The latest issue of The Jaguar magazine introduces our new ‘cub’, the E-PACE compact practical sports car, which is already turning heads on the street. As we commit to electrifying every new Jaguar by 2020, we explore how pushing boundaries on the track helps develop our sports cars, from writing motorsport history at Le Mans, to taking on the Nürburgring with the extreme XE SV Project 8 and being at the very cutting edge with the FIA Formula E Championship.
MACH 2 Concorde’s
MACH 2 Concorde’s elegant nose was designed to droop, enabling pilots to see the runway on take-off and landing. PHOTOGRAPHY: UNITED ARCHIVES / IMAGO 66 THEJAGUAR
FEELING SUPERSONIC FOR 28 YEARS THE CONCORDE DEFIED THE CLOCK BY BEING FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND, LANDING AT ITS DESTINATION BEFORE IT TOOK OFF. A DENVER- BASED START-UP, BOOM TECHNOLOGY, BELIEVES THE WORLD IS READY AGAIN FOR TIME TRAVEL. WORDS: Paul Entwistle One of the most beautiful and without a doubt powerful civilian aircraft ever built first took to the air on March 2nd 1969. Jointly developed by Great Britain and France, the Concorde was both a master of technology and design. It revolutionized passenger air travel overnight, halving the journey time between Europe and North America. Capable of maintaining supersonic flight, i.e. cruising at 1,350 miles per hour, (over twice the speed of sound) at near stratospheric altitudes, the Concorde entered service in January 1976. Flying the Concorde had its costs – a criticism that its supporters vehemently deny, arguing that in the final months of operating the Concorde, British Airways was actually making a profit from their fleet of supersonic airliners. And yet, in the cost-conscious early years of the 21st century, an aircraft which consumed a ton of fuel for each of its 128 passengers crossing the Atlantic was neither ecologically friendly nor was it truly economically viable. For the last decade and a half passengers have had to do without supersonic air travel. In an age when airliners are like buses and look remarkably similar regardless of where they are built, the unique mix of muscle and visual grace that was the Concorde is missing from our skies. Not for much longer. Ever since the Concorde spooled its engines down for the last time in 2003, passengers have been relegated to the commuter–like monotony of subsonic THEJAGUAR 67
JAGUAR MAGAZINE celebrates creativity in all its forms, with exclusive features that inspire sensory excitement, from seductive design to cutting-edge technology.
The latest issue features a range of inspiring people: from Luke Jennings, creator of Villanelle, one of the most interesting television characters in recent times, to Marcus Du Sautoy, who ponders whether artificial intelligence is on the brink of becoming creative. Out on the road, we visit the US to explore the foodie heaven of Portland in a Jaguar I-PACE, take a Jaguar XE to the south of France to get a photographer’s viewpoint of the charming town of Arles, and much more.
David Gandy and his XK120 charm London’s creative quarter
| How charity In Place Of War channels creativity in conflict zones
| Interior designer Joyce Wang shares the latest trends in luxury
| Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s most successful year in Formula E
| Meet Jaguar’s new design director Julian Thomson
Often provocative, always creative: meet graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister
| The British woodcrafters bringing a new dimension to an age-old skill
| Sample Paul Pairet’s Michelin-starred culinary delights in Shanghai
| See how Iris van Herpen is redefining fashion technology
| Time-travel to the futuristic city of Seoul
Discover a different side to Eva Green
| Will your next taxi be a self-driven Jaguar I-PACE?
| What it takes to break a lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife
| The petrolheads racing in Jaguar’s new all-electric race series
| Up close with the latest special edition of the XE and XF: the 300 SPORT
| A charged-up drive of the New All-Electric Jaguar I-PACE in Portugal’s Algarve
| The inside line on the creation of the revolutionary I-PACE
| Reinventing a classic: meet the E-type Concept Zero
| Fifty years of the iconic XJ saloon
| Exclusive interview with tennis star Johanna Konta
| Can supercomputers revolutionise art?
The latest issue of The Jaguar magazine introduces our new ‘cub’, the E-PACE compact practical sports car, which is already turning heads on the street. As we commit to electrifying every new Jaguar by 2020, we explore how pushing boundaries on the track helps develop our sports cars, from writing motorsport history at Le Mans, to taking on the Nürburgring with the extreme XE SV Project 8 and being at the very cutting edge with the FIA Formula E Championship.
In this issue, we introduce a fresh new addition to the Jaguar family with the launch of the E-PACE. F1 racer Romain Grosjean reveals his passion for Jaguar while the Panasonic Jaguar Racing Team gives an insight into their preparations. Plus, we get to grips with the fast-paced sport of drone racing and spend a unique day with the XF Sportbrake.
In this issue we return to top level motorsport but not in a conventional way, and by doing so accelerate the development of our electric powertrains. In tandem, we introduce our Jaguar I-PACE Concept vehicle - a revolutionary new model available to reserve now for delivery in 2018.
