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
Original Poster
3,102 posts
71 months
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Nice picture, but couldn't they find a UK spec XJS full convertible? and what's with the paint job in the XK8?
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Garlick
38,253 posts
109 months
PH Manager Bloke
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Apparently the XJS is ex- Lady Di and supplied by Jag UK, they also supplied the rather garish XK8.
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kambites
32,864 posts
90 months
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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.
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Bill
26,391 posts
124 months
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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 
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dinkel
21,015 posts
127 months
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Nice. I'll upload a few Jags soonish, to honour the brand.
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GFWilliams
4,301 posts
76 months
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No XJ220  although it would have taken up rather a lot of space in the group shot!
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loose cannon
2,325 posts
110 months
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were is the xj6 in this picture 
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bri_the_fly
167 posts
80 months
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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!
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Garlick
38,253 posts
109 months
PH Manager Bloke
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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 
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Vintageseekers
107 posts
54 months
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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
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Alastair C
8 posts
47 months
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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
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Alastair C
8 posts
47 months
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Oh yeah, and you are so right Vintageseekers.... XKSS is to die for.
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soad
15,879 posts
45 months
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Good stuff - a bit of car history too. 
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XJ40
2,644 posts
82 months
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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...
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I WISH
678 posts
69 months
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 ..... 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. 
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poing
2,301 posts
69 months
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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.
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plasticpig
8,326 posts
94 months
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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.
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ess
100 posts
47 months
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DJC
19,823 posts
105 months
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1957
160mph
0-60 in 4.7secs
And people say the Miura was the first supercar!
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Premlal
12 posts
36 months
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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
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