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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.
Jaguar XK120 - 1948-53, "Standard (or "A type")" cylinder head, bare aluminium finish, 2 × SU H6 carburettors. The XK 120 C came with the C-type head (red) as an option from 1951 to 1952 with 2 × SU H8 carburettors. In 1953, the XK 120 C switched to a triple 40 DCOE Weber carburetor setup. The XK 120 SE and M came with the C-type head as an ...
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 ...
Jaguar: F-Type SVR: 2016-2024 Roadster, Coupé England Jaguar: F-Type Project 7: 2016 Roadster England Limited to 250 units Jaguar: SS 100: 1936-1940 Roadster England Jaguar: XK120: 1948-1954 Roadster, Coupé England Jaguar: XK140: 1954-1957 Roadster, Coupé England Jaguar: XK150: 1957-1961 Roadster, Coupé England Jaguar: XKSS: 1957, 2016 ...
The subsequent engine (in various versions) was the mainstay powerplant of Jaguar, used in the XK 120, Mk VII Saloon, Mk I and II Saloons and XK 140 and 150. It was also employed in the E Type, itself a development from the race winning and Le Mans conquering C and D Type Sports Racing cars refined as the short-lived XKSS, a road-legal D-Type.
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 ...
However, the Mark V vastly outsold the XK120 by roughly 5,000 cars per year as compared to 2,000 cars per year for the XK120. Three cars were built in late 1948 and saloon production was well under way at the factory on Swallow Road at Holbrook Lane in the Foleshill district of Coventry by March 1949, though the DHC was delayed for some months ...
1954 Jaguar XK120 SE Max Hoffman coupé [151] 1954 Lancia Aurelia B52 PF 200 coupé –version 2 [148] [149] 1955 Ferrari 375 America Coupé Speciale [152] 1955 Lancia Aurelia B55 PF 200 coupé –version 3 [149] 1955 Lancia Florida I coupe; 1955 Lancia Florida I Berlina; 1955 Nash Special [153] 1956 Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM Super Flow Coupe [154]