Friday 28th May 2010

Pic Of The Week: 75 Years Of Jaguar

POTW celebrates Jaguar's birthday again. (The pics keep coming...)

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2010 markes the 75th year of Jaguar, and to celebrate we offer this celebratory POTW lining-up seven of the very best cars spanning the company's history.

In this shot, (once again kindly supplied by our good friends at Classic & Sports Car magazine), are the following Jaguar legends:

SS 100 - 414 examples built between 1936 and 1939. 3485cc six-cylinder developing 125bhp at 4250rpm. Top speed 101mph. 0-60 10.4 seconds. Price today: Circa £250,000

XK120 - 12,078 examples built between 1948 and 1954. 3442cc six-cylinder developing 160bhp at 5000rpm. Top speed 120mph. 0-60 12 seconds. Price today: From £45,000

XKSS - 16 examples built in 1957. 3442cc six-cylinder developing 250bhp at 4500rpm. Top speed 160mph. 0-60 4.7 seconds. Price today: Circa £3.5 million

E Type S1 - 38,410 examples built between 1961 and 1968. 4235cc six-cylinder developing 265bhp at 5400 rpm. Top speed 140 mph. 0-60 7.4 seconds. Price today: From £50,000

XJ-SC V12 - 115,413 (all engine types) examples built between 1975 and 1996. 5345 V12 developing 295bhp at 5500rpm. Top speed 140mph. 0-60 7.7 seconds. Price today: From £6,000

XK8 Convertible - 90,616 examples built between 1995 and 2006. 3995cc V8 developing 290bhp at 6100rpm. Top speed 151 mph. 0-60 6.7 seconds. Price today: From £11,000

XKR Convertible - 39,000 built from 2006 to date. 5000cc V8 developing 510bhp at 6/6500rpm. Top speed 155mph (ltd). 0-60 4.6 seconds. Price today: £80,995 (2010)

Classic & Sports Car magazine is publishing a ten-page feature on these cars within the July issue which will be on sale next Thursday.

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[varsas]

Nice picture, but couldn't they find a UK spec XJS full convertible? and what's with the paint job in the XK8?

[Garlick]

Apparently the XJS is ex- Lady Di and supplied by Jag UK, they also supplied the rather garish XK8.

[kambites]

That picture just highlights to me how bloated the new XK looks, although to be fair that's partly down to the next newest car (the old XK) being a fair bit further away.

[Bill]

Garlick said:

they also supplied the rather garish XK8.

To Austin Powers??

Had a passenger ride in a XK120 a while ago, 60mph has never felt so quick. Admittedly having my knees wedged against the dash and my head clear of the windscreen probably helped

[dinkel]

Nice. I'll upload a few Jags soonish, to honour the brand.

[GFWilliams]

No XJ220

although it would have taken up rather a lot of space in the group shot!

[loose cannon]

were is the xj6 in this picture

[bri_the_fly]

the good old days....when the front end of a car looked so good, that they wouldn't ruin it by screwing on a retangular plate with writing on it- just slap a sticker on the bonnet that'll do!

[Garlick]

loose cannon said:

were is the xj6 in this picture

GFWilliams said:

No XJ220

You'll have to speak with the boys on C&SC about that

[Vintageseekers]

Shame - more than a few missing here C-Type, D-Type XK140 and XK150 Series 1, 2 & 3 all fairly Iconic

If you're going to do something.....etc etc....

Still, i wouldn't mind taking home the gorgeous XKSS

R

[Alastair C]

To answer a few questions:

No XJ220, C/D-type or XJ6 because we were concentrating on roadgoing open sports cars only this time out - we're planning to get on to saloons and racers later in the year (if you're going to do it properly etc...)

As for XK140/150: we chose the first and purest iteration of each generation of Jag sports car - hence XK120, S1 E and, yes, rather ungainly XJ-SC. Garish paintjob courtesy of Jaguar press office, who in their infinite wisdom decided to repaint one of their fleet cars when it left service as a replica of the Shaguar in Goldmember

And it's 10 pages Garlick, not nine!

Al Clements
Dep Ed
C&SC

[Alastair C]

Oh yeah, and you are so right Vintageseekers.... XKSS is to die for.

[soad]

Good stuff - a bit of car history too.

[XJ40]

What about the mighty XJ40, it should of had pride of place at the front, surely?! Despite the glaring ommission, it's a nice shot, coming to a desktop near me shortly...

[I WISH]

..... if you could only pick one?

Oh god that's just too hard ..... the SS100 or the E-type?

Sorry ..... I just can't choose. Both absolutely iconic.

Edited by I WISH on Friday 28th May 17:07

[poing]

So close to being my new desktop wallpaper but that stupid union jack one at the back ruins it for me, it's just nasty and far too Austin Powers.

[plasticpig]

Garlick said:

Apparently the XJS is ex- Lady Di and supplied by Jag UK, they also supplied the rather garish XK8.

IIRC they are both Jaguar Heritage Trust cars. I am pretty sure the rest are as well.

[ess]

Some lovely examples of British automotive history right there.

This is good news for the future of the marque also -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/27/jag...

[DJC]

1957

160mph
0-60 in 4.7secs

And people say the Miura was the first supercar!

[Premlal]

I'll have the SS100 please and if you can find me a D-Type, Hagerman, XJ220 and an E-Type lightweight that would be great