Just noticed my XJ575 doesn't have ambient air vent lights (the 'blue rings') or any ambient footwell lighting. Is it broken, or wasn't it standard fit on a 575? I know on some older XJs it was an option.... but I'd have thought they would have thrown the lot in a 575...

 

Our '16 Portfolio had it, but our Collection doesn't. I believe it was part of some appearance package or just an option box to check.

 

Just checked my TOPIx spec printout, Yep, they don't have it as standard (for the 575). Seems a bit of a miss for their 'top of the range' car at the time!

 

The Autobiography is/ was the Top of the Range - 575 is a hooligan.

 

I do not, and personally, I dislike them. At night, I prefer a dark cockpit without any extraneous lighting. I had an XJ loaner when my wife's F-Pace was in for a service that had them and found the reflections off the windscreen very distracting.

I flew fighter jets for a living, and at night, any extra lighting would interfere with the performance of NVGs

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