Soumya Kanta Das, a 21 year old design student Studying Mechanical Eng at VIT University, writes a tribute on Autospace to his hero Malcolm Sayer: [The E-type] was such a piece of beauty, that still makes me all teary when I see her. [infobox]Read the full article here.[/infobox] [...]
Discussions are taking place in Cromer over who will be the first of its famous sons to be honoured with a coveted blue plaque, acknowledging their achievements. We'd love to see this happen - and you can help by voting for it to be awarded [...]
A colleague of mine sent me this wonderful post on one of the most overlooked of Malcolm's creations - the Le Mans winning C-type. Nigel Harniman is an award-winning photographer, specialising in Automotive photography and image production utilising CGI techniques, along with his Company Air CGI. [...]
We're off to the NEC Classic Motor Show this Saturday, spending some time on the Challenger Owners Club stand and having a nose around at all the fantastic cars on show. Last year we were there for the whole weekend, bumping into Norman Dewis and [...]
Laszlo Varga is a Hungarian industrial designer who is part of the design group Room 11 and is currently in his 4th year as a student at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)/Industrial Design. The original E-type is truly the most beautiful car for me. My [...]
A great tribute article in reaction to the unveiling of Jaguar's new F-type in Paris. Taken from Netcars.com "Jaguar is about to enter dangerous territory. A few days ago, at the Paris Motor Show, the F-Type was premiered. It is the closest Jaguar has come [...]
Great to see the C, D and E-types here, with Philip Porter's 9600HP on display inside the V&A. Taken from Classic and Sports Car "The British Design Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum highlights examples of great UK design from 1948 to the present, [...]
Well, it's been a busy few weeks here as we are planning further developments with the site, and the Foundation. We hope to have new sections added by the end of June, watch this space!
Nice article from Jaguar Lovers' Blogspot: "...most of us know that Malcolm Sayer was the man who designed XK120C or C-Type Jaguar but I’m willing to write something more about his amazingly talented personality." Thanks to Harry for the link. Read the full article here.
Great coverage of last year's Silverstone Classic from the Telegraph: "When, in the late Fifties, Malcolm Sayer put down his pen and slide rule, he’d scarcely have guessed his E-type sports car would be such a sensation. That it would sell an unprecedented 70,000 units [...]
