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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 first production use of the XK straight-6 was in the 1948 Jaguar XK120, which used the 3,441 cc (3.4 L; 210.0 cu in) version with a bore x stroke of 83 mm × 106 mm (3.27 in × 4.17 in). It had an iron block without cylinder liners and aluminium cylinder head. It had a wider gap between cylinders 3 and 4 than between the other cylinders.
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 ...
The Jaguar XK is a two-door 2+2 grand tourer manufactured and marketed by Jaguar Cars from 1996–2012 and by Jaguar Land Rover from 2013–2014 in hatchback coupé and convertible body styles, across two generations. The XK was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1996 and was discontinued in July 2014.
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 ...
Pages in category "Cars introduced in 1948" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... Jaguar Mark V; Jaguar XK120; L. Lagonda 2.6-Litre; Land ...
Jaguar XK (X100) Jaguar XK100; Jaguar XK120; Jaguar XK140; Jaguar XK150; Jaguar XKSS This page was last edited on 28 January 2018, at 11:37 (UTC). Text is available ...