Daimler's Sovereign wore nothing but a fluted grille to separate it from the Jaguar it was built on.
Lead trim: Sovereign 4.2 L XK straight-six
Daimler SovereignSovereign · 1966–1983
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FactDaimler's Sovereign wore nothing but a fluted grille to separate it from the Jaguar it was built on.
The Daimler Sovereign, a badge-engineered luxury saloon Jaguar Cars built on its own contemporary bodyshells, chassis and engines between 1966 and 1983, was the second Daimler-badged car built on a Jaguar platform (after the 2½-litre V8, itself Daimler's own V8 design by Edward Turner). The first Sovereign, based on the Jaguar 420, used a 4.2-litre version of the XK straight-six with a fluted radiator grille as the main external difference from its Jaguar sibling; later Series I-III cars (renamed from the Jaguar XJ6) offered 2.8-litre or 4.2-litre XK engines. Front-engine, rear-wheel drive; wheelbase 107 in (2,718 mm), length 188 in (4,775 mm), width 67 in (1,702 mm), height 55 in (1,397 mm), kerb weight 3,455 lb (1,567 kg, manual without overdrive). No literal horsepower figure for this specific Sovereign engine tune is given on the page, so it is left unset here rather than assumed from the shared Jaguar unit.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sovereign 4.2 L XK straight-six | 1966–1983 | 4.2 L Inline-6 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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