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Latest Jaguar Driver Issue

October 2025

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE Last roar of autumn

MAIN ARTICLES
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FACTORY FLOOR
The latest news from JLR
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NATIONAL DAY
We report on another great National Day and announce the winners of our new-look concours
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LUBRICATION
John Watkinson looks at lubricants, what they do and how they do it
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UNDER THE HAMMER
Paul Guinness takes a look at the current market
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4-HILLS CHAMPIONSHIP
Our have-a-go heroes tackle the iconic Shelsley Walsh hill
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BROADSPEED RACING
François Prins on the one Jaguar race car that never bore the company’s name
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ROB’S WORKSHOP
Rob Hawkins shows us how to service an XKR (X150) and answers your Q&As
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YOUR CARS
John Watkinson swaps his boffin’s hat for an XJS one
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OUT & ABOUT
It’s concours time in the Midlands for Areas 7 and 41
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Jaguar Driver Issue 783

From the Editor...

I think the word ‘busy’ should be next to be added to Collins’ annual list of most used words in the English language, certainly where Jaguar Drivers’ Club members are concerned. What I find exciting is that it’s not just us – the organisers at national level – who are busy, but every one of our members, not only in the UK but in Europe too. Our Swiss members and our two Austrian Areas seem to have spent most of the summer out on the road. You only have to look at the Out & About pages – originally created to accommodate the occasional tour or long weekend – to realise just how much our Areas have been getting up to this year. Attendance at our events is strong – a sign of a happy, healthy club – and it’s down to you, our members. Long may it continue.


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