The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was Jaguar's first sports car since SS 100 production ended in 1939....
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The Jaguar XK140 is a sports car manufactured by Jaguar between 1954 and 1957 as the successor to the XK120. Upgrades included more interior space, improved...
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The Jaguar C-Type (officially called the Jaguar XK120-C) is a racing sports car built by Jaguar and sold from 1951 to 1953. The "C" stands for "competition"...
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Leyland. Jaguar made its name by producing a series of successful eye-catching sports cars, the Jaguar XK120 (1948–54), Jaguar XK140 (1954–57), Jaguar XK150...
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SS & Jaguar Cars 1936-1951 (first ed.). England: Herridge & Sons, Ltd. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-906133-49-8. Clausager, Anders (2006). Jaguar XK120 In Detail...
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Top Gear races (section London to Edinburgh – Race to the North – Jaguar XK120 vs. Vincent Black Shadow vs. Tornado locomotive – distance 378 miles)
locomotive 60163 Tornado. Clarkson (on the train) raced May (in a 1949 Jaguar XK120) and Hammond (on a 1949 Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle) from London...
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his first major victory at the RAC Tourist Trophy in 1950, driving a Jaguar XK120. Moss made his Formula One debut at the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix with HWM...
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possibility of future contracts from Jaguar. The name XJ220 was chosen as a continuation of the naming of the XK120, which referred to the top speed of...
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were Jaguar founder William Lyons (to whom he lent his BMW 328 for detailed mechanical investigation during the planning and design of the XK120) and...
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Norman Dewis (category Jaguar people)
Jaguar XK120 was converted back to a road car and sold by the company. On 21 January 1971 at the MIRA high-speed circuit Dewis drove the only Jaguar XJ13...
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