Shiny Carmen Red paint and bright chrome lead the way on this first-year 1956 Jaguar Two-Point-Four sedan. After 32 years with one owner, this cat is ready to pounce on new turf. Check out more pictures and details here on Craigslist, where the “ridiculously low” price of $25,000 snags the title. Thanks to reader T.J. for spotting this well-kept Jag. The listing states the Clancy, Montana classic has covered 78,000 miles, while a very similar-looking ride at Hagerty traversed nearer to 89,000.

As one might expect from the vehicle’s name, the inline six-cylinder mill displaces 2.4L (152 cid). As it’s called “Two-Point-Four” in Jaguar’s American sales brochure, the seller admonishes those who would call it “Mark I,” a moniker sometimes falsely and retroactively applied to this predecessor to the Mark II. Thanks to lov2xlr8 for some details. The seller describes this as original except for the tuna can air cleaners, the latter suffering measurably diminished airflow after denying a single dragonfly entry to the combustion chambers.

While the Two-Point-Four might be mistaken for a sports car at the front, the classy skirted hindquarters and upright rear window suggest calm and dignity. Wide white-wall tires add to the saloon’s luxury persona. This one runs and drives “great,” according to the seller. A neighbor in my rural Pennsylvania hometown owned a similar era Jaguar in immaculate pearl white, emerging from a tiny one-car garage occasionally for quiet touring.

Originally painted Dove Gray, the 1-of-19,992 Two-Point-Four acquired the double-red color scheme after a repaint “40 years ago,” according to the listing. A no-nonsense floor shifter stirs the cogs in the four-speed manual gearbox. Jaguar called this model a “sports-touring car” with the comfort of a family sedan and the performance of a “true sports car.” According to Wikipedia the central instrument panel minimized differences between left and right hand drive units, a concept utilized by modern vehicles including the Saturn Ion. Do you have room in your collection for this first-year classic Jaguar?