David Wilkins<p>If you thought badge engineering was the preserve of Leyland’s mass market models, and only the 1300 and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Allegro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Allegro</span></a> received the Vanden Plas treatment, think again. For many years, posher versions of the XJ6/XJ12 were badged as Daimlers rather than Jags, and the top-of-the range <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Daimler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Daimler</span></a>, the best of the best, was a Vanden Plas. I snapped this one at the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreatBritishCarJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritishCarJourney</span></a>. Apparently <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VandenPlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VandenPlas</span></a> badged Jags were sold in the US as recently as 2008. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Jaguar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jaguar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WeirdCarMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdCarMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/davidsdailycar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>davidsdailycar</span></a></p>