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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Steve Fowler

Jaguar has just done something no other company on the planet could - and it makes me proud to be British

You might question why a British car brand chose New York to unveil its newest model, and you might also ask me why I travelled 3,470 miles to see a car that’s made 90 miles up the M40 from where I live.

Launching the Jaguar Type 01 in the Big Apple was about making a statement in one of the car’s biggest markets. At the party, the Type 01 was the star of the show, for sure. But Florence Pugh, David Gandy, basketball star Karl-Anthony Towns and a load of pouting people who I had as much clue about who they were as they did me, all turned out to look at one of the most talked about cars of the decade.

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