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MAGAZINE

Latest Jaguar Driver Issue

October 2024

END OF AN ERA… The E-Type takes its final bow

MAIN ARTICLES
WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome from the Jaguar Driver Editor
3
FACTORY FLOOR
JLR introduces its new four-legged friend!
4
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
The latest club news from Roger Kemp
6
LETTERS
Your letters to the Editor
10
FUEL EFFICIENCY PART 3
John Watkinson continues his series, focusing on the V12 engine
18
UNDER THE HAMMER
Paul Guinness revives this popular feature with a look at the current state of the Jaguar and Daimler market
20
GOODWOOD REVIVAL
All the best photos from this iconic meeting
22
4-HILLS ROUNDUP
We catch up with our feisty competitors in the Club’s hillclimb and sprint series
27
SALON PRIVÉ
Cars to aspire to… even if you are unlikely to afford them!
32
THE E-TYPE BOWS OUT
François Prins bids farewell to the most beautiful car in the world
34
OUT & ABOUT - BY INVITATION ONLY
We join Nick Scarff in Tasmania
42
OUT & ABOUT - YORKSHIRE ELEGANCE
We join Roger Kemp at Yorkshire Elegance
44
OUT & ABOUT - CROFT HISTORIC FESTIVAL
We join Jim Scott at Croft
46
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Jaguar Driver Issue 771

From the Editor...

If anyone thinks, for one moment, that things are slowing down on the car front, have I got news for you! I’m writing this (and signing off another bumper issue of JD) sandwiched between a rather wet Statfold and one of the biggest events on our Club calendar – Champion of Champions at Gaydon – in two days’ time.

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