“hello and welcome to this short video
about
jaguar xk8 and kelsey media’s 25th
anniversary collector’s edition
um of the its guide to the jaguar xk8r
this is video 79 in my series of xk8
videos
in this video i’m going to give you a
quick look at this um
magazine that kelsey media have put out
in their british icon
series on the xk8 and r
kelsey media then they’ve put out this
magazine
these are the people that uh bring you
jaguar world and classic jaguar and
series of other
magazines the basic creator series
called british icons
and the jaguars kate is featured in that
the particular magazine it’s a one-off
magazine it’s
98 pages long built up
out of 12 sections and i’m literally
going to flick
through the magazine to give you a feel
for what’s the contents
and uh to encourage you to buy it to be
honest because if you’re an xk8
enthusiast like myself
love reading about the car and the
history etc
this is all just more power to your
elbow
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okay so literally i’m going to flick
through the the whole magazine
there’s lots of glossy pages um
starting at the contents page you can
see the 12
sections or articles whatever you like
to say
detailing various aspects of the xk and
comparisons with different models
the first section then is x caked design
history
uh former jaguar designer nick hall
looks at xk’s design gestation from
early drawings
through to its later updates then we
have an early xk8
and supposedly was a paris show but a
bit dodgy that to be honest
then we have the comparison with the uh
the earlier xjs that uh
it basically um replaced
then we have a comparison at the end of
that
of the different performance
this article then compares the what it
calls the four different models
available basically two engine options
four liters four point two and
convertible
and coupe although there’s actually six
if not an infinite number of
different jaguar xkhz then we have blood
brothers basically the
comparison between the aston martin db7
3.2 which is uh out just before it
next section that is our article is
silver star basically that’s the
details of jaguar silverstone all the
specs and the history
then this future perfect is actually
section basically detailing a guy
so take it basically
what do you believe the car would have
been if it carried on manufacturer after
2006
it’s a very nice looking car though very
interesting um
engine strut there the later
xj allies on that car which make it look
quite unusual
then it has an article called size
matters which compares it with the
f-type
which is interesting basically
i think the not as much room is the
basic conclusion of that article then we
have
rode king which basically uh somebody
taking his
xk out and the brecon beacons why not
lovely scenery
lovely roads then orange appeal
is basically a track or a race
xk8 that actually takes part in the uh
club saloon and gt championships then
towards the end there’s the xk8 survival
guy which is particularly interesting if
you’ve got an xk
or you’re looking to buy one and
interested in you’re cost of replacing
various items when you do have problems
if you’re unlucky enough to have
problems but bear in mind that these
cars are 20 25 years old so you’re gonna
get them
what was interesting was the common
repairs
uh the top six common repairs that one
uh neem jag specialists but bro
obviously
corrosion front subframe mouse
and you basically if you tick all six
you’re doing well i could i think
oh my god then finally we’ve got step
forward which then reviews the
outgoing xk to the new x150
alum aluminium
xk as you were so lots of
lovely photographs very nice magazine
very glossy good quality
there you go that’s the magazine
basically flick through colour to cover
to cover
i’ll say that’s the um
the book number but i will show you how
to
get yourself a copy of the magazine at
the end
so there you go a bit of a summary you
it’s uh
it’s a really good guide got the design
history the range detail
concise buying guide limited editions
and modified specials
covers all the bases you know there’s
quite quite lots of interesting reading
if you want to get yourself a copy this
is the way i did
basically logged on to www.kelsey.com.uk
you can buy a subscription for british
icons
for the series of magazines of different
articles
of different models but i was only
interested in jaguar xkr
r and that was 8.99 uh
including postage i believe so very good
value
um basically 10 pence a page roughly
so yeah it’s a excellent value
there you go hopefully if you’re looking
to buy the magazine
it will encourage you to do so you’ll
know exactly what you’re getting
uh you what you’re gonna find in it lots
of
good reading for the xk enthusiast thank
you very much for watching
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