"Pictured: The Jaguar up for auction, once owned by Eamonn Holmes<br /> Re: A luxury open-top car sold by TV's Eamonn Holmes to pay off his ""massive"" tax bill is up for grabs at auction.<br /> The host of Good Morning Britain bought the 5.3 litre Jaguar when he was earning big bucks with the BBC.<br /> But Eamonn was made redundant and at the same time he was hit with an £11,000 demand from the Inland Revenue.<br /> The car was costing him a fortune to run - it did under 15mpg.<br /> After paying a whopping £36,000 for the Jaguar XJSC, Eamonn flogged it for just £8,000 a year later.<br /> The car has an identical price tag at auction almost 30 years later.    <br /> Eamonn, 57, told how he got shot of the Jag when the 1990 Gulf War sparked a big hike in fuel prices.<br /> He said: ""Cars are my weakness - in 1989 I bought a British Racing Green Jaguar.<br /> ""I paid £36,000 in March 1989 then in early 1990 the Gulf War broke out."
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