ONE person’s dream car is another’s nightmare, so which of those is the JAGUAR X-type to you? WE are in the grip of winter with the risk of slippery roads so now is an ideal time to buy a JAGUAR. This apparent contradiction is because the least expensive of all the Big Cats, the X-type, [...]
A CONFESSED Porsche 911 devotee, few supercars induce the same hypnotic hold over me, but JAGUAR’s Xk is one of the few to join that hallowed realm. To deny the beauty of those gloriously graceful contours is to be oblivious to grace, elegance or any aesthetically-pleasing form. The elite JAGUARs have always had the greatest [...]
FORGET the glitz and glamour of Hollywood movie premiers, Detroit is the place to be when the stars are the cars of the future. With all the razzmatazz that only an all-American spectacular can deliver, the world’s car makers descend on Motown to strut their stuff in the spotlight. It’s where the big guns fire [...]
WHAT do you see as the most British of cars?A Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lotus or Aston Martin? On badge alone any one might qualify. Sadly, gathered together their owners are as cosmopolitan as last orders in the United Nations saloon bar. Morgan is still whittled from English ash, however now with a BMW engine. TVR you [...]
THE future is looking radiant for JAGUAR’s Liverpool-built X-type. From September a new 2.2-litre diesel engine will come on stream, giving the range a performance oil-burner. It comes hot on the heels of news that the Ford-owned company has shot to second place overall in the latest J.D. Power quality study. And JAGUAR’s best performing [...]
JAGAUR’S mission to catch the Germans and beat them at their own game is paying off, thanks largely to dramatic improvements in quality. The best of British has always been stylish, but now there is guaranteed reliability too, which makes the cars a genuinely viable proposition on the second-hand market. It means that for the [...]
IT looks as though the wheel of fortune may finally be turning for the UK’s favourite car company and its various household name subsidiaries. The only problem is that the figures involved in achieving the turnaround are so mind-bogglingly massive that it is a bit scary. Last year Ford subsidiary JAGUAR lost an almost unbelievable [...]
VISITORS to the official opening of the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Saturday (February 24) will be the first in the UK to see Jaguar’s stunning C-XF concept car. This is the first time the Coventry-designed C-XF will be publicly viewed in this country after going on show to the world last month at the [...]
YOU will be shocked to the very heart of your bottom to learn that, according to one of my more arty colleagues, I have an under developed sense of humour. Sorry? This is because I went to see Johnny English and I liked it. No, I loved it – I haven’t laughed so much since [...]
FOR almost a year JAGUAR has been teasing us with pictures and details of its new Xk sports car. There has been so much advanced detail and hype about the new Big Cat that I wondered if the car could possibly live up to my expectations. I shouldn’t have worried. It is an absolute cracker [...]