Jaguar: The Legend

Jaguar, Britain's most famous sporting marque, began life in the back streets of Blackpool as a maker of motor cycle sidecars. Its founder, the enigmatic William Lyons, was a stylist of outstanding ability, a talent that he lavished on his first car, the value-for-money S.S.1 of 1931.

Later, after the Second World War, S.S. flowered as Jaguar and the 1950s brought legendary victories at the Le Mans 24 hour race when the green C-and D-Types from Coventry took the chequered flag.

This fascinating book, illustrated throughout with superb colour photographs, features these famous racers and some of the make's best known sports cars - the stunning S.S. 100, potent XK 120 and, of course, the legendary E-Type. Saloon car buffs will find such models as the roomy, fleet-footed Mark VII, sleek Mark II and superlative XJ6 included.

The Jaguar story is brought right up to date with the latest, much acclaimed, XK8 model which will propel this legendary marque into the 21st century.