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This print ad touts the 1973 Jaguar's V-12 engine. (COURTESY PHOTO)

When most people envision Jaguar automobiles, thoughts of sleek, sinewy, British Racing Green, impossibly curvaceous roadsters with gleaming chrome wire knock-off wheels and supple tan glove-worn leather interiors carving up a canyon road might come to mind. Yellow-hued headlights blaze a feeble path, thanks to horrible British Lucas electrical components, for the growling V-12 engine.

That Jaguar, my friends, is dead. The brand has grown and morphed and at times seemed only to resemble a shadow of its former self, but the show went on, focusing on the performance luxury, or grand touring segment of the car market it helped define.

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