The Jaguar Enthusiasts' Car Club Podcast brings you the latest news, interviews and chat from the worldwide Jaguar car community, every week! For those who like Classic Cars, Jaguars, Motorsport, Motoring History and great interviews from the wider automotive industry. We also cover Jaguar car care, Jaguar customisation and tuning with our chats with Jaguar parts suppliers and workshops.
The Group C and IMSA GTP era of sports car racing was truly a golden age, and few teams reached the level of success and admiration as Tom Walkinshaw Racing, whose factory Jaguar programs took on the very best on both sides of the Atlantic. For the first time, the whole history of this iconic team has been told, with author Neil Smith going beyond race results and car specifications to uncover the fascinating stories, anecdotes, and intrigue from those who were there. On the Prowl - The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team is out now, so we interviewed the author, Neil Smith, about how he went about compiling this impressive book.
You don't need us to tell you that there are quite literally seismic changes happening to Jaguar currently as it embarks upon the reimagination of the brand and vehicle lineup. Jaguar's unveiling of its refreshed brand and the launch of the Type 00 concept car meant that even people normally totally oblivious to all things motoring suddenly had an opinion on Jaguar.The previous range of models has reached a dignified conclusion as the sun sets on Jaguar's former era, and the brand is now confronting the issue of its future survival head-on. Government pressures, the relentless drive towards EVs and, of course, the sad fact of failing sales on its existing lien meant that Jaguar had to do something bold, creative and radical. We were offered an amazing opportunity here on the Jaguar Enthusiast Podcast to interview the man who was leading the company through this pivotal moment in its history, Managing Director Rawdon Glover. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, and he is also a keen tennis player, skier and golfer. I arrived at what is now familiar territory to Jaguar Enthusiast Magazine - Jaguar's HQ in Gaydon, Warwickshire. On the day of our interview, the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust were busy wheeling in examples of models from over the road for a curateddisplay of heritage vehicles, and, as usual, they were drawing a crowd from the many passing employees in this hub of activity. It was an apt backdrop to what I needed to understand from Rawdon regarding Jaguar's heritage. Have they really abandoned the past, like so many other media outlets claim they have, and reverted to how they were when the X-Type was launched? This was a particularly bleak time in Jaguar's history for appreciation of its heritage where sales teams, marketing departments and even dealerships were forbidden from talking about E-types and the like, denying all knowledge of the past as they focused on the future of this Ford controlled brand with a modern F1 team. Under Tata ownership, Jaguar's important heritage has seen something of a resurgence, so would this continue into the new era?So settle back and enjoy this insightful interview with Jaguar's MD, Rawdon Glover, as we attempt to answer some of those burning questions. I must add, before we start, however, that this interview was recorded before the announcement of Trump's tariffs for imported goods into the USA, a major market for JLR. The impacts of that remain to be seen at the time of recording.
Early on a stunningly sunny Saturday morning in March, Jaguars started to arrive at Podium Café on the outskirts of Newbury for the inaugural JEC Cars and Coffee meet. It was to be a wonderful morning of celebration, coffee and cakes! There was something for everyone, from the feature display of TWR Jaguars to the diversity of cars, from the oldest, a Mark IV, to the latest F-PACE SVRs.Visitors enjoyed tours of the new TWR performance facility where the XJS Supercat is built, and we were joined for talks by Jaguar celebrities, including the former Chief Engineer of TWR during the 1988 and 1990 Le Mans wins, Alastair MacQueen - our guest of honour.In this episode, we meet some of those present at this first Cars and Coffee Meet including, Alastair Macqueen (Former TWR Chief Engineer), Richard West (Former TWR Marketing Director), James Blackwell (JEC General Manager), Matthew Davis (MD, Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust) and a whole host of owners.
At the NEC Classic Motor Show back in November 2024, the JEC Team presented an episode of the Jaguar Enthusiast Podcast in front of a live audience . It was a chance to get the some of the show team together to look back over the past 12 months and also preview what is to come in 2025. The team consisted of James Blackwell (JEC General Manager), Dan Moffat (XJ40 model coordinator), Colin Porter (JEC Tracksport manager), Tom Robinson (JEC Technical Director) and Ray Ingman (Jaguar Enthusiast Magazine sub-editor). The panel was hosted by Jaguar Enthusiast Magazine editor and podcast host Wayne Scott. Enjoy!
Fergus Walkinshaw and John Kane met while on a road rally. Both had a passion for fast cars and Jaguars. Fergus's link to the marque is obvious. His father was Tom Walkinshaw, the man behind TWR and JaguarSport. The man who took Jaguar to victory at Daytona, then Le Mans in 1988 and 1990, built the XJ220 and XJR-15 and ran the Group C programme successfully for Jaguar, taking the brand to World Sportscar Championship status. Before all that - TWR revived ailing XJ-S sales in the early '80s by making the wafty big GT do things nobody could have imagined, like winning the Spa 24 Hours and Bathurst. TWR also created a line of XJ-S specials with body kits, performance upgrades, and bespoke interior accessories. These later morphed into an official collaboration with Jaguar under the ‘JaguarSport' banner – resulting in the XJR-S and XJ40-based original XJR. Fast-forward to 2024, the 40th anniversary of TWR's winning the European Touring Car Championship with the XJ-S. The TWR name has once again become synonymous with 'off the peg' XJ-Ss with mind-bending performance and styling. Similarly, just as in 1984, the XJ-S has fallen off the radar somewhat in recent years. While values had grown steadily, the market has seemed to stop and plateau more recently. Moreover, a new generation of 'retro car' enthusiasts seems more obsessed with Porsche 'resto-mods' than with anything from Coventry. Car websites and social media channels are full of them, which is significant—as we will get to in a moment. Fergus Walkinshaw and John Kane embarked on this exciting journey together to shake things up in the 'resto-mod' market and get the Jaguar name back out there amongst newer generations of fans. The results of that journey are frankly staggering!
To celebrate the monumental milestone of both our 100th episode and the start of a new series of Jaguar Enthusiast Podcasts, we took the show out in front of a live audience at Podium Place, Newbury. We were recording in Podium Paddock, the private members' club that inhabits the mezzanine floor above TWR's workshops. As we spoke, the new TWR SuperCat was being built and in a later episode, we will share our interview with Fergus Walkinshaw.In this episode though, Richard West turns the tables on Wayne Scott, the usual presenter of the podcast, and instead puts him in the hot seat to be interviewed. It was a fun night reminiscing on the moments in Wayne's life that led to him not only presenting the best Jaguar-focused podcast on the internet but also relaunching Jaguar Enthusiast Magazine as editor. This was recorded earlier this year, in May 2024.
The Jaguar Enthusiast Podcast has created a tradition of gathering the team together at the end of each year and reviewing the highlights of the past 12 months of Jaguar activities together. This year is no different so, on this special episode, we will be sharing some personal memories and looking forward to the amazing calendar of events yet to come in the New Year.Join James Blackwell, Richard West, Colin Porter and Ray Ingman - hosted by Wayne Scott for our fun review of 2023.
The Jaguar Enthusiast Magazine Podcast visits a well-known Jaguar business in Somerset for a behind-the-scenes tour of their workshops and facilities. Swallows Racing has built up over four decades and three generations of the same family to the position they are in now with huge facilities for car servicing, major repairs race preparation, full restoration and even bespoke parts and engineering. Tom Robinson takes us for a tour round and explains how they are growing to meet the increasing demands of their customers.
The JEC Podcast continues with part two of an exciting interview that investigates the background and lives of the two drivers who took Jaguar to victory at Le Mans in 1953, Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton. Find out why Duncan Hamilton carried satsuma in every race car, how the 1953 race unfolded and how Tony Rolt's legacy is long-lasting to this day with all-wheel drive. Wayne Scott talks to Stuart Rolt (Major Tony Rolt's son), Caroline Lee (Duncan Hamilton's daughter) and Dominic Hamilton (Duncan Hamilton's grandson). This interview was reproduced on the JEC Podcast with the kind permission of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and was originally filmed as a video for their archives.
At last, the JEC Podcast returns and we are back in fine style with part one of an exciting interview that investigates the background and lives of the two drivers who took Jaguar to victory at Le Mans in 1953, Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton.We investigate the fascinating and heroic lives of these Jaguar icons with their descendants, as Wayne talks to Stuart Rolt (Major Tony Rolt's son), Caroline Lee (Duncan Hamilton's daughter) and Dominic Hamilton (Duncan Hamilton's grandson). We also take the opportunity to explore the myths surrounding the lead-up to the 1953 Le Mans. Did Rolt and Hamilton really head down to a bar to drown their sorrows and end up having to sober up and jump straight in the cars? Or was it all just an elaborate story to sell more copies of Duncan Hamilton's Biography, Touch Wood? The answer is within this podcast! This interview was reproduced on the JEC Podcast with the kind permission of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and was originally filmed as a video for their archives.
Pioneering renewable fuel specialist, Coryton, recently launched the UK's first publicly available sustainable fuel. It is a fuel that could secure the future of the classic vehicle movement and historic motorsport. The SUSTAIN Classic range allows regular combustion engines in our Jaguars to be fuelled by environmentally friendly, plant-based petrol without the need for any engine modifications. Now available from launch partner, Motor Spirit at Bicester Heritage, with more stockists to follow, there are already classic cars on our roads using the fuel and a number of rallies and motorsport events have also utilised the fuel. In this podcast, we speak to Andrew Willson, CEO of Coryton and Business Development Director David Richardson about their vision of the future, the details behind how the fuel is made and how it might be scaled up for future use. There is a lot of optimism, realism and innovation in this podcast - so we hope you enjoy the insights it offers!
On this bumper episode, we meet Josh Tyler from the north-east of England who decided during lockdown to leave his job as a Jaguar main dealer technician to educate himself as a specialist diagnostics for modern classic Jaguars. Having started up on his own as a new business he has quickly grown to a business that is helping keep Jaguars from the 90s and 2000s on the road. Plus, we get tips from Ray Ingman, our ARDS instructor on the perfect lap of Blyton Park in the club's Jaguar XF Sportbrake as we embark upon another awesome TrackSport fixture.
In the latest Jaguar Enthusiast Podcast, Wayne is at the JEC TrackSport event at Harewood Hillclimb being thrown (quite literally) up the hill in the racing S-Type of Andrew Harper.
In the latest Jaguar Enthusiast Podcast, Wayne catches up with Andrew Maynard, owner of the very first Jaguar XJR15, known at the time as R9R. He talks us through how he came to buy the car and also what it is like to live with an XJR15.
In the latest podcast from the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club, we meet Andrew Nahum, curator and historian, Peter Grimsdale, author and TV producer and Painting the Cave (a specialist in creative digital technologies) to learn about how the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust has devised a new and original virtual journey through the life and work of one of Britain's greatest carmakers and designers, Sir William Lyons.This is the first exhibition devoted to his work, showing how his unique eye for style evolved from motorcycle sidecars to dramatic racing and road cars. It is also the first vehicle museum experience to be originated online. From the first SS sidecars to the Jaguar E-type, it gives a vivid 3-D tour in virtual space through Lyon's life and his creations. This ground-breaking online exhibition journey draws on the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust's collection of vehicles and archives, exhibited at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon and the Coventry Transport Museum. This virtual exhibition gives new access to some of its precious treasures.
In this podcast, we catch up with Tom Robinson from Swallows Racing on how the 2023 CTRC season is going for the Swallows Racing team, plus some exciting news on a new car he is building plus updates from JEC Tracksport and a low-down on the current trends in modifications and upgrades for Jaguars.
In this podcast, we continue our tour of Jaguar specialists buy paying a visit to Classic Motor Cars (CMC) in Bridgnorth. Their Managing Director Tim Griffin shows us around the impressive facilities including the parts stress, car storage, restoration, maintenance, body shop and trim areas for a comprehensive guide to their work. Along the way, we also meet some of their staff and Hayden, their latest apprentice who is apparently already a master at building Moss gearboxes! It's a great insight into a unique restoration company with some interesting thoughts on the wider classic car scene along the way.
The opening event of the 2023 season of JEC TrackSport track day shows was a truly unforgettable day for all who gathered at the historic Wiltshire circuit of Castle Combe. In this episode we have an extended podcast that brings you a taste of the atmosphere and action you can expect to be a part of when you attend a JEC TrackSport event. We get tips for the perfect lap from ARDS instructor Ray Ingman, Matthew Davis talks about the importance of getting the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust collection out and about, James Wall from Tom Lenthall Jaguar gives us a hot-lap in Tom's XJS plus we have a very moving moment when Richard West, ex-TWR team member is taken out for the first time since the 1990s in a TWR built XJR15 with Tom Robinson from Swallows Racing at the wheel, in formation with the 1988 Le Mans winning XJR9. Plus we catch up with JEC Chairman, Peter Purdom and Phil Beck from JEC Insurance to hear their thoughts on the event.
This unique gathering was organised as part of the launch of the book ‘Strictly No Admittance!', which tells the definitive history of the lightweight E-type programme. The first Lightweight built, 4 WPD, (which took 4 victories in 1963 piloted by then F1 World Champion Graham Hill and one further win in 1964 piloted by a then promising young Scot called Jackie Stewart) was brought over to the event on behalf of owner Shaun Lynne by keepers CKL Engineering, who maintain the car.This interview was the first time the team have been together with a Lightweight E-type since the factory racing programme ceased in late 1964 but the bonds of friendship this small programme wrought were obvious to see as they discussed the car's details and shared memories. The team's thoughts were recorded in this interview conducted by Wayne Scott for the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, this episode presents the second of the two-part series. You can hear part 1 in episode 86 of the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club Podcast.
Strictly No Admittance by Peter Wilson is a book telling the story of Jaguar's Lightweight E-type. The book's author, Peter Wilson was one of the small team of men who built the Lightweights in Jaguar's famed Competition Department. As the name of the book suggests, it was out of bounds to most employees at Jaguar! Just 12 were built, all in 1963 and they competed in major races across the world like the Sebring 12 hours, the Le Mans 24 hours, Goodwood Tourist Trophy and the Nürburgring 1000km. Drivers included Jack Sears, Graham Hill, Roy Salvadori, Jackie Stewart and others.Today the cars are one of the most sought after collectors pieces in the classic car world. In this podcast, we meet the surviving members of the team who built them. We speak to Peter Wilson, Gerry Beddows, Frank Philpott, Peter Jones and Brian Martin at the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust offices, Gaydon. We are starting this content with kind permission from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, who filmed the session for their own archive collection. This is part one of two, so sit back , relax and enjoy as we transport you back in time to 1963 and Lightweight E-type production.
In this episode, Wayne Scott continues his in-depth tour of the behind the scenes workings of Jaguar parts supplier, SNG Barratt.In this second part of our tour he concentrates on the areas of the business that are developing new parts to keep old cars on the road. From 3D printing to skilled craftspeople fabricating parts by hand we explore all aspects of reproducing and improving parts for classic Jaguars. We also have a poke around the old presses and visit the workshop of Peter Stant to explore how they test parts in real world conditions, on real cars. The tour ends in the design department where scanning and computer modelling is being utilised to create small production runs of complex components. We even pop in to see the IT department as well, which is larger than you might imagine! This podcast is a must listen to learn more about how unavailable parts are being made in collaboration with the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club to ensure good supplies of parts long into the future.
In this episode, we have the first part of our behind-the-scenes tour of SNG Barratt. Wayne Scott pops in for a day at SNG Barratt to have a snoop around the warehouses, workshops, and offices with Julian Barratt for a detailed look behind the scenes at the one of the largest suppliers of Jaguar parts in the world. In this episode we meet Julian at the front desk at SNG Barratt's UK headquarters in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. He takes us through the warehouse to walk us through the technology employed to search, store, pick and dispatch parts across the world. After that, we head up to the Lucas Lab where genuine heritage Lucas parts are still being made by a British team of craftspeople.
This week, we go behind the scenes at another Jaguar specialist, this time it is Tom Lenthall. In this in depth interview, we chat about Tom's early beginnings in the industry, his tales from behind the scenes working at a main dealer and some of the commonalities between Fords and Jaguars of that era. Plus, we discuss Tom's take on where the industry for classic cars is heading during these times of great change.
We gather together to the whole team behind the events, TrackSport sessions and office operations at the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club to meet the people behind the scenes and get an exciting preview of what is to come in 2023. If you want the full low-down on exactly what the club is offering members for events this year, then this is a MUST listen.
On this episode, Kieran Line joins us from Scenic Car Tours with Richard West, Chair of the JEC Events Committee to give us an update on what we need to know about touring with our Jaguar abroad this year, including green cards and low emission zones, plus a run through the exclusive packages on offer through the club in 2023. Also, Richard gives us a heads-up on a special event being planned to celebrate Le Mans in the race's centenary year at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon.
In this, episode Wayne Scott puts your questions on the new Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club Insurance scheme to Dave Youngs from Peter James.It's fair to say we gave him a good grilling on your behalf!They cover it all, from how member to member cover works to whether or not your garage must be made of bricks! Plus learn all about reinstatement cover, breakdown, multi-car and modern Jaguar cover and how the new insurance scheme benefits the club and its members.
In this opening episode of the new series , Wayne Scott reviews what has happened over the past few months within the club, before getting on the road to meet Andy Waters, founder of the specialist restoration business near Wolverhampton, CBR Restorations.Andy shares his incredible journey from striking out as a young apprentice, through to building globally successful Concours D'Elegance Jaguars, rescuing E-types from rallies and working with TV and magazines to produce restorations for all our favourite shows and personalities.Then, after a brew in the workshop we head out to poke around what is on the ramps and truly get behind the scenes at CBR Restorations.
David Rooney worked for Jaguar between 1980 and 2004 in Quality Development at a pivotal time for the company. In this magical interview, David takes us behind the scenes at Jaguar and shares his memories and stories from working alongside the greats like Sir John Egan, Jim Randle, Norman Dewis, Peter Taylor and David Fielden. In this trip behind the factory doors at Browns Lane, David speaks with Wayne Scott to share his memories on how he arrived at Jaguar after a career at Lucas and Triumph and how he worked on improvements to the XJ6 series 3, XJ40 and XJ-S. He also explained the differences that arrived with the dawning of the Ford era and also the improvements that Sir John Egan brought to the ailing company to turn it around during the 1980s. Today, David is a volunteer at the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and also at one time, owned two Jaguars previously supplied to Bob Knight. Sit back, relax and take this journey with us behind the scenes at the Jaguar plant at Browns Lane. Plus we hear from Matthew Davis on how his season racing his Swallows Racing prepared Jaguar has played out so far.
On this episode, we gathered together some of the guys from the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club events team to give a preview of all the exciting events still to come, here in the UK over the next few months. If you are still looking for exciting things to add in to your Summer car events diary - then this is a MUST LISTEN!
In this episode of the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club Podcast, we hear from James Blackwell, Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club General Manager at the Brooklands Swallows/Jaguar centenary event. Then we look ahead to a superb season of tours this year with Pete Allen who unveils the details of an exciting new event, The JEC European Rally! This will be held this September in the Dordogne. It's an event that promises to bring together the Jaguar family from across Europe in a superb, but affordable, long weekend of driving, exploring, eating, enjoying wine and meeting new friends. What's not to love?
In this episode of the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club Podcast, we are back with the long-awaited and much anticipated first episode in series 3! Wayne Scott catches up with Richard West on what has been happening with the JEC since the last series, including all the details on Tracksport and the first event at Mallory Park. Plus a preview on some of the interviews we are expecting to bring you in the coming weeks before an update from Tom Robinson on Swallows Racing and we compare a MK2 race car to an S-type at Mallory Park.
A Merry Christmas to everyone in the Jaguar family across the world. It's been a turbulent year, it's fair to say, but overall lots to celebrate throughout 2021 despite the restrictions brought about by the on-going pandemic being ever-present. To round of the year that was, Wayne Scott has assembled some key members of the team that run the club to look back over the high points and low points of the last twelve months.Join us as we re-live 2021, look back on what the Jaguar community achieved and look forward to an exciting new year. it's quite a long podcast this, so grab a stiff drink, put your feet up, sit back and join us for a good 'ole natter.
This week we have true F1 royalty joining us. Jo Ramirez began his career working for some great car brands including, Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. In motorsport he worked alongside Dan Gurney, Ken Tyrell, Emerson Fittipaldi and had his career kick-started by none other than Juan Manuel Fangio.Jo was coordinator of the McLaren Formula One team, including during the infamous Prost–Senna rivalry of the late-1980s. But also worked with David Coulthar, Mike Häkkinen and of course, Ron Dennis. Today, Jo Ramirez has retired to enjoy his love of Jaguars and is an honorary member of the JEC in Andalucia.
On this week's podcast we continue with TWR Jaguar's Chief Engineer, Alastair Macqueen.In part 2 , he reveals just what went wrong in 1989 and how he blamed himself for the team's loss to Sauber that year and how he turned it around for the 1990 win. We also discuss his life after Jaguar with McLaren, Bentley - who he took to the win in 2003 and MG Lola. Finally how he ended up working with Justin Law at Pike's Peak and what his thoughts are on the future of motorsport. Also, Richard West shares his memories of working with Sir Frank Williams.
On this week's podcast we have true Jaguar motorsport royalty joining us to celebrate the fact that we have reached 70 episodes!Alastair's motorsport career began in the late 1970's and in 1980 he joined Eddie Jordan Racing. A successful partnership with Martin Brundle in Formula 3 followed before he moved to TWR Jaguar in the late 1980's. He became Chief Engineer to the successful team that took the Le Mans 24 Hours race honours in 1988 and 1990. In this interview he spills the beans on some of the stories from behind the scenes of that great era in Jaguar's racing history. Also, Richard West returns with the Hall of Fame, this week discussing the career of a legend, Davy Jones.
On this week's podcast we explore how a new carbon balancing scheme recently announced for car clubs, classic car owners and events can help us to enjoy our classic Jaguars guilt free. Not only that, but help raise awareness around the minimal impact that the classic car world has on climate change to educate the public and prevent the scapegoating of a movement that contributes minuscule and thus easily offset-able levels of emissions. Tree planting and carbon off-setting specialist Tom Worthington from Tree-V joins us to explain, debate and discuss the future for the classic car movement. Also, Richard West returns with the Hall of Fame, this week discussing the career of a legend we sadly lost this week, Tony Dron.
On this week's podcast we take stock on the past three-months since E10 was introduced as the standard grade of fuel in the UK and debunk some of the myths that have circulated around historic vehicles and ethanol in fuels.Nigel Elliot has served over 40 years in the industry developing fuels and is now the Fuels Specialist advisor to the FBHVC. On this podcast we examine what the future has in store for fuel supplies and how we can live with Ethanol in fuel going forward. Also, Richard West returns with the Hall of Fame, this week discussing the career of one of his motorsport heroes and former boss, Ron Dennis.
This week' the podcast returns with a very special guest who was pivotal to the success of TWR Jaguar.Tony Dowe shares with us some of the incredible behind the scenes stories from that era of his career and gives us a unique insight into the phenomenal racing success of TWR Jaguar in the late 1980s, early-1990s.
On this week's podcast we take a slightly different format as we go out 'live' from the JEC track day at Castle Combe.Wayne wanders the paddock meeting some of the familiar faces to hear about how much fun people are having on circuit with a huge variety of Jaguars. We hear from Tom Robinson who gives us a tour of his race car, plus Matthew Davis from JDHT, JEC Chairman Ray Searles who has really been bitten by the track day bug. We also speak to Debbie Edwards who shared the amazing story of her rally E-type plus much, much more.
On this week's podcast Darren Gilling from club partner Bawns UK who shares his tips from many years of experience on how to avoid the pitfalls of buying classic cars. He discusses what you should look for to avoid online scams, how they inspect cars and also discusses market trends and where he sees values rising the most. A fascinating insight into an important topic. Plus, we induct a legend into our Hall of Fame as we look into the story of Roy Salvadori with Richard West.
On this week's podcast Colin Porter joins us to review the 2021 season of racing from the JEC Race Championship. From the early uncertainty brought about by Covid to the moment that spectators were allowed back - we look back over it all. Plus, we preview what the big battles are set to be at the season climax held at Mallory Park next month. We induct an ex-TWR driver David Leslie into the Hall of Fame and Tom Robinson gives us a blow by blow account of last week's round at Snetterton.
On this week's podcast we join the JEC Oxfordshire Region for their Veterans Day at Bicester Heritage. With cars provided by the regions members and the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, hosted by Mission Motorsport it was a memorable day for everyone. We also induct ex - TWR driver Derek Daly into the Hall of Fame and Matthew Davis gives his thoughts on the last round of Jaguar racing at Cadwell Park.
On this week's podcast we travel across the Atlantic to meet our good friend, Jaguar advocate, TV presenter and author Joseph Limongelli - or 'GTJoey' to his friends! During this fantastic chat, GTJoey explains how a young lad from the Bronx made his way up in life, driven by the urge and ambition to own a Jaguar someday. He achieved that with bells on and now chats about the future of the movement with us as well as continuing to write books and create video content to raise money and awareness for the homeless veterans of Long Island. We also induct Jaguar F1 driver, Pedro De La Rosa into the Hall of Fame and MD of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, Matthew Davis gives his perspective on the last round of racing at Cadwell Park.
On this week's podcast we hear from the incredible Scarlett Orr who is not only working towards securing the future of the JEC through her leadership of the Young Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club, but also through her burgeoning career as an aero-dynamicist looks set to also influence the future of motorsport. In this conversation Scarlett reveals her ambitions for the young members section of the JEC and also reveals some exciting news regarding the NEC Classic Motor Show. We also induct Jaguar F1 driver, Eddie Irvine into the Hall of Fame and Tom Robinson takes us behind the scenes with racing action from a very dramatic and damp Cadwell Park.
This week, the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club Podcast delves into the world of master craftsmen and discovers how the world's finest modes are made at Amalgam models in Bristol. Some of these masterpieces cost more than the average family saloon so just who invests such money in models? We find out with Sandy Copeman. Richard West inducts Roger Clark into the Motorsport Hall of Fame and Tom shares his race preparations for Cadwell Park
This week, the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club Podcast looks back on our star interview from the Summer Jaguar Festival, held at Bicester Heritage on the 4th July. There, on the live stage, we were treated to 45 minutes with Kevin McCloud, star of Channel 4's Grand Designs. The last time he was on the podcast over a year ago, we talked to him about E-types and his life with cars and design, this time we found out more about the TV series and his gorgeous Swallow bodied Wolseley Hornet. Richard West inducts Andy Wallace into the Motorsport Hall of Fame and Tom shares his race from a fortnight ago at Brands Hatch.
This week, the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club Podcast returns with a chat about Jaguars in Holland with the new leader of the Dutch region of the JEC, Marisca Urbanus-Van Den Honaard. Plus we pay tribute to Graham Robson, Motoring author and designer of the E-type exhaust system. Richard West inducts Gerry Marshall into the Motorsport Hall of Fame and Tom shares his preparations for last weekend's round of JEC racing at Brands Hatch.
This week, with one month to go until we head with all of your Jaguars to Harewood Hillclimb, we are sharing some top tips on how to drive the hill climb in your car properly. Plus we examine some of the history of this incredible venue that we have been so lucky to secure for you all. To help us, we talk to a man who has competed at the venue since the mid -1960s, Jim Johnson. Tom Robinson gives us the latest on his preparations for racing at Brands Hatch at the end of July.
This week, we look back another highlight from the Summer Jaguar Festival as we revisit our conversation on the live stage with JEC Technical Advisor, David Marks. In this conversation we gave a broad overview of the XJ40 series of the XJ6 and why they are such a good buy and future classic Jaguar. Plus, we induct another motor racing hero into our Hall of Fame, this week it is a specially extended look at the life of Nigel Mansell, in honour of this weekend's British Grand Prix.
Sir John Egan is widely credited with saving Jaguar during the 1980s. He trained as a petroleum engineer at the Imperial College London and worked for Shell in the Middle East before joining AC Delco. He joined British Leyland in 1971 and brought together the company's parts under the single Unipart brand. Sir John was chief executive and chairman of Jaguar Cars from 1980 to 1990 and during that time, invested heavily in motorsport, won Le Mans with TWR, separated Jaguar from British Leyland and launched the XJ40 before the business , despite his protests, was sold to Ford. When he took over, Jaguar was facing losses of £50million a year and so he set about improving the quality of the processes within the plants, starting with Browns Lane. Recorded live at the Summer Jaguar Festival, we interview Sir John Egan in front of a live audience to gain an insight into this amazing part of Jaguar's history. Plus, we induct another motor racing hero into our Hall of Fame, this week it is Carlos Reutemann, who sadly passed away last week. Tom Robinson explains how he got on at Castle Combe with Matthew Davis joining him to share the race from his viewpoint as well.