The Complete Register of Jaguar by Den Carlow

The Complete Register of Jaguar by Den Carlow

The first edition of the present book was published in 2014 and was quickly acclaimed as the bible of the classic Jaguar racers. This greatly expanded new edition runs to more than 400 pages and contains 500 illustrations. It brings the individual stories of over 150 cars up to date, and includes additional useful information and appendices. Today the name of Jaguar still ranks high in the pantheon of British cars that have won the Le Mans 24-hour race. A mere 20 years since the birth of their first car, Jaguar had become the leading high-performance car in Britain thanks to the revolutionary XK engine, and the XK120 was in its day the fastest production car in the world. While the company had begun to earn its spurs in motor racing, it was a bold step to build a new car with the specific intention of entering Le Mans, at the time the most famous motor race in the world. Remarkably, the new Jaguar C-type succeeded in winning at Le Mans on the first attempt. A further four Le Mans victories followed: in 1953 for the C-type again, and then three wins for D-types from 1955 to 1957, by which time the Jaguar works team had been withdrawn from racing. Private entries of Jaguar C- and D-types in other races continued for many years. The E-type was never as successful in racing, since it was conceived as a GT road car rather than a racer, but the small run of lightweight cars and other competition versions added further lustre to Jaguar's reputation. C- and D-types were sold in some numbers to private owners on both sides of the Atlantic, many of whom obviously used them for racing, but unlike most later sports-racing cars they could still be used on the road. This was and remains one of their many attractions. Virtually all the cars have survived, and in recent times have seen a steady increase in value. This updated, enlarged and comprehensive new edition of the Register is a tribute to these glorious cars, to the people who were involved in their design and production, and to the drivers who campaigned them.

In 1949, Anders Ditlev Clausager was born in Denmark. He moved to London in 1974 to pursue a master's degree in automobile design at the Royal College of Art. He worked for VW for a short time, designing the second-generation Polo, before returning to England at 1978 to work for British Leyland in Longbridge. In 1979, he joined BL Heritage, which later became the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, as an archivist, and in 2000, he went to the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust as chief archivist, where he remained until 2012. He earned a master's degree in history from the University of Warwick in 2000.

He has written or co-authored 20 books on a wide range of automobiles, largely British, such as Austin, Austin-Healey, Jaguar, MG, Mini, and Sunbeam-Talbot, as well as Porsche and Volvo. He was one of four authors of Britain's Motor Industry: The First Hundred Years, which won an award. He has written for a number of publications, including The Guardian. Anders is well-known for his work as a car historian.

He was a founding member of the Vintage Vehicle Clubs' Committee, which eventually became the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, and he also served on the Veteran Automobile Club's dating committee for a number of years. He has been Secretary of the Society of Automotive Historians in Britain since 2009, as well as a trustee of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust and a member of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu's Advisory Committee. The American Association of Automotive Historians has honored him twice with the Bradley Distinguished Service Award. He is always working on one or more projects and has a keen interest in many parts of automotive history.

He lives in Birmingham with his husband David, and after 40 years as a motorcycle rider, he has only lately and reluctantly given up riding a BMW.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781914929052
ISBN 10	1914929055
Title	The Complete Register of Jaguar
Author	Den Carlow
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Herridge & Sons Ltd
Year published	2022-12-05
Number of pages	408
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.