And now for something really exclusive – a limited edition Jaguar unicorn that sold new for $155,000 (if you could find one) offered six years later for $50,998.  Only 30 imported into the US. All in the same color – Black Amethyst. All with a 510hp supercharged V-8 and eight-speed transmission.
The front seat looks about the same as all the other XJ’s but the back seat….oh the back seat. From this Road and Track review when introduced at the Beijing Auto Show: “…the real hedonism starts with the press of a button, when a small table—machined from solid aluminum and edged with piano black trim—levitates from the center console. It can swing to either side on its pillar, and raising it reveals a flocked storage compartment beneath that contains a pair of bespoke champagne flutes, dramatically lit with a phosphor blue glow. We all know that where there are champagne flutes, champagne is likely to be nearby. So a large bottle of Moët & Chandon (sold separately) can be chilled in a compartment between the seats, and when this cabinet is opened, the bottle presents itself, lit up with the same theatric blue.”  The car also includes built-in iPads and keyboards in the seat backs. And herringbone ebony wood trim. And a 15 channel, 20 speaker Meridian sound system.
Proceed with caution, though. In six years this car has had six owners, and I got it from a reliable source that it was once purchased and returned to a CarMax dealer. The owner and CarMax shared concerns about the high cost of warranty repairs under MaxCare. And yet, here it is on the market again. Also noticed what looks like a fair amount of wear and tear on the switches. Takes away from the lustre of a very exclusive car. But pretty sure you won’t see many like it on the road, and your passengers will thank you for the creature comforts in the back! Check it out here in Louisville, Kentucky.  If the link is dead it’s sold, on hold, or being transferred. 





This 2016 B6 is in the 600hp club (think I need to do a piece on the select CarMax unicorns with 600hp?), and is far more expensive at $65,998 but with fewer miles (12,000 vs 49,000) and even more luxury options (did I mention night vision? Makes up for the bordello red interior!). The car sold for roughly $130,000 new three years ago.  Check out this
Always important to get an independent assessment of CarMax
I gotta pay attention to these alerts. Was clearing out old ones and found that the 2013 Jaguar XJ L Supercharged I wrote about

The last year for the first generation Mercedes CLS (W219) was 2010, and with that the first generation CLS63 AMG. The design was so fresh when it came on line in 2004 and critics thought it was dated six years later. I loved it then and love it now, but only 2,135 CLS’ were sold in the US in 2010. Gotta believe not many of those were the $121,000 AMG models – makes it a bit rare.

Tempted again, but with the


