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Jaguar420 and Daimler Sovereign

1966–1969 United Kingdom Automobile 4 production years
Production1966–1969
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
ClassAutomobile
Background

The Jaguar 420 and its Daimler Sovereign equivalent were introduced at the October 1966 London Motor Show and produced for two years as the ultimate expression of a series of "compact sporting saloons" offered by Jaguar throughout that decade, all of which shared the same wheelbase. Developed from the Jaguar S-Type, the 420 cost around £200 more than that model and effectively ended buyer interest in it, although the S-Type continued to be sold alongside the 420/Sovereign until both were supplanted by the Jaguar XJ6 late in 1968.

Text adapted from “Jaguar 420 and Daimler Sovereign (1966–1969)” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1966–1968; 1966–1969

Discrete sourced production/model years; omitted years are intentional gaps, not an implied continuous run.

Wikipedia infobox ↗4 years