Jaguar XK140

Manufacturer Jaguar Cars
Production 1954–1957
Predecessor Jaguar XK120
Successor Jaguar XK150
Class Sports car
Body style(s) 2-seat roadster
2-seat convertible
2-seat coupé
Layout FR layout


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Jaguar XK120

The Jaguar XK120 was a sports car manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. Jaguar's first post-war sports car, it succeeded the SS 100, which ceased production in 1940.

The XK120 was launched in roadster form at the 1948 London Motor Show as a testbed and show car for the new Jaguar XK engine. It caused a sensation, which persuaded William Lyons to put it into production.

The "120" in its name referred to its 120 mph (193 km/h) top speed (faster with the windscreen removed), which made the XK120 the world's fastest standard production car at the time of its launch.[3].

It was available in two convertible versions — first as the roadster (designated OTS, for open two-seater, in America), then also as a drophead coupé, or DHC, from 1953 — and as a closed, or "fixed-head" coupé (FHC) from 1951.

The roadster version was popular with Hollywood stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Clark Gable and Lauren Bacall.[citation needed]

History

Jaguar made its name in the 1950s with a series of styled sports cars and luxury saloons.

Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation, the Austin-Morris combine, to form British Motor Holdings (BMH) in 1966. After merging with Leyland motors ,the resultant company then became the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) in 1968.

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. cars have become 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 first biggest launch in 1948 of the XK120 sports car, which combined a body shell essentially copied from a 1940 BMW[citation needed] with the new XK twin overhead camshaft (DOHC) 3.5 litre hemi-head six-cylinder engine designed by William Heynes, Walter Hassan and Claude Baily.