Highlights
- Sought-after final edition Celebration with factory quality and spec improvements
- One of the very last Celebration coupés built
- Extensive history file with invoices and records spanning 24 years
- Over £9,000 spent on maintenance in the last five years
- Well maintained with £700 service in April 2026 prior to sale
- Long run of MOT certificates from 2004 supporting the recorded mileage
- Current MOT valid until April 2027 with no advisories
The Appeal
The XJS is one of those typically British cars that was seemingly developed properly once it entered production. Over its long 21-year production run, it just got better and better, with the final ‘Celebration’ cars, built to mark 60 years of Jaguar, being the best-built and highest-specified.
These final cars received a more luxurious interior and are distinguished by their smart ‘Aerosport’ alloys. This low mileage British Racing Green Celebration is one of the very last built and was registered in June 1996, just as the final XJS rolled off the Browns Lane lines.
The vendor acquired the car in 2023 to join his collection. He tells us that the large history file shows a run of regular servicing in the stamped book from 1997 to 2019 and then is recorded in invoices. The last service was in April 2026 and cost £700. Over £9,000 is said to have been spent on the car in the last five years.
You can inspect the fruits of that care and attention in the photos. The car presents very well in the usual XJS check areas, helped by this car being one of the later galvanised examples. The current MOT runs to April 2027 and underlines the sense of a well kept car in having no advisories.
The vendor says:
“The car is a beautiful drive. It glides over the terrible condition of the UK roads and really does waft along in luxury.”
Key Information
- Mileage: 79,234 miles recorded at last service (April 2026); supported by MOT history from 2004 but not warranted
- Country of registration: United Kingdom
- Technical inspection status: MOT valid until 8th April 2027 with no advisories
- Technical specs: 3,980cc AJ16 petrol, 4spd automatic transmission
- Paperwork: Stamped service book, service invoices, and a long run of MOT certificates from 2004, V5C, factory handbooks and wallet
The Detail
- Attractive British Racing Green metallic paintwork in very good order
- Paint shows a few stone chips and marks but not immediately visible
- Bodywork also well kept
- No structural advisories on last MOT test
- Well kept ‘Aerosport’ 16in alloys with matching Nexen tyres fitted
- Steel space saver tyres included
- Serviced in April 2026 at a cost of almost £700
- Service book stamped from 1997 at 7,267 miles to 2019 at 75,367 miles
- We are told that after 2019 the servicing records are in invoices
- Light beige interior with darker beige for seat piping and carpets
- Celebration specification interior with high back seats in good order
- Light bolster wear to note to driver’s seat
- Extensive wood veneers to console, dashboard, doors and wheel in good order
- Headlining in good condition with light marks to note to sun visors
- Retains its original radio
- Fitted with a Thatcham-approved alarm and immobiliser
- The vendor states the car is in very good mechanical condition
- £9,000 reportedly spent on car in last five years
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