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The Old Way
With manufacture of the X351 XJ now finished, the F-TYPE takes over the mantle of Jaguar’s oldest production model. To discover more about the continuing allure of this six-year-old sports car, we drive a 380PS V6 convertible from Lincoln to Bath on the UK’s oldest road, the Fosse Way
Saving Jaguar
On the brink of the abyss in the early Eighties, Jaguar saw its fortunes turned around by a new chairman, John Egan. We meet up with him at the Jaguar Heritage Trust at Gaydon to talk about his strategies for the company’s recovery
Rolling road
A SNOWY February morning is not the ideal time to be taking out a pristine Jaguar E-type, and an early Series 1, flat-floor model at that. But my mate Bryan Smart has booked his in for a three hour session on a rolling road, and doesn’t want to miss the appointment. He’s not looking for more power – this car is standard, but it doesn’t idle as smoothly as it should. He’s not bad with spanners himself, but neither he nor a couple of specialists have been able to solve the issue.
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1966 E-Type Fixed Head Coupe
Trimmed and ready to be toned, Jim’s E-type Series 1 fixedhead returns home fromMCT Restorations
Favourite things
With a 300PS diesel engine and a lightweight, handsome body, the XF 3.0 TDV6 S could be the editor’s best-choice saloon of the current range. To discover if that’s true, he takes an example to a well-loved location of his, the Yorkshire Dales.
Jim Patten
MOT exemption
Time Warp
Carcoon will be 25 years old in 2018, so we meet the people behind the scenes to discover how the bubble idea came about
1984 XJ6 Series 3 4.2 Sovereign
Iain relays the joys and disappointments of buying an XJ6 Series 3 project car for our sister title, Classics Monthly
Family Ties
Despite the thirty years that separate the E-type 2+2 Series 1 from the XK8 they have many similarities – such as being fun and the added practicality of four seats to attract the family man. We test 4.2-litre versions of both cars back-to-back.
Stage Fright
Editor Walton Is Driven Around a Stage of the Wales Rally Gb in an F-pace 3.0 S to Performance Experience the Thrill of This Car’s Massive and Formidable Grip.
Bloom And Grow
Kept in storage for 27 years, this standard XK 120 has been restored over time and is now regularly seen on European roads
Missed Opportunity
Jaguar did not produce an estate version of the XJ6 Series 3 despite the obvious market for one, so Ladbrooke-Avon’s conversion should have been successful. What went wrong?
Mike Cross
Jaguar’s chief engineer for vehicle integrity talks to us about his long career at the company, what it takes to develop a car, and his favourite model
Hyperdrive
Hyper Transformations produced only three of its big-winged Mk 3 XJ-S-based specials. We drive the second all-steel prototype to see if it’s as good as its more illustrious – and expensive – rivals
Dressing The Bonnet
With the bonnet now fitted to our E-type, we adorn it with lights
Richard Bremner
Internet bargains
Keith Helfet
Retro designs
Fitting The Seats
At last, MCT Restorations finishes and fits the new seats to complete the interior of our upgraded project E-type
Your Jaguar
2007 XKR COUPE, 2007 XK COUPE, 2009 XK60 COUPE, 2012 XKR CONVERTIBLE AND 2013 XKR-S COUPE - Stuart shares with us his amazing collection of XKs, some wrapped in racing liveries
Alan Hill
The chief product engineer for the XF Sportbrake talks about his career, including overseeing the current XJ and his youthful exuberance in an XJ-S
1966 E-Type Fixed Head Coupe
After a struggle, the screen is finally fitted to Jim’s fixedhead E-type, as is a new screen wash bottle
2003 XJ8 4.2 Sport
With the XJ8mechanically sorted, Paul puts the car into active service, driving it to several photoshoots, and even tomeet an exotic Italian thoroughbred
Tim Hannig
Former forklift engineer Tim Hannig had a crazy idea to build E-types in China. It didn’t happen, but it helped score him his dream job of Director of Jaguar Land Rover Classic
Delivering Power
This X350 once used to transfer important people to Government meetings on Gibraltar, and its presence didn’t go unnoticed
2000 XK8 4.0
Paul drives his now-repaired XK8 to Hampton Court Palace for the 2017 Jaguar Trophy, where he receives an unexpected personal reward
1966 E-Type Open Two-Seater And 1966 Fixed Head Coupe
It’s show time for the open E-type as Jim and his wife head to Essex for CL Classics’ fundraising classic car event
1995 XJ6 3.2 Sport
Finally too hot for comfort, Craig looks into why his XJ6’s air conditioning unit won’t hold gas
Days Of Thunder
We Join Five Historically Important D-types for a Once-in-a-lifetime, Two-day Tour to Celebrate Jaguar's Success at Le Mans in 1957
Craft Work
Thanks to the high quality of its work, Jules Bodycraft has become one of the UK’s leading Jaguar restorers. We head to its Wolverhampton premises to find out more