Jaguar Century

100 Years of Automotive Excellence

Giles Chapman

• Publisher: Motorbooks
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780760368671
• Topic: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Subtopic: Automobil- & Transportbranche

Jaguar Century chronicles one of the auto industry's most revered car brands, from the Jaguar SS sporting saloon to today's F-Type sports cars, F-PACE SUV, and X-Type sedans—filled with images, history, and in-depth analyses of the incredible cars created year after year. Automotive historian Giles Chapman showcases how company visionaries William Lyons and William Walmsley developed the brand in the trying economic times leading up to World War II before resetting Jaguar during England's bleak postwar years, first with its XK120, then the XK140 and XK150. Sporting saloons (i.e., sedans) like the Mark 2 and Mark X established further standards for four-door luxury in the 1950s and '60s, while the stunning E-Type unveiled in 1961 became a holy grail of automotive design and gave Jaguar a genuine 150-miles-per-hour sports car. The story continues to the present, tracing all of Jaguar's ups and downs right up to the acclaimed all-electric I-PACE. Chapman also covers Jaguar's rich motorsport heritage, including open-wheel Formula 1 racers and the sports cars that went head-to-head with Ferrari, Porsche, and others at legendary circuits such as Le Mans over the decades. From pre-Depression motorcycle sidecars hammered out in a modest shop in Coventry to the cutting edge of 21st century automotive technology, Jaguar Century offers a full review of British design and engineering at its finest. The book is illustrated with hundreds of historic, contemporary, and racing photographs, as well as detailed text. It is a definitive volume no Jaguar enthusiast can be without.

Table of contents

• Cover
• CONTENTS
• CHAPTER 1 THANKS, BILL
• CHAPTER 2 AN UNLIKELY COMBINATION
• CHAPTER 3 SOMETHING A BIT SPECIAL
• CHAPTER 4 CAT’S OUT OF THE BAG
• CHAPTER 5 HOW THEY WON THE WAR
• CHAPTER 6 SPORTS CAR GENIUS
• CHAPTER 7 GRACE . . . SPACE . . . PACE . . .
• CHAPTER 8 MASTERS OF ENDURANCE
• CHAPTER 9 SPORTS SALOONS FOR EVERYONE
• CHAPTER 10 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR
• CHAPTER 11 BOLDER WITH EVERY MOVE
• CHAPTER 12 THE WORLD BEATERS
• CHAPTER 13 WILDERNESS
• CHAPTER 14 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
• CHAPTER 15 JAGUARS AND OUTSIDERS
• CHAPTER 16 RICH UNCLE HENRY
• CHAPTER 17 GETTING ITS MOJO BACK
• CHAPTER 18 TOTAL RENEWAL
• CHAPTER 19 THINKING BIG, AMBITIONS FULFILLED
• CHAPTER 20 PLUGGED INTO THE FUTURE
• POSTSCRIPT
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PHOTO CREDITS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX