The name Jaguar has been synonymous with quality British Cars for the last 90 years. Of course, no longer in British ownership since the purchase by the Ford Motor Company in the late 90s, Jaguar cars have been manufactured at the historic Browns Lane Manufacturing plant in the West Midlands for possibly the last time in that the old plant is about to be demolished and manufacturing moved to other plants within the ford group.

If you were to ask most people their thoughts or images associated with Jaguars they would probably come up with possibly some on a glamorous old Jaguars of the 50s and the 60s namely the e-type or possibly some of the wood tee amongst them might refer to the nickname given to the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott of â??Johnny two Jagsâ? so called allegedly because he insisted on having another check you out drive just behind his first one that he would’ve been travelling in case it broke down!

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