Jaguars of old were equally favoured by the great and the good, and the dodgy and the bad.

The Police drove fast MKII Jags because that’s the only way they stood a chance of catching the bank robbers who were also driving them.

It was a sort of automotive arms race between cops and robbers.

The Jaguar Mark X/420G variants attracted a similarly diverse clientele, and you were as likely to find one garaged at a Knightsbridge mews address as you were to find one under some railway arches in Bethnal Green.

Members of the royal family owned them, as did captains of industry.

So, too, rather more surprisingly, did Madonna in later years.

On the less salubrious and more threatening side, so did the notorious Kray twins, Reggie and Ronnie.

No, this particular car wasn’t owned by them but it did star in the 1990 movie ‘The Krays’ starring the Kemp brothers.

And the real Kray family - Ronnie Kray, Reggie Kray, Charlie Kray Snr.

and Charlie Kray Jnr.

were named (documented in our photog...