Daimler Double Six V12 - Review and Road Test by Jaguar Dealer
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2023
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After 40 years in the classic & sports car business, I've driven almost everything there is. When people ask me ‘What is the one car with the best of everything you've ever had?’ I usually answer; "‘The car they'll bury me in is a Jaguar Sovereign V12 or a Daimler Double Six’".
Watch this video to understand why.
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People may say, “The best car ever made? Really? It’s 2023, technology has moved on. We’re even in the age of the electric car etc…” Sam Cooke wrote and delivered “A change is gonna come,” to the world in the early 60’s. Music production has moved on in terms of technology too. But a masterpiece is untouchable by new ideas, fashion, or other advancements or frivolities of modernity. Personally I have owned and driven faster, more fuel efficient, more robust, better handling, far more expensive cars than my XJ12. Which one is easily my favourite? Which one is the nicest, most beautiful of them all? No doubt about it, my 41 year old XJ12. Nothing makes me feel the way it does. So to my mind, it remains the best car in my world.
Sir John is a British hero. A commmitted guy
I completely agree. Having an XJ-S V12 myself I totally understand what you mean. They just do everything so gracefully and elegantly, but still have punch when required. There is no better place to be. These classic Jaguars will still shame a lot of modern cars today. Simply wonderful.
Most accurate, bravest, most truthful review anybody has ever done about these.
A great video that I was very happy to see. I live in Germany, have been a Jaguar freak for 30 years and share their enthusiasm and fascination as I also drive a Daimler Double Six Series III in regency red (built 1992). The British gentleman's room on wheels offers an unmatched flair, fragrant Conolly leather in Magnolia with cherry red piping and noble woods invite to a long dream journey. Just consider the incomparable harmony of the charismatic lines of the XJ . The aesthetic perfection with which noble woods and valuable leather are processed to an interior of the absolute luxury class is very impressive. The car is like a drug and is totally addictive. You like to take detours, because the journey is the destination and time takes on a secondary meaning. No other vehicle convinces with as much charisma and elegance as the Jaguar models of series I - III. The Double Six is the absolute crowning glory in this context. But what makes traveling in a Jaguar twelve-cylinder an absolute pleasure are its engine and chassis qualities. They convey the feeling of weightlessness that is typical of a Jaguar. Actually, as a German, I should go into raptures for German vehicles, but my heart beats only for the great classics from Jaguar, and that includes the Daimler Double Six. Daimler Double Six forever! Only two events can separate me from my vehicle, total loss or death and I hope that neither one nor the other will occur so quickly. Best regards from Germany!
I owned an 85 XJS v12 HE for 11 years. 100 mph with zero wind noise a slight hum of the transmission. Nothing else like it.
I don’t own one. A nightmare !
I make a point of avoiding cars with low profile tyres as they destroy ride comfort. I recall the Peugeot 504 as being the " poor man's XJ6 " in terms of ride refinement. Oddly enough the modern car that keeps getting praise for its excellent ride is...the Dacia Duster. I only had occasional rides in XJ6s but they are wonderful in their way. My dad got to drive a friends XJ12 briefly and came back very impressed. It wasn't on his shopping list though.
Ever since I first saw a jaguar xj6 back in the late 70s as a young kid, it was the one car i always wanted. Ive owned many cars during my life, Fords, vauxhalls, toyotas, Nissans, Range Rovers, Volvos, BMW , Mercedes, Lexus, Hondas etc.........some good cars, some not.......! I said, to myself .........I want a Jaguar XJ6 series 3. Took me a long time to find a good one, finally bought a great example this year. Its absolutely beautiful........I feel im back in time, it has class and fab looks........beats any modern toad faced rubbish on the road in character and charm........ proper gentleman's express.........love it!
My first car crushes, at 13 years old were British, but certainly not the XJ6. More like the XKE, TR4, Spitfire, GT6, MGA, early MGs. British racing green, wood dash. Driving eastbound on a late spring day on the Merritt Pkwy in Connecticutt would be sublime.
In 1983 South African CAR magazine tested the Daimler Double Six. I read it many years later as a 14 year old car enthusiast and the last paragraph of that test was forever burned into my mind:
Im the owner of a 91 ABS DD6 exactly the same colour.After plenty of classics,Mercs,Porsches other Jags...I feel this I have now is going to be with me for ever.
A Gentleman of refined taste.
What a great feature !
J'adore votre voiture et la façon dont vous en parlez.
I was lucky enough in the 90s to be doing well enough to buy myself a series 3 XJ 6. I chose the 4.2 straight six as I expected to do most of any work that might be on the car myself and a v 12 is a very tight fit in the engine bay and a bit intimidating unless you really know what you are doing. I ended up owning 5 different models including a Daimler and a very rare 5 speed manual which took me 2 years find in good "unabused" condition. I also had a beautiful Silver Birch standard XJ6 at the same time as I just could not bring myself to sell any of them so I kept all 3. I used to drive From South wales to London a few times a month which was just over 200 miles and loved the trip which had become a bit of chore in the other cars I had owned before. As an old Biker I hated being stuck in traffic jams but when I had the Jags It didn't bother me at all. Every one else was in a traffic jam...I was in a Jag. I never did much serious work on any of them even though I drove them "Enthusiastically" shall we say. I once did the London run door to door in 1 hour 46 minutes. This was in the dead of night so wasn't in the least dangerous. Life was glorious before effing speed cams. I can only fault them in 1 way. The mirrors whistle slightly at over 130 mph.
Nothing has a better-ride handling combination. That's combination not compromise as neither is compromised. Peace, tranquility and speed in one wonderful machine. Apart from that, has there ever been a more beautiful big sedan?
Lovely car, elegant, powerful, refined and British. The gentleman's choice.
Magnificent. And thank you for this brilliant video. Greatly appreciate the care with which you made it.
Of all of the cars I have owned in my 80 years, my 1988 XJ40 Daimler stands alone. It was perhaps not quite as beautiful as the earlier XJ6 but inside it was totally sumptuous with its polished wood dash, picnic tables for the rear seats and soft beige leather upholstery. I used to take it out every week on country roads just for the sheer pleasure of driving such a thoroughbred vehicle.