This is the November 2025 edition of Driving Notes, the Jaguar Drivers' Club mid-month newsletter and updates.
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Thanks for coming to Classic
This year's Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show was another roaring success with both the halls and JDC stand packed with motoring fans all weekend. As well as signing up new members to the club, we also welcomed old friends to our stand in Hall 1. The stand was also well attended by the visiting media including at least four videographers so expect to see the club on YouTube soon. There was also a steady flow of merchandise sold. Plans are already underway for 2026.
Read our show report here
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Get your orders in for Xmas delivery
The festive season seems to start earlier every year! So, if you are looking to purchase club merchandise as presents for loved ones, get your orders placed to guarantee Christmas delivery. The postage dates are always earlier than you think and with the postal service being unpredictable, it really is a case of sooner the better.
Browse the full range here
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Welcome new members
Please join us in welcoming these new members who have joined the JDC in the past month.
STUART CROWE
CHRISTOPHER MINTON
CLAIRE HARDING
DAVID SHEPHERD
DAVID ANDREWS
ANTTI VOUTILAINEN & FAMILY
ALAN FOSTER
RICHARD UNSWORTH
AARON ELLISTON-JONES
DARREN PARSONS
COLIN LEWIS
ROBERT WATSON
ROBERT CAVE
MARY MEAKIN
JIM PERRIAM
MARK MACAULEY
SEAN TUCKER
RAY WADE & FAMILY
JAMES ROUSELL
MICHAEL JOHNSTON
TIMOTHY WALTON
LUKASZ WIENCEK
DAN CORSO
ELLEN LAVER-VINCENT
CHRIS COULSON & FAMILY
DAVID MARTIN
MICHAEL SIBSON
PAUL ROGERS
PETER PHILIPS
RICH CROSSLEY
DAN BOOKER
SIMON WARD
ALBERTO FERRARI
PHILIP NEWBOLD & FAMILY
MICHAEL HAMMOND
GEOFFREY HONEY
CHRISTOPHER O'NEILL
JOHN DRAPER
KEITH BASTABLE
DAVE HINES
OWEN BURLEIGH
BRIAN COLLINS & FAMILY
STEPHEN CORFIELD
EDWARD AINSWORTH
TIM WORTHINGTON-CHAPMAN & FAMILY
PROFESSOR COLIN GRAY
ROBERT GARRETT
PETER ASHWORTH
SIMON CROSBY
ALAN JARVIS
MARK BUTLER
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MARK BRIERLEY
WILL KARLSEN
GEOFFREY RADFORD
ERIK KLENHOLM
ANTHONY WAINWRIGHT
JACOB DABBS
MICHAEL UNDERWOOD
PATCH JOBSON
JORDAN ALEXANDER
TERRY WHEATLEY
STEPHEN BRADSHAW
MICHAEL LANE
WILLIAM EDWARDS
CHRISTINE RANDALL
MICHAEL HUGGINS
MICHAEL TAYLOR
LLOYD TANNER
GRAHAM PHILPOT
ABDUL ATTA
GURUKARAN NAITTA
ROGER MORTON
MARK JACKSON
MARK WARREN
NIGEL EVELEIGH
JOHN SELLGREN
THOMAS FRIDLUND
SIMON HERNAMAN
EDWARD GRANT
JON ROLLIT
JOHN GRIFFITHS
PETER HIRST
MICHAEL SMITH
BARRY O'DONOGHUE
ASHLEY WOOD
TREVOR PEARCE
LES DEAN
ARRON HOLMES
ALEXANDER COOK
PETER JONES
BARRIE DODD
TIM GREENHILL
ROD HOLE
MICHAEL VEZMAR
BRANDES ELITCH
JOSHUA LAURENCE
DAVID JUPP
DR GUENTER SAUR & FAMILY
JONATHAN ROCKMAN
GARY STAPLES
BOB ACKROYD
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Save the date – National Weekend 2026
Plans are underway for the Club’s 70th anniversary National Weekend and we’ll be releasing booking details in the New Year, so make sure you’ve saved the date in your diary. We’ll be in Surrey with our annual tour and celebratory dinner on Saturday 11th July. Then at Brooklands Museum on Sunday 12th bringing together areas and registers, special guests and competitions. If your Area or Register want to attend, please get in touch. See you there!
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Metcalfe Jaguar sets World Record
The 1978 Jaguar XJC V12 Manual, offered directly from Harry Metcalfe, secured a new auction world record. A star of Harry’s Garage with close to six million YouTube views, the car saw the hammer down at £157,500. Read more here
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Eagle unveils lightweight GTR
In a remarkable display of ingenuity and reverence for British motoring history, Eagle E-Types of Sussex have unveiled the Lightweight GTR, a road-legal grand tourer that redefines what it means to drive a Jaguar E-Type. Read more here
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