Classics Monthly

ROBIN FLETCHER TWO DIFFERENT JAGS

BIO: Welcome to journalist and editor Robin Fletcher, who is our newest columnist. Robin has never worked in the motor trade, but he loves cars, has driven in 12 different countries and once changed the front brake pads on his first Metro.

A big name in manufacturing assures me the only reason JLR is building its new battery plant in Bridgwater, Somerset is because it needs more power than the city of Birmingham, and nearby Hinkley Point is apparently the only place with enough juice. Having sufficient energy to power a Jaguar takes me back to Christmas Day 1968.

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