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Jaguar Century
Giles Chapman
其他書名
100 Years of Automotive Excellence
出版
Motorbooks
, 2021-10-26
主題
Business & Economics / Infrastructure
Sports & Recreation / Motor Sports / General
Transportation / General
Transportation / Automotive / General
Transportation / Automotive / Antique & Classic
Transportation / Automotive / History
Transportation / Automotive / Pictorial
ISBN
076036866X
9780760368664
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6FE_EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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Jaguar
Century
chronicles one of the auto industry’s most revered car brands, from the Jaguar SS sporting saloon to today’s F-Type sports cars, F-PACE SUV, and X-Type sedans—filled with images, history, and in-depth analyses of the incredible cars created year after year.
Automotive historian Giles Chapman showcases how company visionaries
William Lyons and William Walmsley
developed the brand in the trying economic times leading up to World War II before resetting Jaguar during England’s bleak postwar years, first with its
XK120
, then the
XK140 and XK150
. Sporting saloons (i.e., sedans) like the
Mark 2 and Mark X
established further standards for four-door luxury in the 1950s and ’60s, while the stunning
E-Type
unveiled in 1961 became a holy grail of automotive design and gave Jaguar a genuine 150-miles-per-hour
sports car
. The story continues to the present, tracing all of Jaguar’s ups and downs right up to the acclaimed
all-electric I-PACE
. Chapman also covers Jaguar’s
rich motorsport heritage
, including open-wheel
Formula 1
racers and the sports cars that went head-to-head with Ferrari, Porsche, and others at legendary circuits such as
Le Mans
over the decades.
From pre-Depression motorcycle sidecars hammered out in a modest shop in Coventry to the cutting edge of 21st century automotive technology,
Jaguar Century
offers a full review of British design and engineering at its finest. The book is
illustrated with hundreds of historic, contemporary, and racing photographs
, as well as detailed text. It is a definitive volume no Jaguar enthusiast can be without.