The XK-SS Gooding & Company will auction at Amelia Island next month, chassis XK-SS 716, was delivered new to Montreal, Canada, where it was raced with success between 1957 and 1961. XK-SS 716 passed through the hands of several prominent Jaguar enthusiasts, and eventually retired to the world of vintage rallies. The current…
It’s always an anxious time until we actually have a new edition in our hands, but I am very pleased with the look of this one which arrived this afternoon. To give you an idea of what we have put together here are some of the double page spreads showing our major features – including…
To the best of my knowledge, this car was only seen once, and was modified in 1972 for the Royal Tour of Mauritius. People have called it a Daimler, but it was a 2.8 litre XJ6 with roof removed and a fold down soft top. Has anyone seen or heard of this…
Four men have been arrested as detectives investigate a heist of ‘£3 million worth of engines’ from Jaguar Land Rover. JLR was working with West Midlands Police to investigate the theft at its 300-acre plant in Solihull. It is not clear if the engines were ones made at the i54 plant near…
With the winter break at an end, Panasonic Jaguar Racing is off to sunnier climes, travelling to Argentina for the third round of the FIA Formula E Championship in Buenos Aires on 18 February. The 12-turn, 2.5km Puerto Madero circuit is the only track on the Formula E calendar to have featured in all…
Jaguar’s genius designer Malcolm Sayer was an aerodynamicist who was responsible for creating the awesome C-Type, D-Type, E-Type, XJ13 and XJ-S. His works are amongst some of the greatest automotive designs of all time, and I truly look at the original and unique XJ13 more as a sculpture than a racing sports car.…
A Coventry firm which supplies machinery to manufacturers, including in the car industry, wants to build a new factory at the former Jaguar site at Browns Lane . The application by Expert Tooling and Automation is for a factory, offices, a service yard suitable for heavy goods vehicles and car park. The…
If you can’t get it, you can subscribe and have it delivered to your door. I have just had notification that our new edition is available in digital form from iTunes, Magzter and Amazon. For a number of reasons outside our control it was held up in the uploading process. We have…
The 2017 Jaguar F-PACE has been named Best Luxury Utility vehicle by the nationally broadcast television series MotorWeek as part of its annual Drivers’ Choice Awards. Presented during the 2017 Chicago Auto Show, these awards recognize the best new cars and trucks throughout the industry. Designed and engineered to offer the agility, responsiveness…
Why has the ‘Mk1’, MkVII, MkX, S-Type and 420 etc gone unloved and mostly unnoticed when it comes to collectable Jaguars? Well, the truth is that mostly it is because they were superseded by even more spectacular models. Jaguar fans turned away to swoon over the Mk2 and others. My first Jaguar…
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