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Jaguar
Having produced and directed the Long Way Round with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, as well as By Any Means, where we accomplished the somewhat tricky task of travelling by land and sea from Ireland to Australia, I thought I would be more than qualified to get a brand new Jaguar XKR to Germany’s Nurburgring…
Sometimes it’s best to let sleeping cats lie. Yet for the last 40 years, Jaguar’s legion of devotees has been waiting, praying for a second generation E-Type. The XJS, classic though it is, didn’t qualify. The XK, on launch, was heralded as the car to carry the mark. It didn’t. Obviously, it would be impossible for Jaguar Land Rover to create a car with the revolutionary impact that the E brought to the world…
Like most boys, my love for cars started when I got my first Scalextric at Christmas (actually, in my case, it was always a Birthday AND Christmas present one of the disadvantages of being born in December). I remember driving it into the walls and over my dogs paws. I soon discovered at a very…
With the communication age that we live in, and the huge network of companies such as Friends Reunited, avoiding contact with someone from your past can be difficult. Let’s face it, if you really wanted to stay in touch with anyone from your school days you would have make the concerted effort to do so,…