New Owner of 2007 Sovereign

[Giggy]

Hi Everyone,

Have yesterday taken delivery of a 2007 Sovereign diesel. Can anyone tell me the difference between the Sovereign and a "standard" model as the dealer didn't know. Many thanks.

[Alheoh]

At some point, there was a bit of a mess-up some SE models (which were the top spec in the beginning before sovereign came along) were labelled as sovereigns. Both have high spec (SE even stands for Special Equipment), wood trim on doors etc, but the one absolutely surefire way of telling them apart is...

A sovereign has leather piping on the seats.

 

In case someone is unfamiliar with the term, here's a photo. It's those dark brown stripes on the seats, on cars with black leather they are light-brown/white-ish.

 

EDIT:

Here's a long thread at Jaguarforum.co.uk on this matter:

http://www.jaguarforum.co.uk/f26/sovereign-thats-se-41923.html

 

Also apparently some Sport Premiums have been registered as SE spec.

[Giggy]

Many thanks for that info. It would appear the listing on the log book is incorrect, then, as my car doesn't have piping on the seats. Still, glad to have satisfied my curiosity.

Regards, Graham