PMG – Rapport Forte estate

Patrick Motors gets busy

After purchasing three part assembled prototypes an estate was created by coachbuilder Ladbroke Avon of Warwick.

The estate was made by Avon on the instruction of Alexander Patrick who owned the Patrick Motor Group (PMG).

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  • PMG - Rapport Forte Estate history
  • Motor magazine 4th June 1983

    The Rapport Forte estate, completed from parts in Spring 1983, is tested in Motor magazine. The article can be read […]

  • Auctioned by Bonhams

    Bonhams auction catalogue – 6th December 2004 PMG Rapport Forte Estate auction entry 1981 Daimler Double-Six PMG Rapport Forté Estate  […]

  • Auctioned by Brightwells

    Brightwells total auction catalogue PMG Rapport Forte Estate – Brightwells auction catalogue entry Narrative of auction catalogue below: Lot number: […]

  • Exhibited at Pantheon Musuem in Muttenz (Switzerland)

    The Rapport Estate was exhibited at the Pantheon Museum, Muttenz in Switzerland, for a time around April 2015. Exhibition seemed […]

  • Silverstone Classic 2018. Includes track appearance

    Exclusively Jaguar report, with great pictures by Andrew Coles, the appearance of the Rapport Forte Estate at the Silverstone Classic […]

  • Swiss Jaguar Club 50th anniversary of XJ meeting near Zurich

    Rapport Forte Estate appears at a Swiss Jaguar Club restaurant meeting celebrating 50th Anniversary of the Jaguar XJ saloon. Many […]

  • Radical Magazine feature by Peter Ruch

    Article by Peter Ruch for Radical Magazine. Great photography. Article is here. Contains inaccuracies, but this could be due to […]


PMG – Rapport Forte estate – Swiss concours – 2019

Why an Estate?

The original concept for the Rapport Forte envisaged various versions including fastback, three-door coupe, hardtop, three door hardtop... and estate.

Rapport Estate history

After being displayed at the Patrick Collection the car was sold latterly by Brightwells Auctioneers in 2009 to a Swiss collector. It remains in Switzerland to this day.

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