After graduating from Oxford and pursuing further academic studies at Reading, James Taylor spent 12 years working in central government. However, the lure of writing about cars – which he was doing in his spare time – proved too great and he decided to turn it into a career.James has written well over 150 books and spent ten years as the editor of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine. He has written very widely for both magazines and books on motoring subjects, but has specialised in the history of Rover cars and Land Rovers; he continues to write for the motoring press both at home and abroad. He has several automotive books published by Veloce, including: Rover V8 – The Story of the Engine; Land Rovers in British Military Service; Land Rover Emergency Vehicles; Rover Cars - A Pictorial History; and some Essential Buyer’s Guides for the Range Rover and Land Rover Discovery.

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• Luxury to S-ClassW187Luxury Convertible (1951-1955)Luxury Saloon (1951-1955)Luxury Coupe (1953-1955)W186/ 189Grand Tourer (1951-1962)W188Luxury Saloon (1951-1958)Luxury Coupe (1951-1958)Luxury Convertible (1952-1958)W180, W128, W105 Luxury Saloon (1954-1959)Luxury Convertible (1956-1959)Luxury Coupe (1956-1959)Executive Convertible (1958-1960)W100, Full-size luxury Limousine (1963-1981)W111, W112 Luxury Saloon (1959-1971)Luxury Convertible (1961-1971)Luxury Coupe (1961-1971)W108, W109 Luxury Saloon (1965-1973)W116, S-ClassFull-size luxury Saloon (1972-1980)W126,Full-size luxury Saloon (1979-1985) (1985-1992)Full-size luxury Coupe (1981-1985) (1985-1991)W140 S-Class, Full-size luxury Saloon (1991-1994) (1994-1998)Full-size luxury SEC Coupe (1992-1996) CL Coupe (1996-1998)The SL SeriesW198 300SL Grand Tourer (1954-1963)W121 190SL, roadster (1955-1963)W113, SL roadster (1963-1971)R107, SL-class Roadster (1971-1985) (1985-1989)SLC Coupe (1971-1981)R129 SL-Class, Grand Tourer roadster (1989-1995) (1995-1998) (1998-2001)Mid-Size to E-ClassW120, W121, (Ponton)Mid-size Executive Saloon (1953-1959) (15 Models) (1959-1962) (18 Models)W110, Mid-size Luxury Saloon (1961-1968) (17 Models)W114, W115 Mid-size executive Saloon (1968-1973) (16 Models) (1973-1976) (16Models)Mid-size Coupe 250C, 280CE (1968-1973) (1973-1976) 'Stroke Eight'W123, Mid-size executive Saloon (1975-1985) Mid-size ESTATE (1978-1985) Mid-size Coupe (1977-1985)W124 Mid-size executive Saloon (1984-1989) (1989-1993) Mid-size Coupe (1987-1989) (1989-1993)Mid-size Estate (1985-1989) (15 Models) (1989-1993) (22 Models)Mid-size Convertible (1991-1993) E-Class Convertible (1993-1997) E-Class, mid-size Coupe (1993-1996) E-Class, mid-size ESTATE (1993-1996) (14 models)W210 E-Class, Mid-size executive Saloon (1995-1999) Mid-size ESTATE (1996-1999) (19 Models) Compact to C-ClassW201 Compact executive Saloon (1982-1988) (1988-1993) W202 C-Class, Compact executive Saloon (1993-1997) (13 Models) (1997-2000) (14 Models) Compact Estate (1996-1997)