2001 Daimler Super V8

The vendor, who is the car’s third owner, understands that this rare and LWB Super V8 was supplied new to ‘Jaguar Executive Sales’ and was apparently first registered to a director of the business.

Being a LWB Daimler Super V8 and therefore a very luxurious and exclusive car it is, of course, very well appointed.

Highlights on the spec sheet include climate control, cruise control, sunroof, Harman Kardon audio, electric heated seats, CD-changer, built-in telephone, Daimler stitched headrests, deep-pile Daimler carpet set, Jaguar satellite navigation system, headlight washers, and parking sensors.

This low mileage super-limo is in very decent all-round order and its condition is far more a reflection of its low mileage than its years of life.

In the ownership of one family from 2002 until its purchase by the vendor in 2024, the car’s lifetime of diligent curation is evident in the fact that it starts, runs, goes, handles and stops without missing a beat.

And, of course, it can bring a smile of Cheshire Cat breadth to the face of anyone who experiences both of its Jekyll and Hyde personalities.

If you want to waft gently along, cossetted in acres of leather, ankle deep rugs and burr walnut veneer, it’s happy to oblige.

And it is equally happy to oblige if you’d like to have your ears pinned back while it sets off towards the horizon like a jilted warthog with some serious anger management issues.

Very, very few cars can pull off both of those very different tricks at the same time. 
 

The bodywork on this elegant, svelte LWB Daimler is straight, true and free of any dents, creases or crumples of significance.

The bonnet is the one panel that bucks that trend slightly, and there are four very small indentations dotted around its surface, plus a few scratches, stone chips and the odd scuff or two.

The panel gaps and shut-lines are as crisp and consistent as you would want to find on a car of this quality (Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was an owner/driver of a Daimler Super V80).

The Jaguar Anthracite Metallic paintwork has retained plenty of time-defying shine and lustre in most places but the car is carrying its fair share of scratches, stone chips and scuffs, with one or more of those in evidence at all four corners; around the driver’s door handle; at the base of the o/s/f wheel arch and the top of the wing above it; on the forward aspect of the n/s/f wheel arch; atop the n/s/r wing; on the boot lid; and in several places on and around the rear bumper.

We imagine that a good professional machine polish would remedy at least some of these issues without too much difficulty.

The wheels are very decent, save for a small scuff on the o/s/r wheel, and the matching Pirelli P6000 tyres appear to have a good amount of useful life left in them.

The chrome-work, trim, lights, lenses and badging are all broadly in a condition that’s more commensurate with the car’s mileage than its age.
 

The interior is in pretty much time-warp condition, and everything looks to be both resolutely original and impressively well preserved.

The whole vast acreage of ruched Oatmeal leather is barely troubled by the passing of the years and only the outer bolsters on the driver’s seat are home to any clues that the upholstery has seen any use.

As ever, the rear seats don’t look as if they’ve done much more than support the weight of a coat or hat.

If you ever find yourself having to sit in the back of a car for the duration of a 500-mile journey, you’ll struggle to find anywhere more accommodating, comfortable or luxurious than this.

We’ve lived in smaller flats. And we’ve definitely had cheaper furniture.

The door cards are following the same example of irreproachable condition, as is the headlining.

The polished wood veneers on the door cappings, picnic tables, centre console, dashboard and elsewhere have stoically resisted the temptation to fade, crack or shed their lacquer.

The carpets, mats and over-rugs are all in first-class condition.

As far as we’re aware, all buttons, knobs, dials, gauges, switches and levers do as they’re told in a timely and obedient manner.

The capacious boot is as good as the rest of it and contains a full-sized wheel with Pirelli P6000 tyre and some tools.

Lifting up the carpet in the boot or elsewhere on this car reveals…nothing whatsoever to worry about.
 

With fewer than 60,000 miles under its various belts, this magnificent supercharged 4-litre V8 unit has every right to look as fresh, clean, dry and orderly as it does.

Everything appears to be in its right and proper place, as far as we can tell.

The undersides of this car look to be possessed of oodles of structural integrity and we’ve seen nothing to prompt a tut or frown on any level. 
 

The car benefitted from new shock absorbers, anti-roll bar bushes, and brake pipes in 2019 at a cost of some £1,200. It received a new battery and fuel pump last year.

The car’s history contains a large collection of previous MoT certificates, a selection of routine maintenance and improvement invoices, a current V5C, its original book pack, full sets of keys and an MoT certificate - with no advisories whatsoever - that’s valid until 1st July 2026. 
 

As a general rule of thumb, there are traditional embedded distinctions between fast cars and luxurious cars.

The former are uncomfortable, noisy, focussed, tiring and exhilarating.

The latter tend to be bloated, huge, silent, inclined to roll and wallow, and very comfortable.

But a car like the Daimler Super V8 really is something of an outlier, an anomaly, a square thingummy in a round wotsit.

It is as comfy as a pair of old and much-loved slippers, as classy as a country house drawing-room, as smooth as an otter in an evening suit…and utterly, ballistically, bonkers fast.

OK, we imagine it wouldn’t be brilliant as an off-roader, but – that aside – this splendid example could be just about all the car you’ll ever need.

We are happy to offer this car for auction with an estimate in the range of £5,000 - £8,000.

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