2009 Jaguar XJ X358

“ This is about as close to a brand-new XJ X358 as you’re going to get - yes, it was built in 2009, but there’s really nothing about the way it looks, handles, drives or feels to suggest that ”Being offered as part of our curated auction in conjunction with the Jaguar Drivers' Club and their 70th Anniversary at Brooklands on Sunday 12th July 2026.

BackgroundIn 2003, Jaguar introduced a re-engineered and newly designed generation of the XJ, designated internally as the X350.

It had an all-aluminium body and chassis, a 3.0-litre V6 engine, and new 3.5 and 4.2-litre V8 engines. It was the first Jaguar XJ to be completely designed under Ford ownership (which soon became Tata ownership) and introduced an array of new electronics and computer-controlled systems.

A new, lighter, six-speed automatic gearbox was fitted, offering improved economy and a wider spectrum of gear ratios.

The X350's aluminum bodyshell used an aerospace construction method; a hybrid of adhesive bonding and rivet joinery known as rivet-bonding or riv-bonding.

An industry first in volume automotive production, this technique resulted in a monocoque chassis that was both 40% lighter and 50% stiffer than that of the outgoing model.

The styling of its aluminium body panels was an evolution of the classic XJ look and marked the final expression of a signature aesthetic that had started with the Series I in 1968 and extended through the Series II and III iterations and on through the XJ40, X300 and X308 models.

Air suspension was fitted at the front and rear, providing adaptive damping as well as rear self-levelling, with computer-controlled ride height and suspension modes.

Dynamic stability control and traction control were standard.

The Grace, Space and Pace bloodline linking (almost) every offering from Castle Bromwich for the past 50 years was still clearly running through the veins of the X350.

Jaguar launched the final X358 facelift iteration at the end of February 2007. The car featured a revised lower grille, prominent faux side air vents, a small boot-lid spoiler, and revised lights, door mirrors, sills, rear bumper and, on the inside, improved seating.

OverviewIn common with all the cars we receive from the vendor, who is very well-known to us, this car is a Japanese import.

Now then. What exactly does that news tell you?

Firstly, it tells you that this car will have experienced the pampered and fastidiously curated existence enjoyed by nearly all prestigious, luxury Japanese imports.

It may be something of a cliché to talk about the value of ‘honour’ in Japanese society and culture. But it’s no exaggeration to say that this tradition is alive and well in the Japanese motor trade.

This is a world in which mechanics are assiduously diligent in their work, dealers are scrupulously honest in their valuations, and owners take obsessive levels of pride in the care and attention they lavish upon their expensive European cars.

Secondly, it tells you that the car has spent its life in a country where salt is thrown over the shoulders of sumo wrestlers, not chucked all over the roads with reckless abandon like it is in the UK.

Ergo, Japanese cars are nearly always free of the sort or corrosion issues that routinely affect cars in the UK and elsewhere.

One of the very last of the X358 models built, this stunning 3.0-litre V6 XJ X358 SWB was exported new to Japan in 2009 and was brought back to the land of its birth earlier this year.

In between, it has had just one owner and covered only a miserly 26,500 miles from new.

As ever, the vendor has spent around £2,000 ensuring the car has a full UK specification - speedo face, Sat Nav, full-sized number plates, etc.

The car is entirely ULEZ/CAZ compliant, is in the £360 per-annum road tax category, and attracts standard UK insurance rates with no import loading.

It is a very comprehensively optioned and specified example.

Among its many factory extras are the following.

Rear door blindsElectric rear screen blindReversing cameraXenon headlamps with power washDouble-glazed acoustic glassCruise control with speed limiterSat/NavAuto lights & wipers19” alloy wheels on Falken tyresUpper and lower mesh grillesFront and rear parking sensorsBoot lid spoilerFront fog lampsCharcoal ruched leather trimWood/leather steering wheelHeated front seatsElectric steering column, pedals and mirrors with memoryJaguar fitted mats.This example is in absolutely first-class condition outside, inside and underneath.

It starts, goes, handles and stops exactly as you would hope and expect, and there are no warning lights to spoil your view of the open road ahead.

Estimate: £11,000 - £13,000

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