Born in Birmingham, Mike Moreton studied at Wrekin College, Shropshire, before gaining a National Service Infantry commission and serving in Korea, Kenya, and Japan. A car enthusiast, Mike ran the family dealership, and has also built and club-raced an MG TA and two quick specials. Mike worked as a design/development engineer for Vauxhall in Luton before spending 23 years with Ford, where he was involved in engineering, product planning, marketing and motorsport. Mike has also worked for TWR/JaguarSport, where he was project manager for the Jaguar XJ220, and acted as operations director for Aston Martin before becoming Managing Director of KBD Design. He is now retired and living in France.
"The 'inside story' tag is no idle boast, author Mike Moreton having been the XJ220 project manager at TWR/JaguarSport. His candid account gives an insight into the trials and tribulations of this controversial supercar. It is well written, packed with fine photos such as crash-test shots and, most intriguingly, all manner of original charts and documents." - Classic & Sports Car "If anyone is well-placed to tell the inside story of this great car it's Mike Moreton, who was project manager for the XJ220 at TWR/JaguarSport from day one and saw the mission through to completion." - Classic Cars "The 160 pages gave over 200 photographs and, refreshingly, many have never been seen before. A marvellous present for the post Chrismas blues." - Jaguar World Monthly "The meat of the book is in the way it gives a fascinating look - with interesting photos from inside the factory, engineering drawings and so forth - of all that was involved with recruiting staff, redesign, aerodynamic testing, working with outside suppliers, spec sheets, certification and crash-testing, and sales." - New Zealand Classic Car "This stunning 160-page hardcover is a Jag enthusiast's dream. A fascinating and historically accurate account of the iconic car from embryonic stages to ultimate marketing." - The Arch. The XJ220 is one of the most important super cars of the 90s and thus a book about this vehicle is more than logical. The fact that even the former project manager at JaguarSport was available as an author and with Jim Randle also another important man as a co-author for a chapter could be committed, secures the book a deep insight into the history of the XJ220. So the subtitle The Inside Story is by no means exaggerated. The book then really convinces with many pictures from the different processes and the text also brings one of the other interesting anecdote to light. As well as of course all important details about the Jaguar XJ220. The book should have a firm place in the well-stocked car bookshelf. Fans of the Jaguar brand and also supercar fanatics should secure this title. - autobuch.guru.
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