Jaguar XJ Series by Graham Robson

Jaguar XJ Series by Graham Robson

Jaguars carrying the XJ badge have now been on sale for over 25 years. Designed in the 1960s as the most beautiful, most refined and most capable saloon car the company could produce, the original XJ6 also became the best-selling Jaguar of all time. The success story continues to this day. This detailed survey of the XJ families covers 25 years, three different types of engine and the three different body styles utilized in this period, which have been blended into executive saloons, sporting coupes and luxurious convertibles. The book also recalls the events, politics and personalities of this turbulent period and takes an overview of the styles and behaviour of the cars, as well as looking at what the world's experts think of them.

After a varied career in the automotive industry, Graham Robson has gained a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has more than 160 books to his credit. Born in 1936, and educated at Ermysteds Grammar School in Yorkshire, Graham then went on to study Engineering at Oxford University. He joined Jaguar Cars as a graduate trainee, becoming involved in design work on the Mk II, E-Type and Mark X. Beginning as a hobby, he became a rally co-driver, eventually joining the Sunbeam 'works' team in 1961, and took part in rallies up to International level (once with Roger Clark), but stopped rallying by 1968. During this time, he joined Standard-Triumph in Coventry, in 1961, as a Development Engineer, mainly on sports car projects. He then ran the re-opened 'works' motorsport department from 1962 to 1965, this being the period of the birth of Spitfire Le Mans cars, TR4, Vitesse, Spitfire and 2000 rally car developments. Graham Robson's writing began with rally reports for magazines which evolved into a job with Autocar from 1965 to 1969. He was recruited back to industry at Rootes to run the Product Proving department, then after a brief period in 1972 as technical director of a safety belt company, became an independent motoring writer. Graham has lived 'by the pen' and 'by the voice', not only writing but commentating, presenting and organising events of all types.

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ISBN 13	9781852236892
ISBN 10	1852236892
Title	Jaguar XJ Series
Author	Graham Robson
Series	Crowood Autoclassic S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The Crowood Press Ltd
Year published	1992-11-30
Number of pages	192
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