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1963 Peter Linder Peter Lindner, born on 16 March 1930 in Düsseldorf, was a German importer and distributor for both Aston Martin and Jaguar, as well as a successful racing driver.  In 1957 Lindner met with Sir William Lyons who was clearly impressed and he was appointed official Jaguar importer for the Bundesrepublik Deutschland.  Most of the early sales went to British or American servicemen stationed in Germany, but Lindner also managed to convince some German customers to switch allegiance from Mercedes and other German marques. An enthusiastic driver, he would think nothing of rushin...

AD Imagine, if you can, a world without cars, a world where road traffic moves at the speed of the pedestrian, the pedal cycle and the horse-drawn cart. It’s not a silent world: the noises are just different – the shouting of street vendors, the clatter of hooves and iron-shod tyres on cobbled roadways, the jingling of bicycle bells and the whistle of steam engines. But it’s an alien world, where the streets literally run with pollution from the millions of horses on which the economy depends, where long-distance travel is governed by the tyranny of the train timetable, where a town on...

Can the Big Cat roar again - why Jaguar needs a master plan CoventryLive talks to Dr Charles Tennant on what the future might hold for a marque that will be forever associated with Coventry Jaguar Land Rover (Image: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurP...

Oliver Winterbottom, visionary car designer who helped take Lotus on to the global stage – obituary His designs, known for their smooth, timeless appearance and inherent engineering, included the Lotus Elite MkII and the Eclat range Oliver Winterbottom Credit: Antony Kelly Oliver Winterbottom, who has died aged 76, was the man behind some of the greatest car designs in the most significant eras of the independent British car manufacturers Lotus, and TVR. Little known outside his industry, Winterbottom played a vital role within industrial design and was far more than a “stylist”. He was...

The Jaguar F-Type is based on the iconic E-Type model (Image: Mark Fagelson Photography) In 1948, the XK120 was launched as the world's fastest production car. Jaguar then created the world's first disc brake, catapulting it to racing success in the 1950s and setting the blueprint for brake technology as it stands today. Less than a decade later in 1961, Jaguar launched the most iconic sports car of all time - the E-Type. Its stylish model is reflected in its successor, today's Jaguar F-Type. Two years ago the world's first allelectric SUV, the Jaguar I-PACE, was launched, winning global accl...