Jaguar Heritage Vehicles on display at Heritage Motor Centre

As previously announced, Jaguar Heritage will be re-locating from its current Browns Lane, Coventry home to new premises later in the summer. As part of this plan, arrangements were made to transfer some of the historic vehicles from Jaguar Heritage's extensive collection to a new display area within the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon in South Warwickshire. This has now taken place and the new display of historic Jaguars opened to the public for the first time on July 21.

The new display area showing the view from the gallery above

The theme of the display is Jaguar Sports and Competition cars, and visitors to the Heritage Motor Centre will be able to see a collection of ten Jaguar Heritage vehicles representing some of the finest examples from Jaguar's illustrious sports car and racing history.

This exciting collection ranges from a 1938 SS100 to a Jaguar Formula One racer from the 2002 season. Other models include the 1951 XK120 that was driven continuously for seven days and seven nights at Monthléry, the 1954 D-type and 1988 XJR-9 Le Mans cars, the unique XJ13 and the XJ220 concept car.

Above three iconic sports cars - SS100, XK120 and D-type

Also on display are a Mark ll (Coombs), E-type Group 44 and XJS TWR. Many of the models are original and fully operational, just as they left the factory. The collection represents an exciting addition from one of Britain's most iconic marques to the HMC's already comprehensive display of classic British cars.

The vehicle display is supplemented by two trophy cabinets containing a selection of cups, medals and other awards gained by Jaguar over its many years in competition. There is also a video wall playing a compilation of extracts charting Jaguar's motorsport history from the late 1940s to the 1990s.

Tim Bryan, Head of Collections & Interpretation at the Heritage Motor Centre stated “We are delighted to be working with our colleagues at Jaguar Heritage and show-casing this amazing collection of vehicles for visitors to enjoy and admire”.

Entry prices to the Heritage Motor Centre Museum are: Adults £11, Child £8 (5-16 years) under 5 free, Concessions £9 & Family £34 (2 adults & up to 3 children). For more information about the Museum please visit www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk.

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