1990 Daimler 4.0 [XJ40]

1990 Daimler 4.0 [XJ40] in The Collini Case, Movie, 2019

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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-- ◊ 2019-10-18 15:11	Crash double for: /vehicle_1242207-Jaguar-1993.html
Sandie ◊ 2019-10-18 21:16	The old pic also helps: http://pics.imcdb.org/25109/1987daimlerxj40.jpg A very conflicted car Wheels = Late XJ40 or X300 XJ6, but I don't think these are original to this car. Chrome strip and left hand badge = Daimler Right hand badge = Not fitted to Daimlers. Looks like XJ6. Daimlers had tinted rear lights and (often but maybe not always?) black bootlid panels. I think it's a rebadged Jaguar but I'm not sure whether it's a XJ6 or a Sovereign. I'd probably fudge it as a generic Jaguar XJ [XJ40] as without knowledge of the vehicle the details are too conflicted.
dsl ◊ 2019-10-18 23:24	Sandie wrote Right hand badge = Not fitted to Daimlers. Looks like XJ6. That confused me too. I thought about 3.6 as a possibility, but as far as we know from previous discussions there was never a capacity badge for 3.6 or 4.0. Sandie wrote Daimlers had tinted rear lights and (often but maybe not always?) black bootlid panels. Agree smoked rear lights on Daimlers. Black rear panels was early ones only from launch (9/86) to (7/88). So a black panel is a 3.6. No black panel could be a 3rd year 3.6, any 4.0 or a V12. Agree this one is a mess - probably lashed-up to crash. I guess it has enough window chrome to be at least a Sovereign on the ladder. The Daimler boot badge is the only visible specific Daimler element, and - if I remember old discussions correctly - unlikely in D due to agreements or understandings to avoid upsetting Daimler-Benz. So presumably Daimler-spec XJ40s were Jag-badged with whatever model name Jag Germany added to highlight it was top of the tree (above Sovereign) in D?? And this Daimler badge becomes a bootleg addition, secretly smuggled in??

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◊ 2019-10-18 15:11

Crash double for: /vehicle_1242207-Jaguar-1993.html

Sandie

◊ 2019-10-18 21:16

The old pic also helps:
http://pics.imcdb.org/25109/1987daimlerxj40.jpg

A very conflicted car

Wheels = Late XJ40 or X300 XJ6, but I don't think these are original to this car.
Chrome strip and left hand badge = Daimler
Right hand badge = Not fitted to Daimlers. Looks like XJ6.

Daimlers had tinted rear lights and (often but maybe not always?) black bootlid panels. I think it's a rebadged Jaguar but I'm not sure whether it's a XJ6 or a Sovereign. I'd probably fudge it as a generic Jaguar XJ [XJ40] as without knowledge of the vehicle the details are too conflicted.

dsl

◊ 2019-10-18 23:24

Sandie wrote Right hand badge = Not fitted to Daimlers. Looks like XJ6.

That confused me too. I thought about 3.6 as a possibility, but as far as we know from previous discussions there was never a capacity badge for 3.6 or 4.0.

Sandie wrote Daimlers had tinted rear lights and (often but maybe not always?) black bootlid panels.

Agree smoked rear lights on Daimlers. Black rear panels was early ones only from launch (9/86) to (7/88). So a black panel is a 3.6. No black panel could be a 3rd year 3.6, any 4.0 or a V12.

Agree this one is a mess - probably lashed-up to crash. I guess it has enough window chrome to be at least a Sovereign on the ladder. The Daimler boot badge is the only visible specific Daimler element, and - if I remember old discussions correctly - unlikely in D due to agreements or understandings to avoid upsetting Daimler-Benz. So presumably Daimler-spec XJ40s were Jag-badged with whatever model name Jag Germany added to highlight it was top of the tree (above Sovereign) in D?? And this Daimler badge becomes a bootleg addition, secretly smuggled in??

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