Vehicle Description
West Coast Classics are proud to present an absolutely exceptional
and extremely rare and increasingly collectible last ever year of
production example of this classic and all original 1996 Jaguar XJS
4.0L 6 cylinder 2+2 roadster 'Celebration Edition', this is one of
the very final-runs of the 'Celebration Edition' cars, released for
the 1996 model year, with only some 8K (yes eight thousand!)
original miles! 1 of only 1,485 models built in the last year of
production for this iconic series! In 1995, the final specification
changes were made and the car was referred to as the 'Celebration
model' to celebrate the 60th year of Jaguar Cars and included
diamond-turned wheels, Jaguar-logo embossed seats, and a
wood-rimmed steering wheel. All Celebration models feature the
later AJ16 4.0 engine with improved performance, electric seats,
electric mirrors, air conditioning, heated rear window, half wood
steering wheel, wood gear selector, embossed seats and stunning
diamond turned polished Celebration wheels. These special models
could be recognized externally by their chromed side view mirrors
and headlight border strip. Other features were the all-over wheel
rims, steering wheel with wood sections top and bottom separated by
leather on the sides and air bag, the wooden selector lever for the
automatic transmission, the black hand brake lever with full
leather cover, a Jaguar "leaper" embossed into the leather centered
in the upper part of the seat backs, and contrasting piping around
the seats and boot cover. These very last series of the XJS
Celebration had been fitted with an aluminum engine block and the
XK8-transmission.Gorgeous and very desirable color combination of
original factory 'Spindrift White' (Code NDM) color paint with its
original 'Light Tan' color factory canvas power soft top and with a
beautiful doeskin 'Coffee' (Code SDC) leather interior and matching
tonneau cover. This particular car must be seen to be truly
appreciated! A real head-turner! Obviously always garaged with no
history of any accident damage whatsoever with all original factory
parts and a clean CARFAX report - never abused, babied all the
way!The original factory and very striking 'Spindrift White'
factory color paint is in stunning condition and the original
'Coffee' color leather seats with 'Light' piping are also in
outstanding condition with virtually no signs of any wear and there
are no flaws in the dashboard or the walnut veneer, the door panels
or the carpets. The complimenting 'Light Tan' color soft top is
also in exceptional and all original condition. The interior is
also completely original with it's 'Jaguar' radio/cassette stereo
system with a CD changer in the trunk and all the options and
gauges are working as they should including the ice-cold air
conditioning! The car drives exactly like a virtually still new
Jaguar with such low miles should - no shakes or rattles - very
smooth and powerful - must drive the same as when it left the
showroom floor over 23 years ago!This must be one of the finest and
surely lowest mileage examples available anywhere of this classic
and increasingly desirable and collectible last year of production
for the Jaguar XJS - therefore proving a very collectible
investment in probably the last classically beautiful design built
by Jaguar in their long and famous history of classic lines - a
sure-fire classic car investment for the Jaguar enthusiast or
simply 'pride of place' in any astute classic car collector's
collection! You will certainly look long and hard to find a finer
example of this obviously always garaged and accident free last
year of production classic Jaguar XJS 4.0L convertible 'Celebration
Edition' with only one California owner since new and with 8K
original miles in this most striking of color combinations
available anywhere else.
