30/07/2008 07:38. The second spawn of Gottleib Daimler, and once Britain's most
prestigious auto marque, unveiled its reborn Super Eight sedan, to the delight of all good ladies and gentlemen. While
Americans will likely see the new Daimler for the bejeweled long-wheelbase Jaguar XJ sedan it is, us Yanks
won't be getting our left-steering mitts on it — barring our
becoming Fleet Street ex-pats (or more likely, Guy Ritchie's
manservants). That's because the 80,000-quid (i.e., 140,000-buck)
luxosteamer is exclusively British — with an interior fitted
with more leather trim, walnut veneer and woollen carpeting than
the Pall Mall Travellers Club.
The Jag-come-lately, which will go on sale later this year, gets
the XJR's 400hp, 4.2-liter supercharged V8 and ZF... //
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