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Jaguar XK 120 engine
1950 Jaguar XK 120 interior
The Jaguar XK
was given the body-type number 120 to represent its top speed. This proved
to be an understatement of the car’s capabilities when factory test
driver
Ron Sutton was clocked in a prototype at over 132 mph. Race versions of the
Jaguar XK 120 were potent in the hands of drivers like
Stirling Moss and
Phil Hill,
both of whom scored important victories in 1949. With its 160 hp, inline six
engine with twin overhead cams in original tune, the production
Jaguar XK 120 not only
looked and sounded magnificent, but had the performance to match.
The Jaguar XK 120 was
the most popular car of the stars. Famous Hollywood actors and actresses
preferred the beautiful styling of the New
Jaguar XK
120. WIth
such names as Bob Hope, Frank
Sinatra, and Gene Kelly
its easy to see why the Jaguar XK
120 is still so popular today.
1950 Jaguar XK
At the Earls Court Motor Show in October 1948, this
Jaguar car XK made its first
public appearance, and what an introduction it was. Spectators marveled at
the new Jaguar XK . One
journalist commented at the time that “all preconceived notions as to what
was a series-production sports car disappeared overnight.” It was a show
stopper.
During new Jaguar
cars second
World War, Sir William Lyons and his colleagues envisioned a new car that
would feature the world’s first high-volume twin-cam engine. Called the
Jaguar XK series, it
would be a short-wheelbase chassis mated to a two-seat sports roadster body.
When combined with the new engine, the result would be nothing less than
sensational—a sleek, beautiful, and strikingly modern automobile.
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