Builder of C-Type replica wins five-year battle with Jaguar to save his car.
The original court ruling required Swede Karl Magnusson to destroy his car, which was just reversed on appeal.
Magnusson, now 71, had a long personal history with Jaguars before he decided to create his own C-Type replica. He tells Autoweek that he bought his first, an E-Type, in 1976. Since then he has owned many more, and has also been an active member of one of Scandinavia’s largest Jaguar clubs. His decision to create his own C-Type was not made in secret, and actually used many original drawings that Jaguar had shared with previous replica builders.
But in legal terms, the battle with Magnusson had JLR cast as a massive corporate Goliath, with the win doing substantial damage to the big automaker’s relationship with many fans of its classic models, especially as many replica makers were using and supporting the same parts suppliers.
Magnusson will also be getting some of the huge amount of money he has spent fighting the battle back. “We have still spent more money on this than we will get back, but the court says we will now get some compensation,” he says. “Not everything, but better than nothing.”There is still the possibility that JLR might choose to appeal against this appeal and take the battle all the way to Sweden’s Supreme Court.
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