2009 - Issue 1

The Jaguar Magazine provides an insight into news and developments from Jaguar, as well as reliving key moments from our history. To read a selection of articles from Issue 1, 2009 please click on the articles below.

• RECORD BREAKER

  This prototype Jaguar XFR saloon is faster than the Jaguar XJ220 supercar. Inside, as it speeds across the Bonneville Salt Flats in the US state of Utah on November 8, 2008, is Paul Gentilozzi, race-car driver. His son, John, engineer at the family's Rocketsport Racing company, talks Jaguar magazine through the record attempt.

• POWER

  Instant response. That's a measure of true performance. See the gap ahead. Pull out to pass. Step on the gas. The mark of a great engine is how quickly it can accelerate and get you past.

• WHAT IS R?

  'Jaguar Chief Engineer, Vehicle Integrity' is Mike Cross’s official job title, but within the automotive world he's known as a legendary test driver. And he's the man charged with sharpening the claws of the thrilling new supercharged Jaguar XKR and XFR.

• WHERE THE WILD THINGS R

  There's no shortage of big numbers that bear witness to the mind-bending power and performance of Jaguar's new rocket ship XFR saloon.

• THE TEST DRIVER

  It takes a special kind of driver to push a 510PS (503bhp) prototype Jaguar XFR to its limit around a test track while critically assessing the subtleties of its driving dynamics. But it's this attention to detail and unwavering focus that gives a Jaguar its defining character.

• JAGUAR'S WALNUT WOOD

  The Jaguar Walnut Wood gives a number of ecological benefits. Interest in planting walnut trees in the UK waned during the last 100 years as tropical hardwoods, such as mahogany, grew in popularity and became more available. But now supplies of tropical hardwoods are more rare, as consumers become aware of the impact of deforestation.