Discover a different side to Eva Green
| Will your next taxi be a self-driven Jaguar I-PACE?
| What it takes to break a lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife
| The petrolheads racing in Jaguar’s new all-electric race series
| Up close with the latest special edition of the XE and XF: the 300 SPORT
ROAD TEST “I LIKE
ROAD TEST “I LIKE THE FACT THAT I Despite the extreme tyres, the Project 8 is not all grip and no finesse. Turning into a long uphill hairpin you can immediately feel the loading on the outside front wheel and begin adjusting your line accordingly with the tactile Alcantara-trimmed steering wheel. Just like the 300 SPORT you need to work with the weight transfer and like the 300 SPORT, the Project 8 has all-wheel drive that feels beautifully, naturally rear-drive in its balance. Of course the Project 8 has much firmer suspension but the damping is sufficiently sophisticated that it still manages to soak up the inevitable imperfections in the road. It is a beautiful, if somewhat barren, road to the Sapienza Refuge that marks the high water mark for tarmac on Mount Etna, and late in the day, it is pleasantly quiet up here, after the hubbub of tourist traffic has died down. Just as I quell the engine, unclip the Sabelt harnesses and get out onto the bizarre black landscape, I notice a small red cylinder behind me. It is mounted, along with a Harness Retention Hoop, where the rear seats would be in a normal XE, and forms part of the optional Track Package. Both are there purely as reassurance, but as I look out over the bewitching expanse of Sicily that I have traversed to get here, I rather like the fact that I have driven up a volcano with a fire extinguisher. The 300 people lucky enough to be buying an XE SV Project 8 will own a very special car indeed. It is fantastic to see Jaguar making the leap into this sort of extreme performance car and I hope it won’t be the last time we see something like this emerge from Special Vehicle Operations. And, of course, if you’ve just missed out on securing one of the Project 8s, then it’s nice to know that in the 300 Sport there is another, more attainable XE that is still capable of thrilling on these demanding Sicilian roads. Henry Catchpole is a motoring journalist who writes for magazines such as Evo and Top Gear, and presents for Carfection. When he’s not busy driving supercars, he’s into rallying and bicycle racing. The Project 8 unleashes fire and fury on the way up to the caldera of Mt Etna. Henry delights in the car’s race-spec engineering, and in the little touches too 30 THEJAGUAR
HAVE DRIVEN UP A VOLCANO WITH A SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHER”
JAGUAR MAGAZINE celebrates creativity in all its forms, with exclusive features that inspire sensory excitement, from seductive design to cutting-edge technology.
The latest issue features a range of inspiring people: from Luke Jennings, creator of Villanelle, one of the most interesting television characters in recent times, to Marcus Du Sautoy, who ponders whether artificial intelligence is on the brink of becoming creative. Out on the road, we visit the US to explore the foodie heaven of Portland in a Jaguar I-PACE, take a Jaguar XE to the south of France to get a photographer’s viewpoint of the charming town of Arles, and much more.
David Gandy and his XK120 charm London’s creative quarter
| How charity In Place Of War channels creativity in conflict zones
| Interior designer Joyce Wang shares the latest trends in luxury
| Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s most successful year in Formula E
| Meet Jaguar’s new design director Julian Thomson
Often provocative, always creative: meet graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister
| The British woodcrafters bringing a new dimension to an age-old skill
| Sample Paul Pairet’s Michelin-starred culinary delights in Shanghai
| See how Iris van Herpen is redefining fashion technology
| Time-travel to the futuristic city of Seoul
Discover a different side to Eva Green
| Will your next taxi be a self-driven Jaguar I-PACE?
| What it takes to break a lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife
| The petrolheads racing in Jaguar’s new all-electric race series
| Up close with the latest special edition of the XE and XF: the 300 SPORT
A charged-up drive of the New All-Electric Jaguar I-PACE in Portugal’s Algarve
| The inside line on the creation of the revolutionary I-PACE
| Reinventing a classic: meet the E-type Concept Zero
| Fifty years of the iconic XJ saloon
| Exclusive interview with tennis star Johanna Konta
| Can supercomputers revolutionise art?
The latest issue introduces our new ‘cub’, the E-PACE compact practical sports car, which is already turning heads on the street. As we commit to electrifying every new Jaguar from 2020, we explore how pushing boundaries on track helps develop our sports cars, from writing motorsport history at Le Mans, to taking on the Nürburgring with the extreme XE SV Project 8 and being at the very cutting edge with the FIA Formula E Championship.
In this issue, we introduce a fresh new addition to the Jaguar family with the launch of the E-PACE. F1 racer Romain Grosjean reveals his passion for Jaguar while the Panasonic Jaguar Racing Team give an insight into their preparations. Plus, we get to grips with the fast-paced sport of drone racing and spend a unique day with the XF Sportbrake.
In this issue we return to top level motorsport but not in a conventional way, and by doing so accelerate the development of electric powertrains. In tandem, we introduce our Jaguar I-PACE Concept vehicle - a revolutionary new model available to reserve now for delivery in 2018.
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