46K views · 2K reactions | (1974) Daimler 4.2 Sovereign Auto is a Luxury Sedan built by Jaguar under the Daimler badge, featuring a 4.2-liter straight-six engine with twin SU carburetors and a three-speed automatic transmission. #LuxurySedan #Daimler #ClassicCar | Car Spotter DM8 | Facebook

This 420 was built for the Metropolitan Police, but they never completed on the order. Perhaps they were trying to save money and had second thoughts? Surely this car's saving grace aa it went into careful private ownership and was used sparingly for many years, enabling it to survive to become a valued classic today. In black it does look beautiful, they of course made these as the Daimler version. Naturally, it has the 4.2 litre XK engine, its not to be confused with the 420G, which was a much

1967 Jaguar 420G. For the London Motor Show in October 1966 the Mark...

Its a unique and beautiful example, factory built Daimler Sovereign built for racing, but the project never went ahead. With Jaguar in ownership from 1960 it was a badge engineered competition Jaguar 420 bodied car, a bespoke project, involving 4-5 vehicles, which ultimately never was completed, but this car was. Jaguar did produce more Daimler cars after this one... and they still do make more cars today. The designation '82' on a Jaguar E-Type engine XK engine, is often used to denote the late