Jaguars are one of the most popular classic cars for hire in the UK. Most classic car hire fleets are quite small so until now enthusiasts have had to pick and choose Jaguar cars, locations and websites in order to sample different classic Jag models. Great Escape Classic Car Hire has solved the problem by creating a specialist division to hire its large fleet of classic Jaguars. The new division,...
It’s the best day of your life and it’s all about you. So why is someone else driving that beautiful classic car on your wedding day? This is the question more and more couples ask as they ditch the chauffeur and switch to self drive wedding cars for their big day. Great Escape Classic Car Hire , one of the largest self drive classic car rental companies in the UK, reports a significant...
In spite of their occasional dynamic faults, vintage sports cars had a number of things going for them: namely, they were dripping with beauty and they had a way of attracting beauty of the opposite sex -- of either sex. They could also be faulted for not having any seriously considered luggage space, but then again micro miniskirts and bikini brief swim trunks didn't take up that much space. Austrian...
Great Escape Classic Car Hire has created the perfect antidote for classic enthusiasts pressurised by the credit crunch. Its new Tortoise and Hare Weekend package is designed to let customers vent their frustration in the company’s rapid Jaguar E Type V12 roadster , then spend a day relaxing and taking in the scenery in its sedate 1957 Morris Minor Traveller . From Great Escape’s base on...
Click on the picture to enlarge Other 1961 Tommy Sopwith Jaguar E-Type Photos One of seven rare competition modified Jaguar E-Type produced by the factory in 1961, Formerly the property of Tommy Sopwith /Equipe Endeavour. Driven by Mike Parkes. Highly original condition. Nick Whale Sports Cars Direct has recently added the 1961 Jaguar E-Type ‘616 AUF’ to its portfolio of exclusive classic...
When the news is filled with credit crunches and sub-prime mortgages, we all need to destress. We’ve found a new way to relax that doesn’t involve foot spas, face packs or hill walking. Take to the wheel of a Morris Minor Traveller from http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk/ and discover what it really means to sit back, relax and enjoy the scenery. With a top speed of just 60 miles per hour...
I can't remember a series of books that spoke to my overarching obsessions more clearly. You only have to look at the covers to see what I mean. There in all their glory are four icons of the design world: a Givenchy dress, Verner Panton chair, a Jaguar E-Type and a Jimmy Choo sandal.Drool.Fifty Dresses That Changed the World, Fifty Chairs That Changed the World Fifty Cars That Changed the World
Popular English racing driver Win Percy will reunite with Jaguar, the make that brought him renown at Le Mans and Bathurst, to tackle the Classic Adelaide international tarmac rally later this month. Percy will return to Classic Adelaide after an absence of several years to drive a current Jaguar XF sedan in the Thoroughbred Touring category of the 18-22 November event – and it will be an occasion...
The Ford Capri has been recognised as a bonafide classic 40 years after it first went on sale. We've added a 1984 Ford Capri Mk3 2 litre S to our fleet of over 30 classic cars for rental. It is the first Capri available for hire in the world and now sits alongside classic rental cars like Jensen Interceptors, Jaguar E Types and Triumph Stags. The Great Escape Ford Capri is available to hire to anyone...
This is my first memory of auto racing... or, maybe not precisely the event depicted in the video, but something close to it. From an early age, I always associated Marlboro with racing, even before cigarettes. And I have this vague memory of seeing a Marlboro-liveried, open-wheel formula car, racing around a parking lot on a television newscast. Somehow, I'm sure it wasn't Formula 1, and it must have...
Click on the picture to enlarge Other Barons at Sandown Park on OctoberPhotos A magnificent MkI Lotus Cortina drove well over estimate to sell for an impressive £37,364 at Barons at Sandown Park on October 27th. It attracted bids from as far away as Australia, before being sold to a British buyer in the hall.The price achieved is a UK auction record for a non-competition MKI and is just £2,000...
Fundraising extraordinaires The Sporting Bears Motor Club will be bringing their popular ‘Dream Rides’ feature to the Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s NEC (13-15 November) offering the public the chance of a passenger ride in their dream car in exchange for a charitable donation. Visitors can make an agreed minimum donation to the Sporting Bears and in exchange will be able to experience...
British printmaker Surface View is offering up giant prints of the artful and technical Haynes Manual drawings for purchase. Wouldn't you love a wall-sized blue mural of a VW Golf for you wall? The choices range from an MK1 VW Golf to a vintage Porsche Carrera , with a Ford Cortina , VW Microbus, Jaguar E-Type, and other assorted vehicles thrown in for the serious enthusiast and lover of technical...
If you’ve fallen in love with Jaguar ’s E-type-inspired oval grille, then you would feel bad knowing that its next generation of sports cars is about to ditch the grille since the design isn’t sufficiently adaptable. The issue lies on how to stretch the shape to fit the nose of the two new models: the XK and new XE.
If you’ve fallen in love with Jaguar ’s E-type-inspired oval grille, then you would feel bad knowing that its next generation of sports cars is about to ditch the grille since the design isn’t sufficiently adaptable. The issue lies on how to stretch the shape to fit the nose of the two new models: the XK and new XE.
Created with no time or budget considerations, Eagle’s handbuilt Jaguar E-type Speedster was launched at last week’s Salon Prive motor show. Eagle, an East Sussex-based firm formed in 1982 and a restorer of cars rather than a replica builder, said that it has exploited “a unique chance to create an extraordinary motor car.
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