{"id":494316,"date":"2015-03-01T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.sportscardigest.com\/?p=6741"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:04:30","slug":"norman-dewis-honored-obe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/norman-dewis-honored-obe\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Dewis Honored with OBE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/N2201503-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-708261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/N2201503-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/N2201503-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/N2201503-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/N2201503-1-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/N2201503-1-100x77.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/N2201503-1-770x591.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/N2201503-1-293x225.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>Among those newly named on Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s New Years Honours List to the Order of the British Empire is famed Jaguar test and development driver Norman Dewis, now known as Norman Dewis OBE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The now 94-year-old Dewis enjoyed a 33-year career at Jaguar, logging more than a million test miles, and is widely regarded as England\u2019s foremost test driver. He developed many of the marque\u2019s most famous models, including the Le Mans-winning C- and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">D-Types, as well as the exquisite E-Type. He also set a land speed record of 172.412 mph with an XK120 on Belgium\u2019s Jabbeke Highway in 1953.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent years he\u2019s served as a good will ambassador for the company, working with Jaguar Heritage to keep the name and its history alive and flourishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among those newly named on Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s New Years Honours List to the Order of the British Empire is famed Jaguar test and development driver Norman Dewis, now known as Norman Dewis OBE. The now 94-year-old Dewis enjoyed a 33-year career at Jaguar, logging more than a million test miles, and is widely regarded as England\u2019s foremost test driver. 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