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Latest Jaguar Driver Issue

November 2025

COLLECTORS’ ITEMS Paul Walton on the XJ-S at 50

MAIN ARTICLES
WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome from the editor
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FACTORY FLOOR
Craig Mitchell reviews the JLR cyber-attack and its cost
4
50 YEARS OF THE XJ-S
As the anniversary year comes to an end, Paul Walton takes a last look at this grand tourer
22
LUBRICATION
John Watkinson continues his study of lubricants, what they do and why we need them
30
BUYER’S GUIDE
Paul Guinness advises on what to look for when buying Jaguar’s bestselling SUV
32
NUB 120
We remember the Appleyards and their Alpine triumphs in their famous XK – NUB 120
34
ROB’S WORKSHOP Q&A
Rob Hawkins answers more of your modern Jaguar queries
42
OUT & ABOUT
The Americans celebrate their love of Jaguars, the SS100s go on tour and Nick Evans has an interesting trip in his X-Type
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Jaguar Driver Issue 784

From the Editor...

You would think that by this stage in the game, things would be quietening down and our minds would be turning to Christmas shopping and tins – or rather, nasty plastic tubs – of Quality Street. Whatever happened to those nice old tins? My grandmother used one to store her huge button collection, left over from her days as a Court dressmaker.


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