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60th Anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type

In March 1961, the Jaguar E-Type was unveiled to the world at the Geneva Auto Show. Few other automotive launches have captivated the public as much as the E-Type did. Enzo Ferrari even dubbed it the most beautiful car ever made. The E-Type would stay in production until 1975 across three different series and three major body styles. Sixty years later, the E-Type still turns heads and is a much in demand classic car.

The Jaguar Drivers club ran an event today to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type. The goal was to get at least 60 E-Types […]

April 24th, 2021 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Jaguar | 5 comments

2018 British Car Show, Sydney

The 2018 British Car show was held on Sunday at the Kings School. This is probably the best car show of the year in Sydney. As usual all the British marques were there. Also as usual was the lovely display of cars. Overall it was a great day with excellent weather and interesting cars to see. Having said that, the Kings School made some changes this year that were not for the better.

This year the Jaguars were moved from the top paddock to the middle one. This pushed clubs like Rolls Royce and Daimler down to the bottom paddock. […]

September 24th, 2018 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Jaguar, Shows | One comment

2018 Shannons Sydney Autumn Classic Preview

I stopped by the upcoming 2018 Shannons Sydney Autumn Classic auction today to check out the cars on offer. A big part of this auction is numeric plates. These have proven to be a good investment for many of the last few years. Personally I regard them a bit like Bitcoin, the latest fad without fundamentals. It’s not like you can enjoy driving your #37 number plate even if it loses value. Lots of people have made money though! Looking at the cars, some of the more interesting lots were:

Lot 62: 1962 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 OTS

This is a […]

March 5th, 2018 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Auctions | Leave a comment

British Motor Museum – Jaguar Heritage Collection

The Jaguar Heritage Collection was displayed near the historic Jaguar Factory at Browns Lane until that site was redeveloped in 2012. The collection is now split across a few museums, but the bulk of it can be found at the British Motor Museum.

During a recent visit to the UK, I was able to tour the British Motor Museum. The Jaguar Heritage Collection is housed in the same building as the overflow collection.

The collection has a good representation of Jaguar vehicles from swallow sidecars to the current models. Key models include the SS1, SS100, the first and last E-Types […]

January 17th, 2018 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Jaguar, Museum | 2 comments

Tall drivers can comfortably drive a Series 1 E-Type

Pretty much all the buyers guides I read when researching E-Types say that drivers over 6 feet tall should avoid SWB E-Types. This means they are allegedly restricted to the S1 2+2, S2 2+2 and all Series 3 models. I was never a fan of the styling updates to the E-Type as it aged, so was keen on an early car. I also didn’t want an automatic so that left the S1 2+2 manual as my primary choice.

There were a few problems with that approach. Firstly, at the time I was buying my car (in the United States), 2+2’s […]

March 30th, 2017 | Tags: , , | Category: Articles, Jaguar | Leave a comment

Ad of the week: Jag Engineering and Elegance

This weeks ad is a well known Jaguar ad focusing on both the engineering and design elements. Most specifically it addresses the Jaguar IRS, which was very advanced for it’s time. Jaguar used it up until the 90s!

It is an early ad because it shows the outside bonnet latches and a different position than normal for the reversing light. The picture below is supposed be elegant, but the lady in the car looks like she is trying to abduct a child.

The Jaguar Suspension

Considering all the furore and fanfare over the high-speed characteristics of the new Jaguar […]

September 14th, 2016 | Tags: , | Category: Ads, Jaguar | Leave a comment

Favorites of the 2016 British Car Show

The British car show has such a selection of cars that its hard to pick favorites, but these represent the standout cars for me on the day.

Healey Elliott

I found this to be a really striking car and not one I had seen before. Apparently it has the 2.5 liter Riley engine and was capable of 100mph, quite a feat at the time for a four seat car.

Bentley S2 Continental

These cars are incredibly rare and valuable, so not a car I aspire to own due to the cost, but I think the pick of the post […]

August 29th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Jaguar, Rover, Shows | One comment

2016 British Car Show

In my view, the British car show is probably the pick of the Sydney car shows each year. It might not be as big as the Eastern Creek show, but it has a broader range of really interesting cars, and there is always something new you’ve never seen before. This year the new one for me was a 1948 Healey Elliott. Quite a striking shape and not a car I had ever seen before. Donald Healey is always associated with the Austin-Healey but had a number of other ventures throughout the years.

For the 2016 British car show, I brought […]

August 29th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Shows | 4 comments

Ad of the week: Jaguar E-Type

This weeks ad is on the E-Type, this time 1964. Its not clear if it covers the then current 3.8 model or the upcoming 4.2.

A different breed of Cat

The 1964 Jaguar XK-E is unlike any other car on the road today.

For one thing, it doesn’t look like any other car you have ever seen. And it is capable of phenomenal speed and acceleration.

Yet its handling qualities give you the relaxed confidence of being in complete command, whatever the road, speed or driving conditions.

What’s more, the 32 unique performance and luxury features of the XK-E […]

August 3rd, 2016 | Tags: | Category: Ads, Jaguar | Leave a comment

Ad of the week: New Jaguar XK-E

This is a great ad from the launch of the E-Type in 1961. It shows both body styles, the Fixed Head and the Open Top. In the USA, the XK series had great name recognition so the E-Type was marketed as the XK-E.

This is the new Jaguar XK-E!

July 13th, 2016 | Tags: | Category: Ads, Jaguar | Leave a comment