Jaguar Magazine (Edition 214)

The latest edition of Australian Jaguar Magazine includes the following stories including JDCSA member Scott Shearman and Chris Hatcher,’s Mark II.

◊ Jaguar on a Precipice: Former Jaguar public relationship head John Crawford explains what Jaguar needs to do.

◊ Jaguar without a CEO: It is crisis time for Jaguar again as it finds itself in manufacturing limbo.

◊ Great Scott: Scott Shearman is from Adelaide but he quietly purchased Wappenbury Hall and is restoring it.

◊ Why Jaguar – Why: Trying to find a reason why Jaguar continue to attack the Magnusson family.

◊ XJR-S Trickery and Lies: We were told about a very low milage rare XJR-S in the U.S., which has had one owner and was the prototype. Careful research trips up the person who made what they knew to be false claims.

◊ Mk2 Gets a Major Makeover: Finch Restorations specialist put all of its skills into restoring and up-grading a Mk 2.

◊ XK150 Is a Classic We Love: The last in a series of world beating classic sports models which put Jaguar on the world stage.

◊ Big Scoop: We find the fate of the D-Type XKD503 which finished third at Le Mans in 1955 for Ecurie Francorchamps and then raced in the US and Cuba. It went missing in 1958 but we now know what became of it.

◊ Ernest Wagstaff: The founder of Shell Australia was the first person to drive between Melbourne and Adelaide when there were no roads. It was 1907 and he drove a new Daimler.

◊ Jaguar Smatterings: Nobody remembers the many E-Types which have raced, so we go looking for them and hope to identify some. .

We never thought it would come to this, and especially after Jaguar was purchased by Indian family giant business Tata in 2008. The stark facts are that Jaguar is on the verge of extinction under the dominance of Land Rover. In this edition we have features and opinions from some of the world’s best authorities on the marque and former Directors who give their honest assessments. It is not good but can’t be avoided.