Jaguar E-Types and XKEs and that car’s replacement, the XJ-S , Formula E race cars, Range Rovers, any number of XK120s 140s and 150s and my personal favourite, up there on the tops shelf: Bond cars – but not just any Bond cars. We’re not talking resto’d and machine gunne’d versions of 007’s Aston Martin DB5 – this is a JLR facility, and other brands need not apply -- or even bad guy Zao’s XKR from Die Another Day. Oh no; we’re talking something much grittier than that. You see, many of the cars used in the films not just by the main characters, but even by henchmen or tertiary characters were essentially loaned to the studio by JLR and when the shoot was over wouldn’t you know it? Many of those that survived came back. That’s why there’s a trifecta of Land Rovers with bashed in bumpers; they had crashed on-set. Or what about Mr. Hink’s (the one played by Dave Bautista) C-X75 supercar
concept? Oh, it’s here all right and with the burn marks – BURN MARKS – to prove it. Oh, and just for good measure there’s a pristine C-X75 parked just below and behind it. Incredible. It all serves to show how deep-seated Jaguar’s roots are, how conscious the brand is of its imprint on cars, on trucks and SUVs, on Britain, the world and indeed, on Hollywood. No matter what happens going forward, JLR Classic is here to show it sees no reason that it will ever be forgot.
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