Phil McGovern writes in CrankAndPiston.com about a Jaguar XJ220 that is apparently abandoned on the streets of Qatar. It is a crying shame that 6 years and 900 kilometres of abuse can reduce such a beautiful car to the wreck pictured below.

More excellent pictures by Mick Bramley in the original article – read it and weep.

Britain’s Octane magazine will race the famous Jaguar works Long Nose D-type against the Orient Express, from Victoria Station in London to Venice, at the end of April.
While many cars ran similar races in the ’20s and ’30s, the best known is probably the Bentley of Woolf Barnato racing ‘Le Train Bleu’ in March 1930 – made famous by the Terence Cuneo painting shown below left.

Update: Result …

2001 Daimler

Sky News reports that the 2001 Jaguar Daimler Majestic built specifically for the Queen is for sale, for a more than £65,000.

With only 14,000 miles on the clock, and custom features such as an armrest redesigned to hold the Queen’s handbag, this may still be a bargain.

Seller Peter Ratcliffe said,

This is a one-off chance to buy car that was made especially for the Queen. Nothing in the car has been changed from when it was owned by Her Majesty. It is totally unique.

Sometimes Google Maps throws out an unexpected bonus – it’s almost worth their efforts to record images of the whole world.

This D-Type Jaguar was captured at 136 Viale della Bornata, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. You can view the original Google Map.

“Greatest Jaguars

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The cars reviewed are SS1 Airline, SS100, XK120, C-Type, D-Type, Mk I saloon, XK150, MkII, XJ13, E-Type, XJ6, XJS, XJ (XJ40), XJ220, XJ (X300), XK8, XJ (X350), X-Type, XF, XK, and XJ (new).