Jaguar XJ-S wins Bathurst 1000, October 1985

DAY TWO, 12 CILINDRI, AND the first drive of the day. The Ferrari’s V12 feels omnipotent, its eight-speed auto seamless. Steering perhaps a little quick for nondescript French roundabouts, ride height

MkVII Wins Monte Carlo Rally, January 1956

Discovering a 1970 copy of Virage Auto magazine had me lost in a world of mouthwatering comparisons, topped with a Daytona versus Miura showdown

Despite a traditional image, Jaguar hasn’t always looked to its past. In the shadow of what might be its most dramatic shift yet, we look back at the last time Jaguar got brave.

The anecdote has thus far been delivered by detour and digression. Wynne Mitchell is doubled up in mirth as he recounts a story surrounding Tony Pond’s third-place finish on the 1985 RAC Rally of Grea