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{{Infobox Company| company_name = Jaguar Cars Ltd| company_logo =| company_type = Subsidiary of Ford Motor Company| founder = [William Lyons| location_city =
Browns Lane plant, Allesley,
Coventry| key_people = Geoff Polites, [ceoBibiana Boerio,
managing director|| industry =
Automobile| products =
Automobile| subsid =| homepage = Jaguar.com| footnotes =-->Jaguar Cars Limited is a [luxury vehicles automaker, originally based at Browns Lane plant, Coventry,
England but now at
Whitley, Coventry. It was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, changing to SS Cars Ltd in 1934, and becoming
Jaguar Cars Ltd in 1945. The company has been owned by
Ford Motor Company since 1989 and currently forms a part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group with Volvo Cars and Land Rover. Ford is currently considering divesting all three Premier units. BBC
Ford announces Jaguar sale plan (Retrieved 19 July 2007) The name is International Phonetic Alphabet for English "jag u ar"; with the term "Jag" being used colloquially.
History
Founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, by two motorcycle enthusiasts,
William Lyons and William Walmsley, the SS Jaguar name first appeared on a 2.5 litre saloon (car) in 1935. The Jaguar name was given to the entire company in 1945.
Jaguar made its name in the 1950s with a series of elegantly-styled sports cars and luxury saloons. The company bought the Daimler Motor Company car company (not to be confused with Daimler-Benz), in 1960 from Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA). From the late 1960s, Daimler was used as a brand name for Jaguar's most luxurious saloons.
Jaguar merged with the
British Motor Corporation (BMC), the Austin (car)-
Morris (car) combine, to form British Motor Holdings (BMH) in 1966. After merging with
Leyland Motors Ltd and Rover (car), the resultant company then became British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) in 1968. Financial difficulties and the publication of the
Ryder Report (British Leyland) led to effective nationalisation in 1975 and the company became BL Ltd (BL).
In 1984, Jaguar was floated off as a separate company on the stock market — one of the
Margaret Thatcher government's many privatisations. The Ford Motor Company made an offer to purchase the company in September 1989 which was accepted at an Extraordinary General Meeting in January 1990 and Jaguar was removed from the
London Stock Exchange listings on
28 February 1990.Jaguar Web Site. http://www.jaguar.com/uk/en/jaguar_ownership/company/heritage/1989_1996.htm. Accessed 10 May 2007 In 1999 it became part of Ford's new
Premier Automotive Group along with
Aston Martin, Volvo Cars and, from 2000,
Land Rover;
Aston Martin was subsequently sold off in 2007. Since Ford purchased Jaguar in 1989 it has yet to earn a profit for the Dearborn-based auto manufacturer.
Jaguar cars gained a reputation for unreliability during the 1970s and 1980s, but under Ford the reliability and build quality improved dramatically, with the company coming 7th (out of 30) in the J. D. Power Customer Satisfaction Survey (the '242-million mile road test'), and the S-Type coming 9th out of 105 cars in the same survey. In the 2003
Top Gear (current format) Survey, the XJ8 (X308) model came first. Also, in 2007, another survey by J.D. Power & Associates showed Jaguar to be the number one car company in cusomer satisfaction; scoring the highest ratings ever recorded.
The company was originally located in
Blackpool but moved to
Coventry in 1928 when demand for the
Austin Swallow became too great for the factory's capacity. jaguar-enthusiasts.org.uk Today, Jaguars are assembled at Castle Bromwich in
Birmingham, England and
Halewood in
Liverpool. The historic
Browns Lane plant closed in 2005, leaving the
Jaguar XJ,
Jaguar XK and Jaguar S-Type production at Castle Bromwich and the Jaguar X-Type at Halewood, alongside the new Land Rover Freelander 2, from 2007.
Since Land Rover's 2002 purchase by Ford, it has been closely associated with Jaguar. In many countries they share a common sales and distribution network (including shared dealerships), and some models now share common components, although the only shared production facility is Halewood, for the X-Type and the Freelander 2.
On 11 June
2007, Ford announced that it planned to sell Jaguar, along with Land Rover. The buyer was initially expected to be announced by September 2007, possibly a private equity group, but the sale was delayed, and an announcement will not be made until the end of 2007. India's
Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra have expressed interest in purchasing Jaguar and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company. Forbes
India's Tata confirms interest in Land Rover, Jaguar CNN
India's Tata eyeing Jaguar and Land Rover Ford has also announced that Volvo will be sold before the winter of 2007, finally dissolving the Ford PAG group. Ford Moving Closer to Sale of Car Units, New York Times, MICHELINE MAYNARD, August 3, 2007
Jaguar Cars holds Royal Warrants from both
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and
Charles, Prince of Wales. royalwarrant.org
Historical Models
collection
The Jaguar company started production with the pre-war 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 litre models which used engines designed by the
Standard Motor Company. The 1.5 litre four-cylinder engine was still supplied by Standard but the two larger six-cylinder ones were made in house. These cars have become known unofficially as Mark IVs.
The first post war model was the 1948 Mark V available with either 2.5 or 3.5 litre engines and had a more streamlined appearance than pre-war models, but more important was the change to independent front suspension and hydraulic brakes.
The big breakthrough was the launch in 1948 of the XK120 sports car, with the new XK twin overhead camshaft (DOHC) 3.5 litre
combustion chamberSetright, L. J. K., "Jaguar",
World of Automobiles (London, Orbis 1974), volume 9, p.1069 six-cylinder engine designed by William Heynes, Walter Hassan and Claude Baily. This engine had been designed during the long nights during the war when they would be on fire watch in the factory. After several attempts a final design was arrived at. That is until owner William Lyons said "make it quieter". The car had originally been intended as a short production model of about 200 vehicles as a test bed for the new engine until its intended home, the new Mark VII saloon, was ready. The XK120's reception was such that production continued until 1954; it was followed by the XK140, the XK150, and the E-Type, keeping Jaguar in the sports car market.
Introducing the large Mark VII saloon in 1951, a car especially conceived for the American market, Jaguar soon found itself overwhelmed with orders. The Mark VII and its successors gathered rave reviews from magazines such as
Road & Track and
The Motor (magazine). In 1956 a Mark VII won the prestigious
Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo.
The 1955 Mark 1 small saloon was the first monocoque (unibody) car from Jaguar and used a 2.4 litre short stroke version of the XK engine. In 1959, the car was improved with a larger engine and wider windows and became the Mark 2, one of the most recognizable Jaguar models ever produced. It would be popular with British police forces for its small size, light weight, and powerful engine.Setright,
op. cit., p.1074
The Mark VIII of 1956 and Mark IX of 1958 were essentially updates of the Mark VII but the Mark X of 1961 was a completely new design of large saloon with all round independent suspension and unibody construction.
The independent rear suspension from the Mark X was incorporated in the 1963 S-Type which closely resembled the Mark 2, and in 1967 the Mark 2 name was dropped when the small saloon became the 240/340 range. The 420 of 1966, also sold as the Daimler Sovereign, put a new front onto the S-type, although both cars continued in parallel until the S-Type was dropped in 1968. The Mark X became the 420G in 1966.
Of the more recent saloons, the most significant is the Jaguar XJ (1968-present), still the definitive Jaguar saloon car for many. Since 1968 the Series I XJ has seen major changes in 1973 (to Series II), 1979 (Series III), 1986
Europe / 1987 United States (XJ40), 1995 (X300), 1997 (to the V-8 powered X308), 2003 (the present model, X350). The most luxurious XJ models carry either the Vanden Plas (US) or Daimler Motor Company (rest of world) nameplates.
Notable models
Sports cars:
Large Saloons
Small Saloons
- Jaguar 1.5 Litre (1935–49)
- Jaguar Mark 1 (1955–59)
- Jaguar Mark 2 (1959–66)
- Jaguar S-Type (1963) (1963–68)
- Jaguar 240 (1967–69)
- Jaguar 420 (1966–70)
- Jaguar S-Type (1999 to 2007/2008)
- Jaguar X-Type (2001 to present)
- Jaguar XF (2007) New Model Replacing S-Type
Engines
Jaguar has designed in-house four generations of engines.
- Historical engines:
- Current engines:
- Jaguar AJ-V8 engine – V8
- Jaguar AJ-V6 engine – V6
Current Models
The current Jaguar line-up includes the following models:
{| class=wikitable|colspan=4|
2007 Jaguar Model Line-up|-!width="30%"|Model!!US Type!!Price Range!!Notes|-|Jaguar XJ|| full-size car
luxury car sedan|| [luxury car sports car sedan|-|[Jaguar X-Type|| luxury car
mid-size car sedan and
Station wagon||$33,500 – $37,500|||-|
Jaguar XK||sports car/Coupé/Convertible||$75,500 – $93,000|||}
Concept Models
- Pirana (1967)
- XK180 (1998)
- F-type (2000) – Roadster, similar to the XK8 but smaller
- R-Coupé (2002) – Luxury four-seater coupé, closest competitor being the Bentley Continental GT.
- Fuore XF 10 (2003)
- R-D6 (2003) – Compact four-seat coupé
- XK-RR – A high-performance version of last generation Jaguar XK coupé
- XK-RS – Another performance-spec version of last generation Jaguar XK convertible
- Concept Eight (2004) – Super-luxury version of the long-wheelbase model of the Jaguar XJ
- Jaguar XF (2007)
Jaguar's motorsport history
See also: Jaguar Racing and Jaguar XJR Sportscars
The company has had major success in sports car racing, particularly in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Victories came in and with the Jaguar C-Type, then in , and with the Jaguar D-Type. The manager of the racing team during this period, Lofty England, later went on to become CEO of Jaguar in the early 1970s. Although the prototype Jaguar XJ13 was built in the mid-1960s it was never raced, and the famous race was then left for many years, until in the mid-1980s when Tom Walkinshaw's TWR team started designing and preparing Jaguar V12-engined sports prototypes for European sports car races. The team started winning regularly from 1987, and with increased factory backing the team won Le Mans in 1988 and 1990.In the late 1990s, Ford decided that Jaguar would be the corporation's
Formula One entry. Ford bought out the semi-works Stewart Grand Prix team and rebranded it as Jaguar Racing. The Jaguar F1 program was not a success however, achieving only two podium finishes in five seasons of competition between and . At the end of 2004, with costs mounting and Ford's profits dwindling, the F1 team was sold to Red Bull energy drinks owner
Dietrich Mateschitz, and it became
Red Bull Racing. Since 2004 Jaguar has not had an official presence in motorsport.
Notable Jaguar sports racers:
Image gallery
Image:Jaguar SS 100 (1937).jpg|1937 Jaguar SS 100Image:Jaguar 2,5-Litre Drophead Coupe 1948.jpg|Jaguar 2½-Litre Drophead Coupé 1948Image:Jaguar Drophead Coupe.jpg|Jaguar Mark V Drophead CoupéImage:Jaguar Mark V Drophead Coupe 1950.jpg|Jaguar Mark V Drophead Coupé 1950Image:Jaguar Saloon 2.jpg|Jaguar Mark V SaloonImage:Jaguar XK.jpg|Jaguar XK120Image:Jaguar XK120 Roadster.jpg|Jaguar XK120 RoadsterImage:Jaguar Saloon 3.jpg|Jaguar SaloonImage:Jaguar Saloon.jpg|Jaguar SaloonImage:Jaguar Mark VII Saloon 1954.jpg|Jaguar Mark VII Saloon 1954Image:Jaguar Mark VII Mod M Saloon 1955.jpg|Jaguar Mark VII Saloon 1955Image:Jaguar XK140 Drophead Coupe 1956.jpg|Jaguar XK140 Drophead Coupé 1956Image:Jaguar XK150 Roadster.jpg|Jaguar XK150 RoadsterImage:jaguar.3point4.750pix.jpg|1963 Jaguar 3.4 Mark 2Image:Jaguar Saloon 4.jpg|Jaguar SaloonImage:jaguar.etype.1966.750pix.jpg|1966 Jaguar E-Type (a.k.a. XKE)Image:Jaguar 420 G 1968.jpg|Jaguar 420G Saloon 1968Image:Jaguar E-Type 1971.jpg|Jaguar E-Type Fixed-head Coupé 1971Image:Jaguar XJ12 1974.jpg|Jaguar XJ12 Saloon 1974Image:xjr15.JPG|1991 Jaguar XJR-15Image:Jaguar_XJ6_1995.jpg|1995 Jaguar XJ6 (Sovereign)Image:jaguar.xk8.car.750pix.jpg|Jaguar XK8
References
External links
- Jaguar Cars official website
{{Infobox Company| company_name = Jaguar Cars Ltd| company_logo =| company_type = Subsidiary of
Ford Motor Company| founder = [William Lyons| location_city =
Browns Lane plant, Allesley,
Coventry| key_people = Geoff Polites, [ceoBibiana Boerio,
managing director|| industry =
Automobile| products = Automobile| subsid =| homepage = Jaguar.com| footnotes =-->
Jaguar Cars Limited is a [luxury vehicles
automaker, originally based at
Browns Lane plant, Coventry,
England but now at Whitley, Coventry. It was founded as the
Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, changing to SS Cars Ltd in 1934, and becoming
Jaguar Cars Ltd in 1945. The company has been owned by
Ford Motor Company since 1989 and currently forms a part of Ford's
Premier Automotive Group with Volvo Cars and Land Rover. Ford is currently considering divesting all three Premier units. BBC
Ford announces Jaguar sale plan (Retrieved 19 July 2007) The name is
International Phonetic Alphabet for English "jag u ar"; with the term "Jag" being used colloquially.
History
Founded as the
Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, by two motorcycle enthusiasts,
William Lyons and
William Walmsley, the SS Jaguar name first appeared on a 2.5 litre
saloon (car) in 1935. The Jaguar name was given to the entire company in 1945.
Jaguar made its name in the 1950s with a series of elegantly-styled sports cars and luxury saloons. The company bought the
Daimler Motor Company car company (not to be confused with
Daimler-Benz), in 1960 from
Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA). From the late 1960s, Daimler was used as a brand name for Jaguar's most luxurious saloons.
Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation (BMC), the Austin (car)-
Morris (car) combine, to form British Motor Holdings (BMH) in 1966. After merging with Leyland Motors Ltd and
Rover (car), the resultant company then became British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) in 1968. Financial difficulties and the publication of the
Ryder Report (British Leyland) led to effective nationalisation in 1975 and the company became BL Ltd (BL).
In 1984, Jaguar was floated off as a separate company on the stock market — one of the Margaret Thatcher government's many privatisations. The Ford Motor Company made an offer to purchase the company in September 1989 which was accepted at an Extraordinary General Meeting in January 1990 and Jaguar was removed from the London Stock Exchange listings on
28 February 1990.Jaguar Web Site. http://www.jaguar.com/uk/en/jaguar_ownership/company/heritage/1989_1996.htm. Accessed 10 May 2007 In 1999 it became part of Ford's new
Premier Automotive Group along with Aston Martin,
Volvo Cars and, from 2000, Land Rover;
Aston Martin was subsequently sold off in 2007. Since Ford purchased Jaguar in 1989 it has yet to earn a profit for the Dearborn-based auto manufacturer.
Jaguar cars gained a reputation for unreliability during the 1970s and 1980s, but under Ford the reliability and build quality improved dramatically, with the company coming 7th (out of 30) in the
J. D. Power Customer Satisfaction Survey (the '242-million mile road test'), and the S-Type coming 9th out of 105 cars in the same survey. In the 2003
Top Gear (current format) Survey, the XJ8 (X308) model came first. Also, in 2007, another survey by J.D. Power & Associates showed Jaguar to be the number one car company in cusomer satisfaction; scoring the highest ratings ever recorded.
The company was originally located in
Blackpool but moved to Coventry in 1928 when demand for the Austin Swallow became too great for the factory's capacity. jaguar-enthusiasts.org.uk Today, Jaguars are assembled at
Castle Bromwich in
Birmingham, England and
Halewood in
Liverpool. The historic
Browns Lane plant closed in 2005, leaving the Jaguar XJ, Jaguar XK and
Jaguar S-Type production at Castle Bromwich and the
Jaguar X-Type at Halewood, alongside the new Land Rover Freelander 2, from 2007.
Since Land Rover's 2002 purchase by Ford, it has been closely associated with Jaguar. In many countries they share a common sales and distribution network (including shared dealerships), and some models now share common components, although the only shared production facility is Halewood, for the X-Type and the Freelander 2.
On
11 June 2007, Ford announced that it planned to sell Jaguar, along with Land Rover. The buyer was initially expected to be announced by September 2007, possibly a private equity group, but the sale was delayed, and an announcement will not be made until the end of 2007. India's
Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra have expressed interest in purchasing Jaguar and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company. Forbes
India's Tata confirms interest in Land Rover, Jaguar CNN
India's Tata eyeing Jaguar and Land Rover Ford has also announced that Volvo will be sold before the winter of 2007, finally dissolving the Ford PAG group. Ford Moving Closer to Sale of Car Units, New York Times, MICHELINE MAYNARD, August 3, 2007
Jaguar Cars holds Royal Warrants from both Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and
Charles, Prince of Wales. royalwarrant.org
Historical Models
collection
The Jaguar company started production with the pre-war 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 litre models which used engines designed by the
Standard Motor Company. The 1.5 litre four-cylinder engine was still supplied by Standard but the two larger six-cylinder ones were made in house. These cars have become known unofficially as Mark IVs.
The first post war model was the 1948 Mark V available with either 2.5 or 3.5 litre engines and had a more streamlined appearance than pre-war models, but more important was the change to independent front suspension and hydraulic brakes.
The big breakthrough was the launch in 1948 of the XK120 sports car, with the new XK twin
overhead camshaft (DOHC) 3.5 litre
combustion chamberSetright, L. J. K., "Jaguar",
World of Automobiles (London, Orbis 1974), volume 9, p.1069 six-cylinder engine designed by
William Heynes, Walter Hassan and Claude Baily. This engine had been designed during the long nights during the war when they would be on fire watch in the factory. After several attempts a final design was arrived at. That is until owner William Lyons said "make it quieter". The car had originally been intended as a short production model of about 200 vehicles as a test bed for the new engine until its intended home, the new Mark VII saloon, was ready. The XK120's reception was such that production continued until 1954; it was followed by the XK140, the XK150, and the E-Type, keeping Jaguar in the sports car market.
Introducing the large Mark VII saloon in 1951, a car especially conceived for the American market, Jaguar soon found itself overwhelmed with orders. The Mark VII and its successors gathered rave reviews from magazines such as
Road & Track and The Motor (magazine). In 1956 a Mark VII won the prestigious
Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo.
The 1955 Mark 1 small saloon was the first monocoque (unibody) car from Jaguar and used a 2.4 litre short stroke version of the XK engine. In 1959, the car was improved with a larger engine and wider windows and became the Mark 2, one of the most recognizable Jaguar models ever produced. It would be popular with British police forces for its small size, light weight, and powerful engine.Setright,
op. cit., p.1074
The Mark VIII of 1956 and Mark IX of 1958 were essentially updates of the Mark VII but the Mark X of 1961 was a completely new design of large saloon with all round independent suspension and unibody construction.
The independent rear suspension from the Mark X was incorporated in the 1963 S-Type which closely resembled the Mark 2, and in 1967 the Mark 2 name was dropped when the small saloon became the 240/340 range. The 420 of 1966, also sold as the Daimler Sovereign, put a new front onto the S-type, although both cars continued in parallel until the S-Type was dropped in 1968. The Mark X became the 420G in 1966.
Of the more recent saloons, the most significant is the
Jaguar XJ (1968-present), still the definitive Jaguar saloon car for many. Since 1968 the Series I XJ has seen major changes in 1973 (to Series II), 1979 (Series III), 1986 Europe / 1987 United States (XJ40), 1995 (X300), 1997 (to the V-8 powered X308), 2003 (the present model, X350). The most luxurious XJ models carry either the Vanden Plas (US) or Daimler Motor Company (rest of world) nameplates.
Notable models
Sports cars:
- Jaguar XK120 (1948–54)
- Jaguar XK140 (1954–57)
- Jaguar XK150 (1957–60)
- Jaguar E-type (1961–75)
- Jaguar XJS (1975–96)
- Jaguar XJ220 (1988–93)
- Jaguar XK(X100)(1997–2006)
- Jaguar XK (X150) (2007)
Large Saloons
Small Saloons
- Jaguar 1.5 Litre (1935–49)
- Jaguar Mark 1 (1955–59)
- Jaguar Mark 2 (1959–66)
- Jaguar S-Type (1963) (1963–68)
- Jaguar 240 (1967–69)
- Jaguar 420 (1966–70)
- Jaguar S-Type (1999 to 2007/2008)
- Jaguar X-Type (2001 to present)
- Jaguar XF (2007) New Model Replacing S-Type
Engines
Jaguar has designed in-house four generations of engines.
- Historical engines:
- Current engines:
Current Models
The current Jaguar line-up includes the following models:
{| class=wikitable|colspan=4|
2007 Jaguar Model Line-up|-!width="30%"|Model!!US Type!!Price Range!!Notes|-|
Jaguar XJ||
full-size car luxury car sedan|| [luxury car sports car
sedan|-|[Jaguar X-Type||
luxury car mid-size car
sedan and
Station wagon||$33,500 – $37,500|||-|Jaguar XK||sports car/
Coupé/Convertible||$75,500 – $93,000|||}
Concept Models
- Pirana (1967)
- XK180 (1998)
- F-type (2000) – Roadster, similar to the XK8 but smaller
- R-Coupé (2002) – Luxury four-seater coupé, closest competitor being the Bentley Continental GT.
- Fuore XF 10 (2003)
- R-D6 (2003) – Compact four-seat coupé
- XK-RR – A high-performance version of last generation Jaguar XK coupé
- XK-RS – Another performance-spec version of last generation Jaguar XK convertible
- Concept Eight (2004) – Super-luxury version of the long-wheelbase model of the Jaguar XJ
- Jaguar XF (2007)
Jaguar's motorsport history
See also: Jaguar Racing and Jaguar XJR Sportscars
The company has had major success in sports car racing, particularly in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Victories came in and with the Jaguar C-Type, then in , and with the Jaguar D-Type. The manager of the racing team during this period, Lofty England, later went on to become CEO of Jaguar in the early 1970s. Although the prototype Jaguar XJ13 was built in the mid-1960s it was never raced, and the famous race was then left for many years, until in the mid-1980s when Tom Walkinshaw's TWR team started designing and preparing Jaguar V12-engined sports prototypes for European sports car races. The team started winning regularly from 1987, and with increased factory backing the team won Le Mans in 1988 and 1990.In the late 1990s, Ford decided that Jaguar would be the corporation's
Formula One entry. Ford bought out the semi-works Stewart Grand Prix team and rebranded it as
Jaguar Racing. The Jaguar F1 program was not a success however, achieving only two podium finishes in five seasons of competition between and . At the end of 2004, with costs mounting and Ford's profits dwindling, the F1 team was sold to Red Bull energy drinks owner Dietrich Mateschitz, and it became Red Bull Racing. Since 2004 Jaguar has not had an official presence in motorsport.
Notable Jaguar sports racers:
Image gallery
Image:Jaguar SS 100 (1937).jpg|1937 Jaguar SS 100Image:Jaguar 2,5-Litre Drophead Coupe 1948.jpg|Jaguar 2½-Litre Drophead Coupé 1948Image:Jaguar Drophead Coupe.jpg|Jaguar Mark V Drophead CoupéImage:Jaguar Mark V Drophead Coupe 1950.jpg|Jaguar Mark V Drophead Coupé 1950Image:Jaguar Saloon 2.jpg|Jaguar Mark V SaloonImage:Jaguar XK.jpg|Jaguar XK120Image:Jaguar XK120 Roadster.jpg|Jaguar XK120 RoadsterImage:Jaguar Saloon 3.jpg|Jaguar SaloonImage:Jaguar Saloon.jpg|Jaguar SaloonImage:Jaguar Mark VII Saloon 1954.jpg|Jaguar Mark VII Saloon 1954Image:Jaguar Mark VII Mod M Saloon 1955.jpg|Jaguar Mark VII Saloon 1955Image:Jaguar XK140 Drophead Coupe 1956.jpg|Jaguar XK140 Drophead Coupé 1956Image:Jaguar XK150 Roadster.jpg|Jaguar XK150 RoadsterImage:jaguar.3point4.750pix.jpg|1963 Jaguar 3.4 Mark 2Image:Jaguar Saloon 4.jpg|Jaguar SaloonImage:jaguar.etype.1966.750pix.jpg|1966 Jaguar E-Type (a.k.a. XKE)Image:Jaguar 420 G 1968.jpg|Jaguar 420G Saloon 1968Image:Jaguar E-Type 1971.jpg|Jaguar E-Type Fixed-head Coupé 1971Image:Jaguar XJ12 1974.jpg|Jaguar XJ12 Saloon 1974Image:xjr15.JPG|1991 Jaguar XJR-15Image:Jaguar_XJ6_1995.jpg|1995 Jaguar XJ6 (Sovereign)Image:jaguar.xk8.car.750pix.jpg|Jaguar XK8
References
External links
- Jaguar Cars official website
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