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| Inside the January 2009 issue... |
Menace in the mist
 Jaguar's engineers tweaked and fettled to their hearts' content and produced the ultra-limited edition XKR-S. But is it worth £10,000 more than the hugely capable XKR that it's based upon? We find out first hand... |
Is this the real thing?
 Many a Mk 2 owner has claimed their car to be of fabled Coombs origin, but relatively few were actually converted by the Guildford dealership in period. The provenance of this example, however, isn't in doubt – and we drive it |
 Super saloons
If you've long hankered after owning a modern Jaguar saloon, then now is a good time to buy as they have never been more affordable. From XJ40 to X350 by way of X-TYPE and S-TYPE, here's all you need to know... |
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Scrapbook: The Series 2 XJ
A product of the British Leyland owned era of Jaguar, the Series 2 XJ is, perhaps unfairly, saddled with the reputation of being the poor relation to the original Series 1 and later Series 3 – is that reputation justified? |
Jenks would have approved
Famous for his entertaining writing and his Mille Miglia winning antics with Stirling Moss, Denis 'Jenks' Jenkinson put his own cars to good use – and amogst them was this Series 1 4.2 E-type in which he covered 100,000 miles |
The blonde cavalier
Mike Hawthorn was Britain's first F1 World Champion but, away from the Grand Prix circuit, he also regularly raced for Jaguar, both in sports cars and saloons. Fifty years on from his winning of the World Championship, we review his career |
Beaujolais or bust!
Some 37 years ago the late Allan Hall provided the impetus for the first Beaujolais Run in his newspaper column – he was also an avid Jaguar fan and, today, his son Vivian continues the family tradition of Jaguar ownership |
Project XK8 – part 7
Presented with the opportunity to have our XK8 converted to run on Liquid Petroleum Gas, we take the plunge and go ahead. Is running a V8-powered sporting GT on LPG a gas or a grind? We find out |
Racy weekends
With the saloon and XJ-S rounds complete, the XKs had one final fling at Mallory Park in late October to decide the one and two driver 2008 titles. Here we find out who took the spoils as well as catching up on all the action |
| Keeping your Jaguar - old or new - running sweetly |
Our Jaguars
Matt's back on track and scaring BMW drivers at Brands Hatch, Garreth's getting dizzy over distributors, Jim bids farewell to Peter Cahill, and Gail gets to race other peoples' cars – with varying fortunes
Q&As
Three pages of your technical queries and our answers – plus a protective wing guard for the question of the month
Practical Jaguar
At last – it's been a mammoth job, but this month we complete the complex task of replacing the X-TYPE transmission. Now, to put it back together again...
Classic workshop
When a small hole in the Series 1 XJ6's rear valance inevitably turned out to be a bigger one, there was no question that it would have to be changed. Here's how to do the job
XJ-S Bulletin
With the diff rebuild complete, we finish the stripdown of the rear suspension and inspect the outboard disc brakes in preparation for an upgrade to X300/XK8 items
Tech tips
Catalytic converters: Jaguars have long had them, but here's an explanation of how they work, why they wear out, and what to do when that happens
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News Jaguar claims top spot in the JD power SSI study while its website wins an award, plus Government U-turn on VED changes
The Scene All the Jaguar-related action from the Classic Motor Show, and our VIP competition winners enjoy their day out
Letters Your views and opinions
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