Fellow XJ fans - Just a heads up that I've decided to part with my unicorn (2013 XJ Ultimate). It's now for sale on the marketplace forum here: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/market/205729

I likely will stay in the JLR family, but the replacement will be a vehicle built for gravel roads and bounding through the forest.

This site has been an amazing resource and I wish all of you well with your XJs!

Scott Rickard
Portland, OR

 

Good luck and farewell! I assume you are moving to Landrover?

Car looks great but I think you are going to have problems getting anywhere near that price. On the secondary market, most options typically do not add much extra to a car but will help it to sell. If that was a base model 2013 XJ I think you'd probably be lucky to get around $25k. I just don't see getting another $40k above that for what you have. ****, you can get a new XJ for $65k. What did Carmax offer? I find their offers are usually pretty fair.

 

Thanks for the thoughts JagGate. If I don't get a decent price from a Jaguar enthusiast (that is the target market for this car) I'll just throw a car cover and trickle charger on it and let my kids deal with it someday. Yes, I'm planning to pick up a new RR diesel this fall.

 

The problem is not whether the car is "worth" the money. The issue is that anyone that would pay that money for a 5 year old car probably does not have the money nor can get a loan for it. It is the same phenomenon that creates the market where you can get a 2 year old Jag for 1/2 the new price (or less) like I did. Those that can afford it new buy new and don't care. Those that can't won't pay anywhere near new prices so it drives the secondary price way down. Kind of a no-man's land between new and used in these cars. Yours is somewhat of an exception with it being a special issue model. Hopefully you can find someone that recognizes what it is and is willing to pay appropriately but I fear there are few buyers out there for it.

 

The Ultimate is a collectors car, so it will retain it's value, you cannot compare a base XJ to an Ultimate//Supersport or Autobiography, it's like comparing apples and oranges. The same way you can't compare an S450 to an S65 or a 740i to an Alpina B7.

 

This thread is almost 1 year old. This XJ appears to have been sold. I disagree that the XJ Ultimate is a collector's car, and agree with JagGate.

 

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Graham

 

It would be interesting to see what he actually got for a selling price.
Used XJ's just don't have much value regardless of their rarity.
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But The ultimate is a collectors car 😂