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The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was Jaguar's first sports car since SS 100 production ended in 1939. The XK120 was launched in open two-seater or (US) roadster form at the 1948 London Motor Show as a testbed and show car for the new Jaguar XK engine designed by Jaguar Chief Engineer William Heynes .
The base price for the KSC in 1949 was $3,495, and with options it could cost up to $5,000. [2] At the high end, it was approximately $1,000 more expensive than the then-new Jaguar XK120. [7] During 1949, Kurtis had only sold about 15 to 20 KSCs, by which point he realized that the car was not sustainable financially.
The Jaguar C-Type (officially called the Jaguar XK120-C) is a racing sports car built by Jaguar and sold from 1951 to 1953. The "C" stands for "competition". The car combined the running gear of the contemporary, road-proven XK120, with a lightweight tubular frame designed by Jaguar Chief Engineer William Heynes, and an aerodynamic aluminium body, jointly developed by William Heynes, R J (Bob ...
While the XK120 had a new overhead-camshaft XK engine, the Mark V retained the 1946-48 driveline including the overhead-valve pushrod straight-6 2½L and 3½L engines, now since 1946 produced by Jaguar, which the company had purchased from the Standard Motor Company before the Second World War and the four-speed single-helical gearbox produced ...
Clark Gable's 1949 Jaguar XK120 Roadster. Jaguar XK120: 1948–53 12,064 in a single generation. [253] United Kingdom Jaguar C-Type. Jaguar C-Type: 1950–53 54 in a single generation. [253] United Kingdom Jaguar D-Type. Jaguar D-Type: 1954–56 87 in a single generation, also accounts for 16 Jaguar XKSS. [254] United Kingdom Jaguar Mark 1 ...
The Jaguar XK is an inline 6-cylinder dual overhead camshaft (DOHC) engine produced by Jaguar Cars between 1949 and 1992. Introduced as a 3.4-litre, it earned fame on both the road and track, being produced in five hemispherical head displacements between 2.4 and 4.2-litres for Jaguar passenger cars, with other sizes being made by Jaguar and ...
The Jaguar Mark IV (pronounced mark four) is a range of automobiles built by Jaguar Cars from 1945 to 1949. The cars were marketed as the Jaguar 1½ litre , Jaguar 2½ litre and Jaguar 3½ litre with the Mark IV name later applied in retrospect to separate this model from the succeeding Mark V range.
1949 Miles Collier: Collier Bros. Riley-Mercury Special "Ardent Alligator" [4] 100 mi (160 km) Grand Prix Watkins Glen Non-championship 1950 Erwin Goldschmidt: Alfred Goldschmidt: Allard J2-Cadillac: 100 mi (160 km) Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Non-championship 1951 Phil Walters: Briggs Cunningham: Cunningham C2R: 100 mi (160 km)