2023-09-14 10:27:45 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 10/23

cars.bonhams.com/auction/28312/preview-lot/5747013/1993-jaguar-xj220/

Auction description:

The Zoute Sale|8 October 2023, 13:00 CEST|Knokke-Heist, Le Zoute

1993 Jaguar XJ220

Estimate: €500,000 - €600,000

Lot NMT

Only 1,569 km from new

A guaranteed head-turner at any gathering, this exceptional Jaguar XJ220 comes with the following:

• Its old Belgian registration document

• The JLR Classic proforma invoice for work to be carried out

• Engine test sheet dated June 2023 (561.2bhp)

• A photograph of when the car was towed out of its storage after 30 years

• Pouch and original books (including the service book)

The late example offered here is one of the very few delivered new to Flanders, Belgium. Finished in Spa Silver with grey interior, the car was first registered on 1st March 1993 and cost its purchaser the staggering equivalent of €650,000. The first owner registered the car in Flanders but soon returned his number plates to the authorities; he would keep the car dry-stored in his garage for the next nearly 30 years... In 2021 a Bonhams specialist was fortunate enough to see it, hidden away beneath its XJ220 cover; the car was untouched and had not moved for around 30 years.

The current vendor decided to rescue the XJ220 and to give it the treatment it deserved, sending the car to Jaguar Land Rover Classic in Coventry for a complete overhaul (proforma invoices for £55,000 on file). The car is now freshly serviced, 'on the button' and ready to go. With a mere 1,560 kilometres showing on the odometer it is, of course, in exceptional condition having not seen any road use for around 30 years. The only slight blemish is some delamination of the windscreen, a fault that all XJ220s seem to suffer from.

A wonderful opportunity to acquire a little used and freshly serviced example of this rare and iconic Jaguar supercar.