Jay Leno gets to visit McLaren to see his MP4-12C and gets a driving lesson at Dunsfold in the 12C from McLaren’s chief test driver Chris Goodwin. You happen to be one of the worlds’s best-known petrolheads, and you also own one of just 64 McLaren F1 road cars ever made. So when the company that made […]
Focus BEV in Jay Leno’s SIARPC – the Green Car Challenge
Jay Leno had Drew Barrymore and a Focus BEV for the first heat of the Green Car Challenge on his NBC Show. We like Jay Leno. He has petrol (or gas) running through his veins. He’s a proper petrolhead (gearhead – no more, you don’t need the translation). We enjoyed his live launch of the […]
New Jaguar XJ Price and Specifications
The new Jaguar XJ was launched to the world on 9th July at the Saatchi Gallery in London, and will go on sale at the beginning of 2010. Designed by Ian Callum and his design team – and revealed by Jaguar boss Mike O’Driscoll and US chat show host Jay Leno – it is a […]
New Jaguar XJ – the Conclusion
Conclusion We have to hold our hands up and declare a bias. We like Jaguars. We’re British and – despite Jaguar now being owned by Tata – we still think of the Jaguar as British. So you would reasonably expect the same sort of predisposition to home-brand marques as you would get from the German […]
New Jaguar XJ – the Marketing
Marketing Sales of the old Jaguar XJ have not been a resounding success, certainly in later years. True, it is an exceptionally good car, and the Jaguar XJ Diesel has remarkable economy and has been voted Greenest Luxury Car three years on the trot. But even that didn’t see the old XJ shifting in the […]
New Jaguar XJ – the Interior
Interior The interiors of Jaguars have always been ‘Gentleman’s Club’ by default. But the new XF took Jaguar away from that style in to a much more contemporary, design-lead interior that actually works remarkably well. And, as we expected, that’s what Jaguar have done with the new XJ – but more so. The interior of […]
New Jaguar XJ – The design
Design The design of the Jaguar XJ is probably the biggest key to its success or failure. Despite the last generation Jaguar XJ being a fine car, the fact that it was perceived as little changed from the iconic Series I Jaguar XJ – which launched in 1968 – has been its downfall. That, coupled […]
New Jaguar XJ – Detail Review
So the hype is over and the teases have ended. What’s left is the reality. And is the reality that is the New Jaguar XJ worthy of the tease and hype that preceded the launch? Good question. The Launch Despite our moans about some of the teases that went on in the run-up to the […]
Jay Leno does Top Gear w/video
So what, I hear you say? Somebody does Top Gear every episode. True enough, and some of them, like Michael Gambon, are witty, intelligent and fun. Some are not. But Jay Leno is special. At least to petrol-heads. Jay Leno, probably best known for his US chat show (retrd.) – and his hosting of the […]
New Jaguar XJ – Photo Image Gallery
Tonight, at the Saatchi Gallery in London’s Kings Road, Jaguar unveiled the eagerly anticipated New Jaguar XJ. As you would expect with a launch of this kind, Jaguar has gone a little overboard on pictures, and we’ve brought all the ones worth seeing here. The New Jaguar XJ is now open for orders, but customer […]