by | Apr 24, 2017
1938–40 SS Jaguar 100 The SS Jaguar 100 is a British 2-seat sports car built between 1936 and 1940 by SS Cars Ltd of Coventry, England. The ‘100’ was so named to reflect the theoretical 100 mph maximum speed of the vehicle. In common with many products of...
by | Apr 24, 2017
SS Jaguar and Jaguar 1½ Litre The smallest model of the range originally featured a 1608 cc side valve Standard engine but from 1938 this was replaced by a 1776 cc overhead-valve unit still from Standard who also supplied the four-speed manual transmission. Pre-war...
by | Apr 24, 2017
SS Jaguar and Jaguar 2½ Litre The chassis was originally of 119 in (3,020 mm) but grew by an inch (25 mm) in 1938 to 120 in (3,050 mm). The extra length over the 1½ Litre was used for the six-cylinder engine and the passenger accommodation was the same size.Again the...
by | Apr 25, 2017
Jaguar Mark IV The Jaguar Mark IV (pronounced mark four) is a range of automobiles built by Jaguar Cars from 1945 to 1949. The cars were marketed as the Jaguar 1½ litre, Jaguar 2½ litre and Jaguar 3½ litre with the Mark IV name later applied in retrospect to separate...
by | Apr 28, 2017
Jaguar Mark V 1948 to 1951 The Jaguar Mark V (pronounced mark five) and always printed in company documents as a Roman numeral V, never an Arabic number 5, is an automobile built by Jaguar Cars Ltd from 1948 to 1951. The Mark V was introduced to distributors and the...
