Sutton's Photographic History of Transport: Jaguar. Nigel Thorley (P/B) 1998

SUTTON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF TRANSPORT: JAGUAR.  Nigel Thorley.

Jaguar is one of the most distinguished, exciting and famous car-makers in the world. This detailed pictorial history shows the company's evolution from humble beginnings in the 1920s, when it built motor-cycle sidecars, to the mass production of luxury saloons and high-performance sportscars for which it is best known today.

A wealth of photographs, many from the Jaguar archives, depict the rich history of the company over the lasst seventy years and includes the Daimlers which were produced by Jaguar after 1960. The wide range of production cars is shown, as are the racing cars that achieved such success in competition, especially at Le Mans.

The account emphasizes the remarkable decades of the 1950s and 1960s when Jaguar produced the XK20, XK1250, the D-Type, the E-Type, the Mark 2 and the XJ6. The story is brought up to date with the XJS, the X300 and the launch of the XK8 and the XJ8. Each model is described in chronological order, and its contribution to the extraordinary story of the development of Jaguar design and engineering is made clear.

JAGUAR will be essential reading and reference for Jaguar owners andenthusiasts, and it will appeal to all those who have a keen interest in motoring history.

a FIRST EDITION paperback published in 1998 by Sutton