Jaguar index
Jaguar became part of the great combine when it was acquired by BMC in 1966. Between that time and its eventual sale into the private sector in 1986, its management team retained a far greater degree of autonomy within BL than any of the other car divisions. Sadly, that did little to protect its reputation during the dark years of the late 1970s, but less than a decade later, Jaguar had been transformed into a very desirable asset.
Jaguar under Leyland
The story of what happened to Jaguar during the "dark years", and how Sir John Egan helped prepare the company for an independent future.
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Jaguar XJ6/XJ12
The saloon mainstay through thick and thin...
Jaguar XJ-S
Jaguar's Seventies style icon...
XJ41/42: The first F-type
The sorry tale of the XJ41/42 development, and how it could have been so much better.
Jaguar XJ6: the eighth greatest BMC>Rover
In 2004, austin-rover.co.uk polled its readers to decide what are the ten greatest cars to have been produced by BMC>Rover. The Jaguar XJ6/12 featured on that list...
Styling feature: retro - who does it better?
We discuss whether retro design is a good thing or not, and compare and contrast two major proponents of it, the Rover 75 and Jaguar S-Type
First drive: Jaguar XF
Richard Porter gives you the low-down on the Jaguar XF, and concludes that it probably does deserve all the hype...
XJ40: a personal perspective
Read how the XJ40 stole the heart of James Copp-Taylor.
Jaguar design studies
Here we take a look at a variety of Jaguar-themed design studies produced by leading Italian styling houses such as Bertone, Pininfarina, Frua and Italsuisse during the Sixties and Seventies. Includes photos of proposals submitted for Project XJ40, as well as the stunning Pininfarina XJ-Spider and some other rarely-seen one-offs.
The Jaguar-Avon estate
The Jaguar XJ6 was hardly an obvious choice for conversion into an esatate car, with the falling lines of its rear wings counting against the smooth integration of a boxy rear end. But by blending the Jaguar's cossetting interior with a truly commodious loadbay, Avon managed to find a viable market for the car.
Panther Westwinds
Best known for their pastische retro-styled roadsters, such as the Lima and Kallista, Panther also produced a number of cars based – to one extent or another – on Jaguar underpinnings, and even turned their hand to an opulently specified XJ6...
The Rapport Forté
Predicting the current trend for hard-top convertibles by over a decade, the Forté's razor-nosed bodywork concealed Jaguar XJ saloon underpinnings.
Police Jaguars
Jaguars were once the getaway car of choice for criminals, offering high performance even when travelling four-up. The police chose the same car in order to keep up.
Faking it
A variety of classic Jaguar designs have provided inspiration for Japan's burgeoning look-a-like industry; some examples of what they've come up with can be seen in the "Jaguar" section of this gallery.
International Classic Motor Show, 2003
The Jaguar stand at this event featured a couple of interesting one-off XJ40s: an elegant estate car, and a less-successfully styled two-door coupé.
Read report...
Publicity material
Here you'll find a useful listing of Jaguar/Daimler brochures and press photos, featuring items from both the UK and overseas markets. All of the press photos listed can be viewed online; some of the brochures can also be viewed in full, while for most of the others, the covers can either be viewed or previewed. New items will be added from time to time, as they become available.
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