Jaguar: Fifty Years of Speed and Style 1859608752, 9781859608753

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Half a century on from the launch of th ground-breaking XK engine, cornerston of Jaguar’s post-war history, the famous Coventry company is on a roll. Under Ford ownership it is expanding rapidly, with exciting new products such as the SType and the X-Type taking it into fresh parts of the market. But this new dynamism would not have been possible without the extraordinary heritage represented by the Jaguar name — a heritage on which Jaguar designers have proudly drawn for today’s state-of-the-art models. The firm created by Sir William Lyons made its name with some of the most graceful cars the world had ever seen,

from the XK120 to the svelte MkII saloons and the extraordinary world-beating XJ6 —

not to mention the iconic E-Type. Along the way came five victories at Le Mans, the manufacture of the first massproduced V12 engine of post-war years, and a reputation for providing the most seductively presented and best-value luxury cars in the world. Few marques can have a more illustrious past — no

wonder Jaguar is one of the best-loved cars among motoring enthusiasts. In this updated and expanded second edition, Martin Buckley examines all the post-war Jaguar saloons and sports cars, tracing their origins and development,

and putting the reader behind the wheel with his personal driving impressions of each model. This is accompanied by detailed buying advice and full specification tables. Bringing the story right up to the present, the book

concludes with an examination of the SType in its revised second-generation form and of the new small Jaguar, the

BMW-baiting X-type. For all Jaguar enthusiasts, this

fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, packed with superb colour photography, is a perfect addition to the bookshelves. Editor-at-Large for Classic Cars magazine, freelance journalist Martin

Buckley has been a Jaguar enthusiast all his life, cutting his motoring teeth on one of the original S-Types. Known for his pithy and often provocative views on the classic-car scene, he has written bo. ' MG, Triumph, Fiat and BMW.

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© Martin Buckley 2002

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from Haynes Publishing. First published in November 1998 Second edition published in July 2002 Reprinted February 2003 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN

1 85960 875 2

Library of Congress catalog card no 2001099291 Published by Haynes Publishing, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ, UK Fax: 01963 440001

Tel: 01963 442030 Int. tel: +44

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E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.haynes.co.uk Haynes North America, Inc. 861 Lawrence Drive, Newbury Park, California 91320, USA

First edition designed and typeset by Drum Enterprises Limited, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 4DL Printed and bound in Great Britain by J. H. Haynes & Co. Ltd., Sparkford

Note on imperial/metric conversions Unless usually referred to only in metric units (eg engine capacity in cubic centimetres [cc] or litres {I]) or imperial units (eg carburettors in inches [in]), common

measurements

of length, area, volume, weight and speed in the text and specifications are given in imperial units with metric equivalents in parentheses, except in the following less common

instances:

282 + miles per gallon (mpg) = litres per 100 kilometres (I/100km) Torque: pounds-force feet (Ib ft) x 0.113 = Newton metres (Nm) Pressure: pounds-force per square inch (psi) x 6.895 = Kilopascals (kPa)

contents Introduction

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Part | The Saloon Cars 1

The MkV

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The MKVII, MkVIIl and MkIX

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The MkX and 420G

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