The first Jaguar XKSS to be built in almost 60 years recently made its world debut at the Petersen Museum...
Even before the start, the pole-setting car was out of the race. In qualifying for the September 5th Woodcote Trophy...
Artist Bernard Reeves was inspired to paint this image by a 1930s poster for a shipping line because he was impressed by the graphics of the ship, and he is also a Jaguar enthusiast. Based in Herefordshire, England, Bernard specializes in oil and gouache paintings. His portfolio includes classic, sports and Formula...
American collector Paul Branstad has recently taken delivery of a custom-built, Series 1 Jaguar E-Type like no other. Become a...
Frank Raymond Wilton “Lofty” England was not head and shoulders above many other men just because he was 6 ft...
The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust has announced a major innovation in the world of industrial heritage. Working with Andrew Nahum, curator and historian, Peter Grimsdale, author and TV producer and Painting the Cave (a specialist in creative digital technologies) the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust has devised a new and original...
Car manufacturers have traditionally favored mid-engine or rear-engine layouts when designing performance vehicles. The logic is that such engine positioning...
A record, sellout crowd of 149,000 poured into the Goodwood Circuit, near Chichester in West Sussex, England, last weekend for...
The fourth annual Concours d’Elegance took place last weekend at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, with His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent presenting the Best of Show award to the 1903 Mercedes Simplex 60HP owned by Anke Ruckwarth (above). The 112-year-old car, powered by a 9.2-liter four-cylinder...
The Race Retro Live Online Auction hosted by Silverstone Auctions and held on March 27 – 28 saw £8.7million in sales over...
David Duthu’s appetite for interesting and eclectic cars seems to be boundless. He vintage races a Bugatti Type 35A and...
Sir William Lyons, founder of the Jaguar car company, knew, as domestic car production returned to the UK, after World War II, that it would be a fast race for the hearts and minds of car enthusiasts around the world. Lyons also knew that while Jaguar—and in its earlier iterations...
The photo caption on page 31 of the November 1953 issue of Road & Track read: “A strange assortment of...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race...
The 7th running of the fall races at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was held at the Interim Course, a 4.6-mile, 9-turn circuit on public roads, up the hill from the village, in Dix Township—the second year for that course. People would later call it “the course on the hill.” It was...
Independent automotive designer Bill Flajole worked on a number of important designs, including the Nash Metropolitan, before turning his attention...
I worked for Jaguar from 1952 to 1986 as Chief Test and Development Engineer. Throughout that time I drove some...
The inspiration behind the concepts and designs of Lister cars came from the pre-war Mercedes racing cars that would today be regarded as Formula One cars. They were simplistic but reliable in construction, with independent front suspension, de Dion rear suspension, and tubular chassis. Many builders experimented with multi-tubes, but...
In 1948, Jaguar launched the wild and wooly XK120 at the London Motor Show. It was a testbed and show...
It’s hard to imagine that what was probably the greatest range of post-war production sports cars, really started life as...
There’s no denying the statement Jaguar’s Sir William Lyons made with the unveiling of the marque’s stunning new E-Type show car at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show. Coming off a decade of domination at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Jaguar realized the necessity for a new automobile to replace...
Pictured is the Jaguar Mk X being introduced at the London International Motor Show, in October 1961, at Earls Court....
Heavy Duty Lightweights 1961 Jaguar XKE “Coombs Lightweight” & 1963 Jaguar XKE “Qvale Lightweight” Photo: Pete Austin The year 2011 marks 50...
The number 17 E-Type as driven by privateer Peter Sargent and Peter Lumsden at the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans – it failed to finish the race due to a gearbox issue. Jaguar built 12 lightweight E-Types for racing, two examples were modified with this distinctive low-drag bodywork. Arthur...
The year was 1980; the place, Road Atlanta. During the parade lap, Motor Racing Network’s sportscaster Mike Joy set the...
On July 18, 1955, an entertainment icon was established when Walt Disney opened the gates to his unique vision of...
There are many distinguishing features of Jaguar’s big cat XKE. Disc brakes, rack-and-pinion steering and independent front and rear suspension, just to name a few. It was a big jump from the XK150, but all you had to do was to look at the three times in a row Le...
When you think of hot rods, you think of ’32 Fords and ’40 Mercs, but what about a Mk 10...
llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the...
Without a doubt, the racecar that gave me the most pleasure, and therefore my greatest racecar, was the Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-6. I drove it at Silverstone, with Derek Warwick as my teammate, in the 1986 Kouros 1,000-kms race, which we won by a substantial two-lap margin over the Rothmans...