Jaguar
Marques : Jaguar
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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News : Jaguar XF Sportbrake revealed
The new Jaguar XF Sportbrake has been unveiled ahead of its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Sharing its underpinnings with the XF saloon, the Sportbrake’s overall length grows by just 5mm, its weight by less 70kg and its chassis structure matches the strength of the conventional XF. These characteristics mean the Sportbrake can [...]
February 29, 2012
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News : Jaguar XF Sportbrake revealed pre-Geneva?
Keith Adams The Jaguar XF looks set to cement its position as the most desirable entrant in the executive sector with the addition of the Sportbrake – estate to you and me – sooner than we thought. The latest images of the much-anticipated five-door Jaguar XF – assuming they are genuine – have surfaced on [...]
February 26, 2012
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First Drive : Jaguar XKR-S Convertible
Keith Adams Speaking to Jaguar engineers, one thing that they’re particularly proud of is just how little separates the XKR-S Coupe and the Convertible dynamically. They’ll tell you that it does what it needs to at the Nurburgring Nordschliefe, and can complete the lap in a time that starts with a ‘seven’. So, seriously capable. [...]
February 16, 2012
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Unsung heroes : Jaguar XJ40
Keith Adams celebrates yet another car that currently resides in the doldrums of the Bangernomics world But the Jaguar XJ40 was possibly the best car in the world when it was launched… even if it set Jaguar down a course of Retro design that lasted until 2008! Credit where it’s due Right now, Jaguar is [...]
February 12, 2012
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Video : Jaguar XKR-S goes snow drifting…
Keith Adams Jaguar’s recent trip to Finland with a selection of its fastest models produced some amazing video. Here’s an excellent piece of footage of the car doing its best to spin – and its driver managing to keep things in check. We’ll be driving the 2012 XKR-S Convertible next week – and will let [...]
February 4, 2012
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Archive : Jaguar celebrates 20 years of the XJ220
It’s 20 years since the astonishing XJ220 burst on to the scene – and today it still has more road presence than any other supercar of its era. With a top speed of 213mph, it was briefly the fastest car in the world. It’s still up there, today. Supercat at twenty! The XJ220 remains the [...]
February 4, 2012
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News : Entry-level XF arrives from under £30K
A new 160bhp version of the Jaguar XF powered by a 2.2-litre, four-cylinder diesel engine, is about to hit the market, and set a new entry-level price point at £30K. Developed from the existing 187bhp model, which recently crossed the United States averaging 62.9mpg, the new, lower output derivative of the 2.2-litre engine puts out [...]
January 16, 2012
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Video : Jaguar XKR-S at Nürburgring
Keith Adams We love the Jaguar XKR-S at AROnline. It’s a British car that we can all be very proud of, both in terms of straight line performance (it’ll do 190mph derestricted) and handling – and will keep most supercars in sight no matter how tough the going gets. Obviously, it’s spent rather a lot [...]
November 24, 2011
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News : EuroNCAP latest – 4 and 5-stars for the Brits
Euro NCAP’s fifth and last launch of 2011 presents the results for 14 new cars, with the MG6, Jaguar XF scoring four stars. But the Range Rover Evoque stole the show brilliantly for the Brits by scoring a full five stars straight out of the box. The MG6′s four star rating is a creditable result [...]
November 23, 2011
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News : Jaguar XF 2.2D. 2884 miles. 62.9mpg
Keith Adams For anyone in any doubt that the current state of the art when it comes to combining real-world usability with low fuel consumption lies with diesel, they only need to look at the incredible achievement racked up by the Jaguar XF 2.2D. A factory-backed team crossed the USA, from New York to Los [...]
November 16, 2011
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News : Jaguar XKR-S Convertible unveiled
Keith Adams We’ve already driven the Jaguar XKR-S, and came away from the experience wondering who’d really want to buy an Aston Martin, such was its monstrous all-round ability. It’s a predictable move to add a convertible version to the range, as Jaguar continues to build cars people actually want – and reap profit and [...]
November 16, 2011
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News : One-off Bertone Jaguar on offer
Keith Adams One-off Jaguars that come up for sale tend to command spectacular prices when they come up for sale – but they can also prove to be rather controversial, given the beauty of the cars they’re based upon. This Bertone FT is a good case in point – it’s based on the S-type 3.8, [...]
November 9, 2011
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News : Jaguar XF picks up used car award
You’d think we’d be getting bored of the Jaguar XF’s unerring ability to pick up awards, but here we are, four years after its launch and well into the lifespan of the mid-term facelift, and Britain’s best executive car continues to impress. And we love it on AROnline. The XF emerged as winner of the [...]
October 20, 2011
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News : Jaguar’s future plans
Diana T. Kurylko, Automotive News JAGUAR is expected to add a sports car based on the C-X16 concept shown last month at the Frankfurt auto show. Executives said the car is nearly ready for production. Work also is under way on a compact saloon, but that car is a few years away from production, Jaguar [...]
October 16, 2011
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Owen Sedanca
Two years before Leyland launched the Jaguar XJ-S, the Jaguar dealership HR Owen came up with a coupe of its own… HR Owen had a penchant for commissioning customised Leyland products. Having enjoyed moderate success with the Crayford/FLM Panelcraft Rover P6 Estoura, their next project was altogether more ambitious: in September 1973, they presented the [...]
September 26, 2011
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Railton Fairmile and Claremont
The Railton marque, first seen in Britain in the 1930s, was revived in 1989 with a pair of Towns-designed tourers based on the XJ-S convertible. THE new Railton Motor Company, based at Wixford in Warwickshire, was formed in 1989 with the aim of recapturing some of the glamour of the original Anglo-American coachbuilt Railtons, which [...]
September 25, 2011
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Guyson E12
Dating from 1974, this archetypal Towns design was essentially a reclothed E-type… ONE stormy night in 1972, hill-climb champion Jim Thomson – who was also managing director of shot-blasting equipment manufacturer Guyson International – lost control of his Series III E-Type Jaguar on a country road near Wetherby in Yorkshire. Most people would have surveyed [...]
September 25, 2011
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The Harrods XJ6
Two cats for the price of, well, two… THE above picture gives little clue as to why, at £35,000 in 1983, this rather special Jaguar should have cost well over twice the list price of the standard 4.2-litre XJ6 on which it was based. Indeed, the most noticeable external modification was a very 1980s, boomerang-style [...]
September 25, 2011
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Lynx Eventer
The handsome Lynx Eventer filled a gap in the market for a top-notch sporting estate, and examples could often be seen at the smarter sporting events. As with the XJS Spyder, many observers felt that the Eventer offered a significant improvement to the lines of the XJS. There was no argument that it offered far [...]
September 25, 2011
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Police cars : Jaguar
It takes one to catch one: in fact, some British police forces were using Jaguar saloons as early as the 1940s, but they came into their own as motorway patrol cars. In the pre-BMH/Leyland era, Daimler SP250s and even Jaguar E-types also found their way onto certain police fleets. Jaguar S-Type A 1968 Jaguar S-Type [...]
September 25, 2011
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