2025-10-25 11:11:37 | pauls writes:

Car at auction 11/25
www.iconicauctioneers.com/1989-jaguar-xj-s-5-3-litre-v12-rec16265-1-nec-1125

Auction description:
The Iconic Sale at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2025
Lot Number 347
ESTIMATE: £20,000 - £25,000
JAGUAR XJ-S 5.3-LITRE V12
Registration Number G96 UTP
MOT Expiry 13/11/2025
Chassis Number SAJJNADW3DB164550
Engine Number 8S070099SA
Transmission Automatic
Body Colour Signal Red
Presented here is a truly exceptional example, a 1989 Jaguar XJ-S 5.3-litre Convertible finished in striking Signal Red over Biscuit leather with red piping. Having covered just 9,800 miles from new, this car remains in time-warp condition throughout. The paintwork, chrome, and brightwork present superbly, while the interior is virtually as it left Browns Lane, the leather seats displaying only the lightest signs of use and the wood veneers retaining their factory lustre. There are a couple of minor stonechips as are to be expected, but overall the car presents very well indeed.

Supplied new in 1989, the Jaguar remained with its original owner for nearly three decades, from 1989 until 2018, before joining our vendor’s carefully curated collection making it a genuine two owner car, an increasingly rare distinction among surviving examples. Its current presentation reflects the meticulous care it has received from both custodians, having clearly spent its life cherished and properly stored.

The car is accompanied by a lovely history file with documentation dating back to new. Included are the original Bill of Sale, invoices for servicing and maintenance, old MOT Certificates and Tax Discs, as well as all Jaguar handbooks and manuals. The paperwork substantiates both the indicated mileage and the extraordinary level of preservation this car enjoys.

Mechanically, it remains in excellent order, starting and running exactly as one would expect of a low-mileage, well-maintained V12. Our vendor notes that the car is in 'as-new' condition inside, outside and mechanically, having required no remedial work beyond regular fluid changes and gentle exercise.

In today’s market, finding an unrestored, two owner XJ-S Convertible with under 10,000 miles from new is almost unheard of. Beautifully original, fabulously presented and still retaining all its factory charm, this is without question one of the finest examples of Jaguar’s iconic grand tourer to come to market in recent years.