition
- Red leather interior in very good order with barely any wear even to high traffic areas
- If we’re being picky there is slight driver’s bolster wear but it is hardly visible
- Red carpets through cabin in good order with clean grey carpet in boot
- Retains its factory Clarion Jagur-branded radio cassette and trip computer
- Extensive wood veneers across doors, dashboard and console in good order
- Switchgear also presents well with clear and clean decals
- Supplied with factory tonneau in matching blue
The Mechanics
- Fuel injected HE-specification 5,340cc V12 engine
- 3spd automatic gearbox
- Very clean engine bay as shown
- Vendor advises full service history
- No reported running or driving MOT
- No advisories on current MOT at time of writing
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