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Jaguar

The Complete Story

Jaguar The Complete Story
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Format: Hardcover, 524 Pages
Item: 145673
ISBN: 9780760334478
Publisher: Motorbooks
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Size: 11 x 11
Weight: 7 lb.
Edition: First
Published: November 17th 2008
DC: AP
List Price: $75.00 $56.25
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In 1922, a company calling itself Swallow began manufacturing motorcycle sidecars. In 1927, adopting the name SS, the company built its first automobiles, and in 1945, it switched to the name Jaguar.

This richly illustrated book tells the colorful story behind one of the most revered makers of high-performance and sports cars. From the inklings of greatness in its distant beginnings to its ascension to fame with the postwar XK series cars followed by the iconic E-Type introduced in 1961, this book traces the path of a company that produced vehicles of unprecedented power and beauty--including four-door saloons, race prototypes, the GT-oriented XJ-S, and the fabulous XJ-220 supercar.

The story continues today when, under Ford ownership, Jaguar continues to thrive, offering a line of top-notch modern cars. Jaguar: The Complete Story is an exhaustively researched account of the companys story, with a detailed look at every car it has built. Racing vehicles and prototypes receive due treatment as well, and an extensive appendix of technical specifications rounds out the book.

Jaguar expert Heiner Stertkamp was born in 1959, the year of the Jaguar Mark 2. Like many young boys of his generation he was fascinated by the world of the automobile, particularly the sleek and powerful Jaguars. Years later, as he worked to acquire his own Jaguar, Stertkamp became a member of the Jaguar Association Germany, the country’s most prominent Jaguar club. Today he heads the XJ register and is a member of the JAG board. Stertkamp’s writing has been published in the UK’s Classic Cars as well as in German enthusiast magazines. His close relationship with the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust ensured complete access to Jaguar’s extensive archives. The book you hold in your hands represents Stertkamp’s years of painstaking research.

AAA New York’s Car & Travel magazine, February 2009  “If you’re a car nut with an interest in Jaguar, you’d have to search far and near for a better compilation of the company’s history than this new book Jaguar: The Complete Story by Heiner Stertkamp. In this comprehensive coffee table book, you’ll learn how a small motorcycle-sidecar company grew to produce some of the most eye-catching cars in the world. Even Jaguar enthusiasts will pick up new information…” 

Jaguar Heritage Archive, December 2008 “You may ask if there is room for another complete book on Jaguar? The answer is “yes” when it is as complete and as well-researched as this volume. There is so much material covered in this volume that the only way to benefit is to buy a copy! For what is contained within the cover price is quite modest. Originally published in German in 2006, this English edition is most welcome and recommended without hesitation.” 

The Mountain Jaguar Club Newsletter (Tennessee) “This is not merely a coffee table picture book of Jaguars but an exhaustive history of the company and a detailed account of the engineering behind each of the models. The detailed account of the history of the company and the people involved is what makes this book important to have for anyone seriously interested in the marque. This book is the most complete that I have seen in covering the history of the Jaguar Car Company.”
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