An upmarket version was marketed under the Daimler brand and called the Daimler Sovereign, continuing the name from the Daimler version of the Jaguar 420. The car was introduced in September 1968. Power-assisted steering and leather upholstery were standard on the 2.8 L De Luxe and 4.2 L models and air conditioning was offered as an optional extra on the 4.2 L. Daimler versions were launched in October 1969, in a series of television advertisements featuring Sir William. In these spots, he referred to the car as "the finest Jaguar ever". An unusual feature, inherited from the Jaguar Mark X, was the provision of twin fuel tanks, positioned on each side of the boot / trunk, and filled using two separately lockable filler caps: one on the top of each wing above the rear wheel arches.
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| - An upmarket version was marketed under the Daimler brand and called the Daimler Sovereign, continuing the name from the Daimler version of the Jaguar 420. The car was introduced in September 1968. Power-assisted steering and leather upholstery were standard on the 2.8 L De Luxe and 4.2 L models and air conditioning was offered as an optional extra on the 4.2 L. Daimler versions were launched in October 1969, in a series of television advertisements featuring Sir William. In these spots, he referred to the car as "the finest Jaguar ever". An unusual feature, inherited from the Jaguar Mark X, was the provision of twin fuel tanks, positioned on each side of the boot / trunk, and filled using two separately lockable filler caps: one on the top of each wing above the rear wheel arches.
- In March 1970 it was announced that the Borg-Warner Model 8 automatic transmission, which the XJ6 had featured since 1968, would be replaced on the 4.2 litre-engined XJ6 with a Borg-Warner Model 12 unit. The new transmission now had three different forward positions accessed via the selector lever, which effectively enabled performance oriented drivers to hold lower ratios at higher revs in order to achieve better acceleration. "Greatly improved shift quality" was also claimed for the new system.
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assembly
| - Cape Town, South Africa
- Coventry, England
- Nelson, New Zealand
- Castle Bromwich Assembly, Birmingham, England
- Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, England
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Name
| - Jaguar XJ
- X350
- X358
- XJ Series I
- XJ Series II
- XJ Series III
- XJ X351
- XJ-Coupé
- XJ6, XJ8, XJ12, Vanden Plas, XJR, Super V8, Supersport
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Width
| - 2004(xsd:integer)
- 2006(xsd:integer)
- 2008(xsd:integer)
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- Super V8
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- XJR:
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Production
| - 1968(xsd:integer)
- 1973(xsd:integer)
- 1975(xsd:integer)
- 1979(xsd:integer)
- 2003(xsd:integer)
- 2007(xsd:integer)
- 2009(xsd:integer)
- 10487(xsd:integer)
- 82126(xsd:integer)
- 91227(xsd:integer)
- 132952(xsd:integer)
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body style
| - 2(xsd:integer)
- 4(xsd:integer)
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| - Daimler Sovereign
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- XJ8, Vanden Plas, XJR, Super V8
- XJ6, XJ8, Vanden Plas, XJR, Super V8, Daimler Super Eight
- Daimler Double-Six Coupé
- Daimler Sovereign Coupé
- Daimler Vanden Plas
- Double-Six Vanden Plas
- Jaguar Sovereign
- Jaguar Vanden Plas
- XJ-C, XJ6-C, XJ12-C,
- XJ6, XJ12
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