My... How You've Grown!

For those who are new to this website and monthly magazine, my name is Letitia Mace and I own Xclusively Jaguar. I sent out my first newsletter on 11th August 2008 to 35 acquaintances, and within

a couple of months I had signed up for a web design course and built the first version of the Xclusively Jaguar website.

It was a hobby to begin with, but after my husband passed away in 2012 I registered Xclusively Jaguar as a business as I needed a salary in order to survive.

In 2012 I was asked to organise a reunion of XJ220 owners and all those who were involved in the creation, production and marketing of the XJ220.

I had no idea at the time that this was to be the first of many events and parades that I would be asked to create or assist with, and these include Mark 1Days and other events for Nigel Webb at the Mike Hawthorn Museum, a Jaguar display at the Great North Classic Car Show, and Jaguar Parades for the JEC - Windsor, Bodelwydden, Thoresby and Wroxall among them.

In 2014 Rob Jenner, then current Chairman of the JEC became my partner and

between us we now own an interesting collection of more than 20 classic cars, most of them Jaguars, plus an enviable collection of Jaguar automobilia that includes books, brochures, models and all kinds of Jaguar parts and literature, spilling into every room of our house!

In 2015 our ex-Jaguar Heritage X300 XJR Manual won an important concours d’elegance class, setting the scene for the future, as we now have several important concours d’elegance awards to our name.

Xclusively Jaguar has afforded me the opportunity to win the respect and make the acquaintance of many important Jaguar people, including Norman Dewis, Jim Randle, Michael Quinn and Paul Skilleter, to name but a few, and to take part in many important Jaguar events.

The commercial side of the Xclusively Jaguar website underpins the services I provide to the Jaguar community, and those services have brought me into contact with Jaguar owners and enthusiasts across the world and the whole spectrum of Jaguar related interests - from Concours to kit cars and SS to I-Pace.

Through Xclusively Jaguar I am now sole distributor for Win Percy’s biography WIN 1and UK/European distributor for Jaguar Magazine.

An agent for Specialised Covers, we offer high quality bespoke indoor and outdoor car covers in our unique Xclusively Jaguar insignia and corporate colours.

Recently, Rob Jenner and I have travelled as far as Norway at the request of various organisations, including the Norsk Jaguar Klubb, giving presentations on Xclusively Jaguar and our life with cars.

In 2018 we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Xclusively Jaguar with a private event at the Mike Hawthorn Museum.

Already on our 12th anniversary, with many times the readership of our first newsletter, plus casual website traffic to add to this, we are taking the next leap forward and celebrating with the launch of a brand new website and online magazine!

Never afraid to take on new challenges, I predict more of the same success as we have already experienced, going forward and expanding into the future!