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“AT CLASSIC WORKS, WE
“AT CLASSIC WORKS, WE CAN DO ANYTHING FROM SERVICING TO
CLASSICS Jaguar Classic Works is adept at keeping XJ220s pristine and thriving. Centre: Paul Hegarty considers this rare car a stillappreciating classic. Below: Chris Madden has been servicing XJ220s since the mid 1990s RECOMMISSIONING AN XJ220” any need, but because it seems the right thing to do in someone else’s half-million pound, quarter-century-old hypercar. So I amuse myself seeing how fast it can sweep through the curves, cornering flat and preposterously fast on its vast and brand new Pirelli tyres. And don’t be surprised if there is still a noise in the cabin when you finally switch off: it’ll be coming from you as your heart rate stabilises and breathing returns to some approximation of normal. “We have doubled our XJ220 business in the last couple of years,” says Hegarty, “but I think we can double it again. Of course we buy and sell cars, but we also look after dozens of them and can do anything from the simplest servicing to recommissioning a car that’s been off the road for years.” And plenty have, not least because the original Bridgestone tyres have not been available for years. “I know one customer who bought a car just for its tyres,” says Classic Works’ Chris Madden, who has been servicing and repairing XJ220s for Jaguar for 23 years. “But now Pirelli makes new, bespoke tyres for the XJ220, meaning cars that have been laid up can be returned to the road.” Obviously they are not cheap to maintain, but nor are they bank breakers. Hegarty and Madden agree it’s the ones that are used least that cost most to maintain. An annual service costs £2,000, and a major service – involving removing the engine, changing the clutch and cam-belts – can cost £15,000 every two years. Every six years, the fuel tank needs changing, too, because it’s a perishable bag that needs to be collapsed and pulled out of a hole in the rear bulkhead (“like being a large animal vet,” muses Madden). But even that with everything else including tyres will cost £25,000 – which, as Hegarty points out, you’ll add to the car’s value. For me, it was just a delight not only to be reunited with a car that once meant so much to me, but to discover that, despite the passage of time, it remains as visceral and captivating as ever. THEJAGUAR 73
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.
