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MAGAZINE

Latest Jaguar Driver Issue

January 2026

SUNSET OVER ESTONIA… … and a new dawn for the JDC!

MAIN ARTICLES
WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome to 2026 from the Jaguar Driver Editor
3
TRACKSIDE
How did the start of the season go for Jaguar TCS Racing?
24
CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW
We bring you a roundup of another great NEC event
26
BRAKING: THE SCIENCE OF STOPPING
John Watkinson tackles a rather important aspect of car design
30
UNDER THE HAMMER
Paul Guinness brings us a review of sales prices from the NEC
32
RECORD BREAKER
François Prins looks back at a record-breaking XK120
34
XJ-S PROTOTYPE
Andrew Martin is an Ambassador for the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and, as such, gets to drive some very exceptional cars… including the Trust’s XJ-S twin-turbo 4 x 4 prototype
42
BOLOGNA SHOW
Nick Evans reports from the biggest car show in Europe
46
ROB’S WORKSHOP Q&A
Rob Hawkins answers your technical questions
50
OUT & ABOUT
We head down under to join the JCC Victoria concours
52
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Jaguar Driver Issue 786

From the Editor...

Welcome to 2026 – a new year and a big one for your Club because as of 1 January, we are into our 70th-anniversary year and we are not going to let it pass without a bang! I’d like to think that every member of more than five weeks’ standing will now know that the birthday bash to end them all will be at Brooklands on 11-12 July.

Continue reading the welcome from the Jaguar Driver Editor here or in the magazine on page 3.

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