EPIC BATTLE DAIMLER 4.0-LITRE VS MERCEDES-BENZ 560SEL

The situation looks chaotic in this mid-Eighties dash for the Channel – but there are plenty of vehicles to keep classic car-spotters occupied

ALLONBY, CUMBERLAND

DUNSTABLE DOWNS, BEDFORDSHIRE

Produced by Jaguar’s Special Vehicle Operations in the mid Nineties, this X300 was extended by 13in resulting in a spacious and luxurious limousine. Only one prototype was produced which survives as a great example of what could have been

Few cars have run counter to their maker’s reputation as starkly as the Jowett Jupiter, a model that transformed the image of the Yorkshire minnow when it was launched in 1950. High-tech, engineered c