Master The Art of Ice Driving

With fewer than 2,000 residents at the edge of the Arctic Circle, Arjeplog feels like another world. The deepest lakes freeze over and the sky is illuminated by the Aurora Borealis. This is where Jaguar come out to play. Arjeplog is the home to Jaguar Land Rover’s extreme cold weather testing ground and their exhilarating Ice Academy. There you can have an ice driving experience of a lifetime over an incredible long weekend or four-day midweek experience, where you’ll master extreme skills in the most exciting high-performance SV products. Participants have one-to-one training with a dedicated personal instructor and enjoy driving in some of Special Vehicle Operations’ most sought-after vehicles. Whilst attending the Ice Academy you’ll enjoy the convenience of an all-inclusive experience, with your airport transfers, drinks, meals, and accommodation at a beautiful lakeside lodge, all taken care of. The only things you’ll need to bring is some warm clothes and enough adrenaline for the five-plus hours you’ll spend every day on the ice.

Ice Drive Lite - £3,832.00.

Their most flexible and compact Ice Academy experience for enthusiasts short on time. ▪ Day One – Arrival & welcome dinner ▪ Day Two – Full day of driving sessions.

As you progress and build confidence in the morning, you can pick a tailored option for your afternoon ▪ Day Three – Free time for lifestyle activities before departure.

Ice Drive - £5,245.00.

A long weekend of action-packed driving on a frozen lake and snow tracks where you will learn the art of drifting and power sliding under full control. Three nights stay, minimum 2 days driving. ▪ Day One – Arrival in Arjeplog and welcome dinner ▪ Day Two – Briefing and first ice drive ▪ Day Three – More ice driving and test facility visit ▪ Day Four – Free time for lifestyle activities before departure

Jaguar Brand Ice Drive + £6,562.00

Three days of action-packed driving on the frozen lake in only Jaguar brand cars where you’ll learn the art of drifting and power sliding under full control. Four nights hotel accommodation, minimum 3 days driving. ▪ Day One, Two and Three as previous. ▪ Day Four – Pure driving thrills on the professional tracks ▪ Day Five – Free time for lifestyle activities before departure.

Invite A Non-Driving Companion

In addition to their thrilling Ice Drive experiences, they offer a plusone package that gives a non-driving companion the chance to enjoy a choice of daily Arctic activities, including a Scandinavian husky tour, a Snow Safari in a your own snow-mobile, an Arctic Circle Drive and Hot Laps with an expert instructor. . For more information goto: Jaguar Ice

Academy Sweden

Queen Elizabeth’s 2009 X-Type Estate Sold Again

This intriguing XJ220 was displayed at the November NEC Classic Motor Show at none other than the UK Jaguar Drivers’ Club stand. Having started life as prototype chassis no 005, it was modified by marque specialist Don Law in 2000, who turfed out the V6 used in the production cars in favour of the Jaguar V12 engine it had originally been designed to use, even finding a four-cam prototype V12 engine to make a proper job of it. (Also see NEC Auction results pages 52-53).

As noted in previous editions of Classic Marque, the Queen has owned a number of Jaguars including one of the last built X-Type Estates. The range green Jaguar X-Type Sovereign came with heated seats, parking sensors and a dog grille to stop the corgis distracting the driver. The Queen was often pictured driving the V6 X-Type around Windsor but eventually decided to part with the car. Despite being seven years old, the threelitre automatic X-Type had just 7,600 miles on the clock at the time of sale. In 2016, London-based car firm Fletchdale Ltd was involved in the sale and said the new owner did not know who the previous owner was nor that they were buying the Jaguar from her Majesty herself. Fletchdale said that “the new owner unknowingly bought a slice of royalty.” The X-Type Estate sold in 2016 for the bargain basement price of £15,000. It could be argued that the owner is now taking the recent passing of the Queen as an opportunity to auction and resell the car? The X-Type went under the hammer at Brooklands on November 26th for £43,000 - SEVEN TIMES the typical auction price. .