Jaguar in Coventry [Hardcover]

Nigel Thorley (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 2003

JAGUAR is one of Britain's best-known, most distinctive car-makers. Since 1928 this world-famous company has played an important role in the working life of Coventry. This illustrated history offers a fascinating insight into the techniques of automotive design and engineering that have given rise to Jaguar's extraordinary reputation. It tells the story of the fluctuating fortunes of the company at Browns Lane, and offers a revealing account of car production techniques and processes at Jaguar as they have evolved over the years. The book also offers an intimate portrait of the local people who have depended on Jaguar for their livelihoods, for generations.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Breedon Books Publishing (March 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1859832814
ISBN-13: 978-1859832813
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.7 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,979,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
IT IS sad to reflect that so few of the famous names in British car manufacture have survived and this has naturally had an adverse affect on the Coventry area, generally considered to be the home of the motor industry in the UK. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sidecar production, shadow factory, new office complex, plant director, motor industry, motor show

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Browns Lane, William Lyons, John Egan, British Leyland, Castle Bromwich, Coventry Climax, West Midlands, World War Two, Jaguar Group, Mike Beasley, Nick Scheele, Pressed Steel, Swallow Road, Vanden Plas, Geoffrey Robinson, Jaguar Cars Limited, Motor Panels, Peter Craig, British Motor Corporation, Coundon Wedge, Guy Motors, Majestic Major, Michael Edwardes, Wally Hassan, Wappenbury Hall

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This book cites 9 books:

Jaguar Tradition by Michael Frostick in Back Matter
Sports Cars by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
Climax in Coventry by Walter Hassan in Back Matter
Back from the Brink: Tipping the Scales in Serious Illness by Sean Collins in Back Matter
Jaguar sports cars (A Foulis motoring book) by Paul Skilleter in Back Matter

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Jaguar Sports Racing Competition, 1953 (Vol 1) by Andrew Whyte in Back Flap

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