Don’t be surprised if one day you see a classic car from half a century ago galloping on the road, because Jaguar Land Rover is making it a reality.
Speaking of classic cars, many people still have the impression of old movies. Those classic cars with retro shapes can always arouse the nostalgia of car fans. However, under the ever-changing development of science and technology and the stricter policies of each country’s displacement control, these classic classic cars carrying history have long since withdrawn from the public’s field of vision. a pity.
The nostalgia for classics must not only exist in old images. By investing in traditional manufacturing and restoration technologies and refitting by professional automotive engineers, classic cars can usher in a new life, allowing us to drive classic cars back on the road—this is the real thing. It’s cool!
In Coventry, England, there is a Jaguar Land Rover classic car factory with an investment of 7 million pounds. As the core of the Jaguar Land Rover classic car business, the factory specializes in providing classic car sales, manufacturing and restoration services to consumers around the world. A car center integrating restoration and collection.
The classic car factory covers an area of 14,000 square meters, including exhibition halls and 54 workshops, and can provide restoration services for Jaguar and Land Rover models that have been out of production for more than 10 years. The factory employs a huge team of experts, many of whom have been working on relevant models for decades. They will conduct 121 visual inspections on all vehicles entering the classic car factory and generate diagnostic reports. All execution work will be recorded in in the service manual. Advanced technologies such as 3D scanning technology and computer-aided technology will also be applied to the entire restoration work. The Jaguar Land Rover Classic Car Department will restore the classic car in strict accordance with the original parameters, and even the parts are produced according to the original appearance. The current product The catalog has more than 30,000 warranty parts, which can be ordered through Jaguar Land Rover’s global distribution network. Moreover, the classic car factory is also the location of the Jaguar Land Rover Classic Collection, and more than 500 classic cars provide valuable reference for model restoration.
1988 Le Mans champion – Jaguar racing driver Andy Wallace served as the chief test driver of the classic car factory. Before delivery of each “legendary” model, Andy will conduct a road test in person, and provide driving guidance and technical demonstrations to customers for the model at the time of delivery.
The Range Rover Two-Door Classic is the first “rebirth” of the Land Rover series and was first exhibited at the Paris Antique Auto Show (Salon-Retromobile) in February last year.
The first Jaguar E-type “Rebirth” version also completed its world premiere at the Techno Classica in Essen, Germany in April last year. 10 fully restored Jaguar E-types will be sold directly from the Jaguar Land Rover Classic factory.
In addition, the first batch of restored models also includes 9 Jaguar XKSS. Jaguar XKSS is the road version of D-type (24 hours of Le Mans). After the stage, an accidental fire destroyed the Jaguar Browns Lane factory, and the 9 XKSSs that were too late to produce were also lost in history along with the fire. Now, nine Jaguar XKSSs have been reborn according to the 1957 model specification under the hand-built of Jaguar Classic Car Department.
All of this is to truly restore the classic models of Jaguar Land Rover to a greater extent, so that they can continue to write classic legends. Inheriting the classics with reverence and providing all-round support for Jaguar Land Rover owners and fans with more complete services is the original intention of Jaguar Land Rover.
Jaguar Land Rover Classic Car Factory pays tribute to classics and inherits classics, so that classic cars are no longer just a feeling, and car fans no longer have regrets.
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