I have a 1999 Black Vanden Plas Supercharged with 114K on it. I have had the timing chain replaced and pretty much everything else fixed. It's in good shape, interior is nice with a crack in the wood on the drivers side and the center console top has been worn. I can't find another one for sale, they only made 168 for this year. Any suggestions??
Thanks

 

keep it and enjoy the car. I saw one similar up here in Toronto with 100,000 km sell for I think 9k. Hope that helps

 

Is that 114K miles, or kilometers? I looked at a 2002 Vanden Plas Supercharged, with 90K, and the asking price was 9K. So I think yours is worth 5 or 6K.

You had the timing chain replaced? Which one? It has 3. How about the tensioners?

 

Only 168!! that's rarer by almost 3x the XJR100's! Unfortunately all these XJ's seem to be good deals. Nice if you're looking to drive a beautiful, fast, well balanced car...not so good if you want to sell one. Good luck with your sale.

 

Thanks for the input. I have had everything replaced by the Jaguar dealership here in RVA, so yes. Love the car, my wallet hates it.....

 

FWIW, I paid $8,000 for my '99 VDP SC with 83K miles last summer. It was in very nice shape though it also had a few minor cosmetic issues (a bit of cracking on the wood, a few stone chips, some headliner sag) and still needed to have the tensioners and timing chain done.

The x308 VDP SCs that I've seen listed since then all seem to be somewhere in that $6K-$10K range. It is a bit tricky to figure out the value on them because so few go on the market. I suspect the value is higher if the buyer who knows what it is, but there aren't a lot of those guys out there. So, if you need to sell quickly you might only get a small premium over a similar XKR or Vanden Plas. If you can hold out a bit, the right buyer will probably come along. Explaining a bit about the rarity in the ad might help to summon more interest.

Let us know what you get for it.

 

Rarity on its own does not make it more valuable. For that to happen, you need demand. There is little or no demand for any used XJ, including the VP supercharged - even less for a pre-01 with Nikasil liners.

 

My 2001 VDP SC currently has 70K miles. Overall, it's about 9.5 of 10. I did the tensioners a few years back. I'm told there were 234 made that year. I've been offered $14 K for it which sounds pretty good except it went for almost 6 figures new! My advice; keep it and enjoy it!

 

Agreed. (And thank goodness, since that's what made such an awesome car affordable to me.)

Really what I meant was that an ad that tells a bit more about the Vanden Plas Supercharged, how it was the predecessor of the Super V8, and why it was the flagship above the regular VP or the XJR might spur a bit more interest from somebody who's just kicking around in the regular XJ8 market.

As somebody who'd never owned or even thought about owning a Jag until a couple of years ago that's pretty much how I found out that they even existed. I noticed the relatively low prices on older Jag sedans, started looking into the details, found out about the Super V8 models by seeing one in an ad, traced the lineage back a few years to the VDP SC, and decided to try to hold out for one.

 

There is one on ebay now (less miles) with a BIN of $7,995 and a singe bid of $2k.

Beautiful cars but prices are kept low by but a very limited demand for 16 year old British cars with 100k plus miles, regardless of condition. WHat they sold for new has no bearing on what they are worth today, often it is an inverse curve.

 

Mark SF

So, does my Vanden Plas 1993 have 3 timing chains?

 

Still going but have to sell if anyone is looking for a project car.

 

Here's one on Autotrader..........
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing

Forum member "badbenz94" had lots of luck on www.bringatrailer.com.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ch-%24-210771/
https://bringatrailer.com/search/xjr/

 

 

From Wikipedia.....................

"The top-of-the-range Daimler marque, sold as the Vanden Plas model in certain markets like the United States, features softer suspension and all available luxury features. They are cosmetically differentiated by the traditional Daimler fluted radiator grille surround and fluted boot-lid plinth.The Daimler and Vanden Plas cars were also available with the supercharged engine otherwise found only in the XJR. This model was named the Daimler Super V8. In the US market, this combination was available only as a special order though 2001 (with these cars identifiable by their "Vanden Plas Supercharged" rear badging). For US model years 2002 and 2003, the equivalent Super V8 model was then offered. These supercharged long-wheelbase variants were also fitted with Jaguar's proprietary "Computer Active Technology System" (CATS) adaptive suspension. The "Sports" setup from the XJR application, however, is replaced by a "touring" set-up, exclusive to supercharged Daimler and Vanden Plas variants. It is softer and more compliant than the XJR's Computer Adaptive Technology Suspension system"

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I love this thread and refer back to it often. I bought a supercharged VDP several years ago and am really enjoying it now as my daily driver. I'll post a few links on mine here for anybody who wants another opportunity to geek out on these cars like I do.

These were easier to find for sale a few years back when I picked mine up. I noticed someone commented that they are about 3X rarer than the XJR100. Have you guys seen what those are going for on BAT lately? $50 and 60k for low mileage ones. And I think ours are better and rarer. The market will wake up to these sooner or later. I'm hanging onto mine. Too much fun driving it!

If you click these videos and they spin and nothing happens (that's what happened to me when I tested watching them from here), you might just have to go to YouTube and search for "99 vdp sc" and "99 Vanden Plas supercharged".

 

Personally, I would tend to shy away from a 24 year old supercharged Jaguar simply because those who
are generally looking for them are doing so because of the extra power and acceleration. Applying that
power strains all the various drivetrain components and even in these beautiful cars, that could pose an issue.

Seldom, if ever, does a buyer of a supercharged vehicle ignore the temptation to "feel the power". Quite
honestly the power of the normally aspirated 4.0 is quite sufficient. The temptation to abuse is just a bit
too great, but this is just one man's opinion in a landscape which features many.

 

The fact of the matter Randy is that the Mercedes transmission in the supercharged cars is way more stout than the ZF in the naturally aspirated cars. I even had the main pressure regulating valve replaced in my wife’s 00’ XJ8 with only 63k miles so the A drum will be less susceptible to failure. I’ve heard that the early Mercedes transmissions did have a failure point but, I'm not sure what that part was. I believe it was about 00’ when they got resolved. As long as the engine is not overheated and well maintained, they’ll go several hundred thousand miles.

 

Yes sir, of the more heavy-duty tranny, I am sure, and I suspect there are many more improvements
that Jaguar designed in, but the bottom line remains. Higher stress almost always equates to higher
rates of failure. I have little doubt Jaguar designed the drivetrains well enough to withstand the increased
stress created by the supercharger, and most of the stress related parts that interact downstream of it, however
I also know that less stress means greater longevity,