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^ Not even one "Islamist" in sight = No wonder England is unrecognisable today.... .

When I saw them racing at Zandfort they were fitted with water cooled breaks the car being quite heavy. Adding water made it even heavier ofcourse. Looked and sounded absolutely amazing and shame there wasn't more funding to make it a consistent winner. Beautiful looking car.

Recognise a couple of the mechanics, most went to Andy Rouse Engineering when Broadspeed folded.

The pictures of it in Germany are mine - my Boss bought the car, and another publicity bodyshell but aside from removing the dangerously old Speedline Magnesium wheels he did nothing with it until it was sold-on. I'm glad to see that it was restored and put back on the track rather than languishing in a museum as it had for many years. The Throttle-body injection system was 'Borrowed' from a Ferrari.

Magnificent!!

It’s beautiful! Almost had a Camaro front end

I used to own the Randell and Hopkirk Red Mini 'BAP' in 1995... I lost track of it now .... anyone know where it is??

Mmmmm what a beautiful cat,just love it.

Show some lucky owner in Germany got Cool car he's one lucky cat owner 💯😁👍

Unpopular opinion perhaps but I always felt the wheel arches were a bit clunky. It might be perfect for racing but aesthetically I would want something a bit cleaner.

What sort of a atupid $&?t would allow a unique and valuable car liks this to be smashed up so badly! F#ckwit!

Take it or leave it!! Wheels turns table upside down of any car's profile.. agressive or gentle, man i would sell my kidneys just to olbuy those wheels, those wheels are just as unique as those firestone unique wheels..

Double-clutching a widebody cat… Not so new an idea apparently.

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I had the 4.2 Daimler sovereign in the 80s I did like it at 1st but the steering was very slow to react maybe because of those big tyres that those cars had... The car though was beautiful to be inside with wood everywhere tastefully done.. And very quiet on the motorway... I've replaced it with a Granada 2.8 I more nimble and more fun to drive.. But there was always something about the Big cat in a way.

Loved this car as a kid . Must be saved .imagine it with f type svr in it..

In 1985 I bought an accident damaged 1976P reg 4.2Coupe. Once repaired it was a dream to drive. All my friends who had normal 4door XJ's commented on how nice to drive it was. As for the quality of the car... ummm... that's another story.

I would have been about 12 when my eldest brother came home with a brand new Jag 4.2 - it was in brown with leather upholstery and more buttons and switches than a BBC outside broadcast unit, it was love at first site. My folks had a 1300 mk 2 Cortina - the deluxe model with chrome wheel trims and very little else. The Jag had a/c and electric windows, it went like stink and drove like nothing else I had experienced at the time. I have had half a dozen Jags myself to date, my favourite being the 2000 XJR supercharged beast - what a car. Times are hard now so a turbo charged mini is my daily driver but as soon as things turn around my days of Jaglessness will be over once more.

How the fcck did it end up in that state in the first place ? What a beast

Thats the Machine I would buy if I won the LOTTERY utter respect for that car watching it on TV and loving it then. Need to win the lottery to buy the petrol for it.

Jolly good.

I loved that car

Wasn't there a similar thing done on The Equaliser with Edward Woodwood,?

This car was always my favourite jaguar , my love of jaguar cars probably started with this one.😊

Is the single seater a March?

Bugger me, Jaguar should have made a XJ 12 C-RS, looking like this 😅 Maybe.

Cor blimey what about the bird in yellow ! .... Oh sorry I thought it was the seventies for a minute.....

I always saw "The New Avengers" as a 1970s show, and indeed saw TNA before I ever saw the Diana Rigg "The Avengers".

I was at Silverstone in '76 and watched the "Big Cat" race. It was most impressive on the straights but I seem to recall that the brakes let it down when it reached the bends.

One of the sexiest looking cars ever

A few other things about the "Big Cat" to note: The original color of this car from Jaguar was Lilac. Thank goodness for the repaint! Also, if you didn't realize, at the 2:27 mark, Steed actually looks like he's driving a manual (watch his left arm) and with the correct soundtrack (it were really a manual in the first place) to match. Both Patrick Macnee and Joanna Lumley have talked a great length about the car, with Patrick stating it was an absolute bear to drive due to the modified suspension and Joanna (being a car gal) stating she loved the car, but was always relegated to the back seat! I was also keeping track of the car from here in the US, and after the restoration company tanked, the owner had the car supposedly sent off to another resto company to be completed. Nothing's been confirmed though, and that's the very last thing about the car that I've heard.

Isn’t that Iain Tyrell’s workshop?

only me that spotted a Miura @ 8:49?

I used to share an office with John Howlett at Leyland Cars. He was responsible for liaison with TV companies and told me that thing was practically undriveable at normal road speeds, mainly because the steering was so heavy that it was the devil's own job to get it round corners.

Don't know why they had trouble with the wheels & tyres, Chevy stud pattern, everybody knows that,the largest array of wheel-&tyres possible,derrr

Sleeping police man, inoculations have made us amuned, is that what the the Davos mob did before unleashing covid on the world ?

i remember watching this car in the avengers

That last picture looks like Tyrells Classics unit?

How do people allow things to get so bad?

At the time I thought this was the best car in the world, I still do.

I got to see the car in Huddersfield they had it in the showroom in the Leyland garage.

Great video. There were bits in there I wish I’d known before I did my first! Thanks for the “Sports car story” plug. Much appreciated. I’ve already recorded my next XJC video, but I’ll give your channel a plug in the following one. Thanks again! Pete

I remember seeing the car at the classic car show at Alexander Palace in 1979(I think!) I was a bit disappointed . It was filthy and covered in hand prints 🙄

Seems a bit Brutish and Crude of a car for Steed even for back then... (Then again so was the Bentley..) 🫖 🇬🇧 🫖

Loved the video 😁 In the Avengers series it always made me laugh when you saw one of bad guys driving an old banger you knew it was going to be crashed or blown up lol 😆

That scene where Steed chased a formula screwed my perspective on a lot of things later 😂

Great video

Great vid, thanks for all the info, I really enjoyed it. I have always liked Steeds jaguar and the Broadspeed race cars.😀

Great video, do you know anything about the mk2 granada broadspeed road cars? A mate of mine has one which he is restoring at the moment. Thanks

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