Jaguar World – July 2019

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HEGROUNDSofBlenheim

Palace,inOxfordshire,hostedan

impressivearrayofmorethan

1, 000 JaguarcarsonSunday,

May12.Notonlywasitarecordturnout,

buttheJaguarEnthusiasts’Club’s

SummerJaguarFestivalalsoreunited

membersfromtheTomWalkinshaw

Racingteam.

Visitorsweretreatedtodisplaysof

Jaguarsfrombothmodernandhistoriceras

whilebathedinsunshine.Theshowcars

representedeverythingfrompre-warSS

models,E-typesandrareMkVsaloons,up

totheverylatestfactory-freshXE,F-TYPE

andtheallelectricI-PACEmodels.

RECORD TURNOUT FOR

JAGUAR FESTIVAL

Thethemeforthisyear’sevent

wasJaguarsonFilm,andvisitorswere

presentedwiththelargestgatheringoffilm

andTVJaguarseverassembled,including

theXKRconvertiblefromDieAnotherDay

andtheC-X17fromSpectre.Therewasalso

theredE-typefromSeanConnery’s 1964

thrillerWomanofStraw,theItalianJob’s

E-type,theMk1saloonfromTVdrama

Endeavour,andArthurDaley’sbelovedXJ

fromclassicTVseriesMinder.

Guestswereabletoenjoyanincredible

motoringspectacleinthesunshineasmore

than 10 0Jaguarsofalmosteverymodeland

eraparadedalongtheroadsofBlenheim

Palace’sparkland.Themotorcadefeatured

clubmembers’carsandgaveparticular

homagetotheiconicMk2saloon,amodel

currentlycelebrating 60 yearssinceitslaunch.

Inanhistoricallysignificantmoment,

morethan 60 membersfromthelegendary

TomWalkinshawRacingteam(TWR),

whowerebasedlocallyinKidlington,were

re-unitedforthefirsttime.

Said 1988 LeMans-winningdriverAndy

Wallace,“It’sbeengreatmeetingupwith

allmyoldpalsfromTWR.Whenwewon

LeMansin 1988 itreallywasateameffort.

Itwasanincrediblyimportantmoment

inmyracingcareerthatIlookbackat

withpride–andtobeabletosharethose

AnXJR- 15 withtheXJ220thatappearedinourSeptember 2017 issue PhilipPorter’s 848 CRY,whichfeaturedinTheItalianJob

Morethan1, 000

Jaguarsofallvarieties

attendedtheJEC’s

2019 JaguarFestival