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Thanos Pappas of the web site CarAdvice has produced an excellent writeup of the history of Jaguar. Click below for Part 1, which takes us from the first Swallow Sidecars in 1922, through to the Egan era and privatization (with the split from British Leyland) in 1984.
You can read the whole article here: Part 1 of The Story of Jaguar
Some cars are special – they become family members. Such it was for Chris Jordan, as he writes about the bittersweet memories of his father, George Frankham Jordan, and his three Jaguar XJ6 cars (although one was technically a Daimler):
Apparently, the Jaguar Series 3 E-Type, famous for its 5.3 liter V12 engine, was also made available with the six cylinder 4.2 liter XK engine.
According to the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, only 2 or 3 were ever made, and none delivered to customers.
You can read the Twitter thread here.
The new center, which will be Jaguar Land Rover’s first outside of the UK, is set to open in Savannah, Georgia in the summer of 2019.
It will feature 42 bays and will be available for repairs and restorations of models that have been out of production for 10 years or longer. Presumably, parts for older cars will also be offered for sale.
You can read more in Cnet Road Show’s original article here.
If the looks of this beautiful car doesn’t put a smile on your face, perhaps the sound of it will. From Jay Leno’s Garage.
We join Norman Dewis OBE, as he tours the Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works and goes for a ride in the new all-electric Jaguar I-Pace.
Read more here: https://forums.jag-lovers.com/t/norman-dewis-and-the-i-pace/371945/
Another absolutely gorgeous car for sale. This is a faithful replica of the Jaguar E-type Low Drag Coupé with registration 49 FXN. The asking price is £365,000.
More information here: https://forums.jag-lovers.com/t/jaguar-e-type-low-drag-coupe-replica-for-sale/371826
Now, this is not something we thought we’d ever see: Stunt car no. 001 from the James Bond movie ‘Spectre‘ has turned up for sale in London.
Gentlepeople, ready your wallets. More information here: https://forums.jag-lovers.com/t/jaguar-c-x75-from-spectre-for-sale/371746
Looks like the Jaguar XE will receive a facelift for the 2020 model year. Details can be found here: https://forums.jag-lovers.com/t/the-jaguar-xe-gets-a-facelift-for-2020/371739
We bring tidings of sad news. Jaguar Land Rover is laying off ten precent of their workforce due to falling sales in China, and uncertainty caused by Brexit.
Read more here: https://forums.jag-lovers.com/t/jaguar-land-rover-slashes-workforce/371698