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Jaguar under Leyland’s wing THANKS to the efforts of Sir William Lyons, Bob Knight and John Egan – men who maintained Jaguar’s independence above all else – the company remained a component part of the BL Empire, but one that was on the whole, was less affected by BL’s traumatic fall from grace in the [...]
July 2, 2012
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Keith Adams · 
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First Drive : Jaguar F-Type
Honest John The Jaguar F-Type has finally arrived, more than 50 years after Jaguar launched the E-type to an awestruck world. And Jaguar is back to building sports cars, to complement its grand tourers and saloons. Just as the E-type’s separate passenger tub and engine frame were revolutionary in their day, the F-Type breaks new [...]
April 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · 40 Comments
News : Jaguar F-Type is just the beginning…
Honest John With the F-Type, Jaguar intends to offer a full range of models in order to broaden the appeal of its sports cars. The most likely extension to the line-up is a coupe. The original concept car – the Jaguar C-X16, revealed at the Frankfurt show in 2011 - had a hardtop. It would [...]
April 16, 2013
· Keith Adams · 13 Comments
Video : Jaguar F-Type promotion in ‘Desire’
Keith Adams If anyone’s under any illusions that Jaguar isn’t pulling out all the stops with the stops to get the new F-Type talked about – here’s some big budget film promotion. ‘Desire’ is directed by Ridley Scott, and ‘F-Type’ is styled by Ian Callum’s team. Some combination… Here’s the official blurb: ‘One man. One [...]
March 10, 2013
· Keith Adams · 4 Comments
News : Jaguar XFR-S breaks cover in LA
The Jaguar XFR-S has been unveiled at the 2012 Los Angeles motor show, and it’s going M5, RS and AMG hunting. The new British super-saloon receives the same engine as the XKR-S with 542bhp, gets its speed limiter raised to 186mph, and has been priced at £79,995. The XFR-S’s 5.0-litre supercharged V8 has been boosted [...]
November 28, 2012
· Keith Adams · 56 Comments
News : Jessica Ennis shows off F-type
The F-type had its first proper public airing at the 2012 Lord Mayor’s Show in London. It was ridden in by Team GB Olympic gold-medalist and Jaguar Academy of Sports Ambassador Jessica Ennis. The new car was accompanied by two E-types and received a warm welcome from the chilly and dampened crowd. The E-types were [...]
November 13, 2012
· Keith Adams · 23 Comments
First Drive : Jaguar XF Sportbrake
David Ross, Honest John You can forgive Jaguar for the rather elaborate name. What we used to call an estate is now rather more grand thanks to the Sportbrake label. But then this is more than simply an estate version of the XF. The Sportbrake is a key model for Jaguar as it looks to [...]
November 6, 2012
· Keith Adams · 42 Comments
News : CMC stretches the E-type
Here’s an interesting way to make the Jaguar E-type even more usable – even if it comes at a hefty price. Classic Motor Cars Limited of Bridgnorth (CMC) is currently restoring a 1968 Series 1 4.2-litre roadster, and is going to stretch it by 4.5in for its owner. The E-type has been named ‘the Kaizen’ [...]
October 8, 2012
· Keith Adams · 23 Comments
Video : Jaguar F-type has arrived!
Keith Adams We’ve already given you the gen on the new F-type – the car that hopes to turn Jaguar into a mainstream sports car manufacturer again. But we thought we’d show you this video of the car in action, just to show you how good it looks in motion, rather in plain old static [...]
October 1, 2012
· Keith Adams · 19 Comments
News : Jaguar F-type breaks cover
The much-previewed Jaguar F-type has finally been unveiled, and it’s hoped it will bring a new and younger customer into the fold. The gorgeous styling was previewed by last year’s C-X16 concept are carried over almost unchanged, and there are three engine options: a 3-litre supercharged V6 (with two power outputs), and the supercharged 5-litre [...]
September 26, 2012
· Keith Adams · 29 Comments
Video : Jaguar F-type goes testing
Keith Adams Although the F-type isn’t revealed officially until the Paris Motor Show, it already feels as though we know all there is to know about Jaguar’s exciting new two-seater. The supercharged open-topped two-seater enters uncharted territory for its maker, and although we don’t know the official line about pricing, it’s a good bet that [...]
September 25, 2012
· Keith Adams · 11 Comments
News : F-type – pre-Paris leak season in full swing
Nigel Garton Of course, this ‘leaked’ image of the Jaguar F-type is probably not leaked at all – and the nearer we get to the Paris Motor Show, the more ‘scoops’ like this we’re going to get as embargo after embargo is flagrantly ignored by website editors across the world. But this indiscretion is great [...]
September 20, 2012
· Mike Humble · 19 Comments
Buy parts with AROnline and Rimmer Bros
KEITH ADAMS Rimmer Bros sponsored AROnline‘s Polish SD1 restoration… Buying parts for your Jaguar, Rover, Lands Rover, Triumph or MG has never been easier through AROnline… HERE at AROnline, we receive a large numbers of emails from people all over the world looking for parts for their cars MGs, Rovers, Landies and all manner of [...]
August 20, 2012
· Keith Adams · 3 Comments
Not their finest hour: Daimler Roadliner – The Lyons made blunder bus.
Daimler tries things new: The Daimler motor company had a rich and respected past of which many people, including bus operators, had an enviable loyalty. William Lyons was almost held in regard as being another Donald Stokes, that was until Leyland Motors with Stokes at the helm bought into Jaguar Daimler in the early 1960`s. [...]
August 13, 2012
· Mike Humble · 16 Comments
Auction Watch : The Le Mans Eventer
Keith Adams It’s not often we see a Lynx Eventer – the sublime shooting brake conversion of the Jaguar XJ-S – in the wild, especially on the auction circuit. So when we caught this car, which is coming up for sale at Artcurial’s Le Mans Classic sale in July, on the auction house’s lot list, [...]
June 20, 2012
· Keith Adams · 8 Comments
News : Jaguar XJ gets Ultimate treatment
Keith Adams Jaguar has launched its most luxurious and expensive XJ ever, the Ultimate edition. As it’s been unveiled in China, it’s also the right venue to announce the new 3-litre V6 powertrain, that’s set to power the F-Type when it’s launched in 2013, has been added to the range – expanding the big cat’s [...]
April 23, 2012
· Keith Adams · 27 Comments
Blog : S-type encountered in 1999
Mike Butler That’s my mobile then… who’s that calling me now.? “Hello, is that Mike Butler?” “Er, yes. Who’s calling?” “It’s Car magazine here; I’m glad to say that you’re one of the winners in our S-Type launch competition.” So, 24 March 1999, I was off to Brown’s Lane for the launch of the then [...]
April 11, 2012
· Keith Adams · 24 Comments
Video : Jaguar F-Type with Martin Brundle
Keith Adams Gaydon engineers are particularly proud of what they have so-far achieved with the F-Type, and a little snippet of what this car is going to achieve on the road has been revealed in Jaguar’s latest video. Former F1 driver and Sky pundit Martin Brundle reveals a little of the new car at the [...]
April 8, 2012
· Keith Adams · 18 Comments
News : Jaguar’s new sports car is the F-TYPE
Unveiled at the New York Motor Show – the name for Jaguar’s production C-X16. We’ve seen them before during the 1970s, 1990s and 2000s, but this time, after so many false starts, the Jaguar F-TYPE will be going on sale by the summer of 2013. We’ll have to start getting used to calling the wonderful C-X16 by its [...]
April 4, 2012
· Keith Adams · 33 Comments
Geneva 2012 : Jaguar XF Sportbrake
Words: Keith Adams Photography: Newspress Jaguar’s Sportsbrake made it public debut at Geneva, and extends appeal of the XF, opening up to a further 30% of the executive car class. The estate has increased headroom for back-seat passengers, and with the split-fold rear seats down, it can carry 1675 litres of cargo. Initially powering the [...]
March 7, 2012
· Keith Adams · 34 Comments
