What model followed XK150

[tvron]

A friend is adamant that Jaguar built a car following the XK150 and before the E-type .He says that due to a fire at Browns Lane factory not many were built and some destroyed in fire.
Does anyone know of this model sportscar ?

[NormanD]

tvron said:

A friend is adamant that Jaguar built a car following the XK150 and before the E-type .He says that due to a fire at Browns Lane factory not many were built and some destroyed in fire.
Does anyone know of this model sportscar ?

That was the XKSS he is thinking of
The road version of the D-Type

But not sure of dates but it was built before the XK150

Edited by NormanD on Wednesday 28th July 08:09

[Triple7]

XK150 came after the XKSS, my book says it was the E-Type/E-type after the XK150. E-Type was loosely based on the D-Type shape.

[NormanD]

OK read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XKSS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XK150

Fire was on the 12 Feb 1957
XK150 was 1957 - 1961

Edited by NormanD on Wednesday 28th July 10:04

[a8hex]

The E-Type was the successor to the XK150, as others have said the XKSS pre-dates the 150, The tooling to make them was lost in the fire in Feb 1957. The XK150 was launched later in 57 and remained in production until being replaced by the E-Type, the E uses the engine from the ultimate XK150, the 3.8S engine, with re-shaped inlet manifolds to fit under the lower bonnet of E.

There were two development cars before the E-Type, E1A and E2A, E2A still exists and was covered in Octane last month.

Apart from the engine and gear box, the E has very little in common with the XK150.
The 150 is derived from the XK120 and shares its separate chassis construction. Sir William Lyons had several goes at trying to update the styling of the XK line, but decided against it on the basis of cost. So the 150 was really past it's sell by date come 1961 and Jaguar had known this for some time. The E-Type is a radical departure in almost all respects, and owes more to the D Type than the XK.