Hi to all the X350/X358 enthusiasts out there.
I recently searched on my VIN number (without the last 5 digits) and was surprised to find in Japan a car with exactly the same spec, colour (color) and options as mine.
This probably doesn't seem so special, but my car is a 2008 SuperV8 LWB, of which I understand only 50 were made for RoW.
Both cars have the same trim and options, that I can see. They also have the same cryptic rear badges, which are XJ8L and Sovereign. The one big difference is that the one in Japan has less than 22,000 Km, which is about an eighth of what mine has.
The car in Japan is on the site shown on the front plate, Tanabu Auto , but needs translation to see in English. It is also listed on GooNet. The price is 2.79 million Yen, about $NZ 44K.
Have any other members found their twin?

Pete


My car, imported from Japan in 2012

For sale in Japan

 

No twins, but i do have two relatives in my garage
Two cousins, a 2004 base XJ8, & a 2007 Vanden Plas.
Both are white, so they do resemble one another quite a bit.

 

I suppose yours are sisters, as are the two I showed above, but they are closer in age, mine 01/08 and the other 06/08.
I do have two distant relatives in my shed, as per my signature.
Thanks for replying, I usually seem to be able to kill threads in a single post!

Pete

 

Time warp! Are you sure you haven't come across an old ad for your car? No way can it be $44k today, even at that km.

( although having an X358 myself, I think it's worth every penny! )

 

Well, I think it's for sale at 2.79 million yen, which at 64.33 per dollar, works out at $NZ 43,300.
Agreed, it's over the top, but interesting to see another the same. I don't think it's mine, as I have already found mine on the auction site from 2012.

 

Supply ad demand, & whatever the market will bear.
The price can always come down.