In this issue

OUR JAGUARS
Paul Walton drives his XK8 4.0 to the highest and lowest pubs in the UK, Laura Jones has an adventure when her X-TYPE 2.2d breaks down on the way to Cornwall, and Craig Cheetham takes his S-TYPE 3.0 to the Brecon Beacons.

CLASSIC WORKSHOP
SNG Barratt reveals what’s involved in replacing a Mk 2’s rear leaf springs with uprated components..

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

8 mins

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

10+ mins

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.

2 mins

Jaguar World's Technical Advice Service

E knock off

5 mins

1966 E-Type Fixed Head Coupe

Trimmed and ready to be toned, Jim’s E-type Series 1 fixedhead returns home fromMCT Restorations

3 mins

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.

7 mins

Jim Patten

MOT exemption

1 min

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

5 mins

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

4 mins

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.

10+ mins

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.

5 mins

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

7 mins

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?

4 mins

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

2 mins

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

8 mins

Dressing The Bonnet

With the bonnet now fitted to our E-type, we adorn it with lights

2 mins

Richard Bremner

Internet bargains

3 mins

Keith Helfet

Retro designs

2 mins

Fitting The Seats

At last, MCT Restorations finishes and fits the new seats to complete the interior of our upgraded project E-type

2 mins

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

2 mins

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

2 mins

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

2 mins

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

3 mins

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

3 mins

Delivering Power

This X350 once used to transfer important people to Government meetings on Gibraltar, and its presence didn’t go unnoticed

5 mins

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

3 mins

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

2 mins

1995 XJ6 3.2 Sport

Finally too hot for comfort, Craig looks into why his XJ6’s air conditioning unit won’t hold gas

2 mins

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

10+ mins

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

3 mins

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