This book travels chronologically through Jaguar's technical history, each chapter starting at a crucial point in the company's evolution. From Harry Weslake's development of Jaguar's original Standard-derived OHV engine, used in the SS Jaguar 100, to the technology incorporated in the latest X-type and S-type models, the reader is taken on a fascinating journey through the Jaguar archives. Reveals many fascinating and previously unknown, behind-the-scenes details of the company's engineering story.
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Jeff Daniels, a former Technical Editor of Autocar and current Technical Editor of EVO, writes with both authority and style on technical subjects. Highly respected for his ability to explain often complex subjects in accessible terms, he has been a regular columnist in leading motor industry publications, and has done radio and TV work. He lives in London.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not quite what I expected,
By S. J. Moore (Christchurch, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jaguar: The Engineering Story (Hardcover)
An interesting book but one that I expected to be much better. Jeff Daniels purports to take a new slant on the history of the Jaguar marque by studying its 'product engineering'. Whatever that may be, it is represented in this book by a fairly random mix of technical detail, supply chain background, a bit on marketing pressures and some mention of personalities in the Jaguar hierarchy.
I am an enthusiast of 1960s Jaguars and found the book offered nothing much new on the engineering of the raft of different models made in that era. Indeed, it skips very lightly over some ... for example, the 420 is dismissed as a "stop gap" with no mention of the modern engineering features that separated it from the original S Type and pointed the way to the XJ6. Background on post XJ6 models was, however, new to me and seemed a much more worthwhile read. Nevertheless, the author's four days spent in the Jaguar archives do not seem to have been quite enough to make this book the rich resource it could have been.
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