Wednesday 21st December 2005

Jaguar workers at the firm’s Castle Bromwich Manufacturing Centre celebrated as the first of the new generation XKs rolled off the production line. The first production car, a silver 4.2 V8 XK Coupe, was handed over by John Naughton, Plant Director, to John Maries, Executive Director, Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. The car is kept in the Trust’s collection alongside the first and last E-Type’s and other models from Jaguar’s past.