At first glance, it may seem that a German author is an odd choice to write a history of renowned British marque, Jaguar, but Stertkamp comes with excellent credentials. As well as a noted Jaguar historian, he is also a committee member of JAG, Germany’s largest Jaguar car club.

This massive tome — over 500 pages — covers Jaguar from its modest beginnings as Swallow in 1922, moves into the car making years when the company adopted the SS name, and onwards from 1945, when the Jaguar name emerged.
Stertkamp ably covers Jaguar’s long history, providing a detailed account of all the cars — including racing models and prototypes — from the early Swallows right up to the modern XF, while an extensive appendix contains a wealth of technical detail. Although much of the information contained within Jaguar: The Complete Story will be well known to Jaguar enthusiasts, Stertkamp serves it all up very nicely — making this an easy book to recommend.

Jaguar: The Complete Story by Heiner Stertkamp
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Review by Allan Walton