“The greatest crumpet collector of all time.” That’s how the great Henry N. Manney III described the Jaguar E-Type. And who can really disagree with him? But, for Jaguar, the question became, ‘How can we make the E-Type better?’ The answer was the same tried and true response since cars first came to be: Make [...]
Last September, Jaguar showed off its C-X75 concept at the Paris Auto Show. The car was a conceptual vision of what a future range-topping Jaguar supercar would look like. The 75 moniker was meant to celebrate Jaguar’s 75-year anniversary. The C-X75 has a flowing design, with a few cues shared with the XJ220. We loved [...]
Jaguar has been a success story as of late. Just after Ford sold the company to India’s Tata Group, sales of the new XF mid-size sedan took off. The redesigned XJ followed and helped continue the brand’s momentum. Jaguar isn’t content to rest on its laurels however, and is already readying a mid-cycle enhancement for [...]
The current-generation XK was first unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 2005, as a 2006 model. For years, since the original XK8 launched in 1996, the XKR performance variant has remained as the top dog in Jaguar’s performance portfolio. It might seem like the XK is nearing its time for a replacement, but it [...]
Jaguar has experienced a strong product renaissance over the past few years, fueled by strong products. Under Ford’s ownership, the brand pursued a strategy developing retro-styled products based on Ford mechanicals. That plan didn’t work out too well and Jaguar switched course, developing products with a modern design philosophy such as the XF and XJ [...]
With the doors officially opening to the public of the Paris Motor Show this Sunday, some automakers have held off until the last minute to deal their ace design for the event. Intending to garner the acclaim of ‘saving the best for last’, Jaguar chose the Paris show’s first press day to unveil their [...]
The exclusive golf course grounds of Pebble Beach are opened up to allow 4,000-6,000 pound classic and future classic automobiles to weigh on 18th fairway of the carefully-manicured playing field. The 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance celebrates the automobile on the third August Sunday under the California sunlight. Uniting 175 of the most prestigious antique [...]
The British blokes at the Austin Rover Group hadn’t so much as sneered at works rallying since they swept the sport clean in the ‘60s with the Mini Cooper. . . . That’s not true. Most people in the states just don’t recall the other rally cars the Austin Rover Group campaigned, like the Triumph [...]