the Jaguar XK120 achieved an officially timed ; the " Jabbeke Speed Record " Triumph TR2 car was driven by Ken Richardson ; André Pilette set a Belgian record in the 2 litre class in the Veritas RS ; in 1952 the Rover JET 1 turbine driven by Spen King set the first speed record for gas turbine cars at over the flying kilometre ; and the exotic Pegaso Z-102 clocked to make it the ' fastest production car in the world '.

Examples range from the very first cars to the vintage Porsche Speedster introduced in 1955, and the classic Jaguar XK120 Roadster unveiled in 1948 right up to the most recent Porsche Spyders.

Fiat was one of the first car companies to use belt-driven DOHC engines in some of their products in the mid-1960s., Jaguar's XK6 DOHC engine was displayed in the Jaguar XK120 at the London Motor Show in 1948, and used across the entire Jaguar range through the late 1940s, 1950 and 1960s.

This engine first powered the Jaguar XK120, followed by the Jaguar Mark VII and a number of other Jaguar models in subsequent years.

The first production use of the XK 6-cylinder was in the 1948 Jaguar XK120, which used the 3. 4 L ( 3, 442 cc / 210 cu-in ) version with an bore and stroke.

Among his close friends were Jaguar founder William Lyons ( to whom he lent his BMW 328 for detailed mechanical investigation during the planning and design of the Jaguar XK120 ) and Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix engineering supremo Rudolf Uhlenhaut.

* 1952: 3rd, RAC Rally, Jaguar XK120.

His name is closely associated with Jaguar ; particularly the XK120 model.

* 1950: DNF, Jaguar XK120 ; clutch failure after 21 hours while lying third and catching the leader at a rate that would have seen the Jaguar in the lead before the full 24 hours had elapsed — an effort that convinced William Lyons it was worth investing in success at Le Mans.

* 1950: 5th, Jaguar XK120.

* 1950: 107. 46 mph for 24 hours, including stops for fuel and tyres, in Johnson ’ s Jaguar XK120 roadster JWK 651 ; co-driver Stirling Moss.

* 1952: 100. 31 mph for 7 days and 7 nights ; Jaguar XK120 coupé ; co-drivers Stirling Moss, Bert Hadley and Jack Fairman.

For the week-long 1952 marathon Jaguar's founder, mindful of the considerable kudos and advertising mileage that had already accrued from Johnson's efforts, commandeered a brand new gold-colored XK120 FHC for him: it was Jaguar chief engineer Walter Hassan's car, the second right-hand drive coupé made.

In the early 1950s he started racing his mother's Jaguar XK120 in the Sports Car Club of America races at sixteen years old.

* Jaguar C-type ( also called XK120-C, due to its being based on the Jaguar XK120 )

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Jaguar warrior, from the Aztec codices # Codex Magliabechiano | Codex Magliabechiano.

Rear Torpedo tube of a former German Jaguar class fast attack craft | Jaguar class Schnellboot ( motor torpedo boat | MTB )

Jaguar's motto of " Grace, Space, Pace " was epitomised in the 1958 Jaguar Mark IX | Mark IX

The Jaguar XJ | XJ6, regarded by many as the definitive Jaguar saloon

The Jaguar XJ220 | XJ220 — the world's fastest production car in 1992

Jaguar XK140 | Jaguar XK140 Convertible or drop-head coupé with wind-up windows

File: Jaguar XK8 Cabriolet rear 20070520. jpg | Jaguar XK c. 2008, with heatable glass rear window and fully automatic cloth top with integral top-concealing rigid tonneau

File: Jaguar E-Type offen01. jpg | Jaguar E-type c. 1970, with vinyl foldable tonneau installed and snap-secured

Image: Jaguar tier 2. jpg | Jaguar in the Amazon Rainforest.

Daimler V8-250, hybridSmall Daimler V8 engines | Daimler V8 in a re-badged Jaguar carthe most popular Daimler ( 1968 example )

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File: Lamanai 5. jpg | Temple of the Jaguar Masks-detail of what is believed to be a jaguar head, left-hand side of temple ( when facing its front ).

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`` Naw, we'll use mine '', Moore said, opening the door of a sleek white Jaguar roadster.

Doubting Sebastian's chance of success, they make a wager: If Kathryn wins, she gets Sebastian's vintage 1956 Jaguar XK140 roadster ; if Sebastian wins, Kathryn will allow him to " put it anywhere " ( an oblique reference to anal sex ).

A Pontiac convertible and sedan, ' 53 Ford woody wagon, a Chrysler convertible, a Jaguar XK120-like roadster, a Willys Jeep, a utility truck, a tow truck, a tractor, a larger scale motorcycle, a helicopter, and a couple of airplanes were all part of the Fix It series.

Earlier slot car models were a Jaguar E-type, Mercedes-Benz 190 roadster and coupe, a 1965 Corvette Stingray convertible, Ford GT 40s, Ford Capri, Chaparral, Ferrari F1, BRM F1, Ferrari 250 GTO, Lotus F1, Renault Alpine 1600, BMC Mini, Porsche 911 and a Porsche 904.

Jane Goldman, wife of British TV and radio personality Jonathan Ross, owns a similar style " hearse " built from a Jaguar XK8 convertible.

During the 1980s, Jaguar produced an XJ-SC with two removable panels over the front seats and a partial fold-down convertible section in the back.

Elsewhere globally, convertible production continued throughout this era with models such as the Mercedes SL, the VW Beetle Cabriolet, the VW Golf Cabriolet, and the Jaguar E-type.

Meanwhile, Jason and Kaylee modify the controls to Wolf's blue Jaguar XKR convertible, causing various controls to perform the incorrect function and playing the song " Blue ( Da Ba Dee )" by Eiffel 65, resembling Wolf's blue skin.

Marx made some 1 / 25 scale slot cars, like a Jaguar XKE remote control convertible.

* 2007 Jaguar XK convertible

* Dudley-A gentleman British boxer who seeks to recover his late father's antique Jaguar convertible from Gill.

A 1992 comparison test of the Northstar-powered Allanté by Car and Driver placed it above the Jaguar XJS V12 convertible and the Mercedes-Benz 300SL in North America.

The styling started life as the still-born Jaguar F type ( XJ41 – coupe / XJ42 – convertible ) designed by Keith Helfet.

1986 Jaguar XJ-SC targa convertible ( US spec, with twin headlights )

The earlier, manual models were not imported by Jaguar into the United States, which had to wait until the facelift manual 4-litre XJS coupé and convertible were available ; even then they were sold only in low numbers.

The Hess & Eisenhardt coachbuilding firm was located in Ohio, USA, and built about 893 of these cars under contract from Jaguar before the official Jaguar-built XJS full convertible appeared in 1988.

The Hess & Eisenhardt convertible differed from the later Jaguar convertible XJS as its unpadded top folded down deeper into the body structure of the car resulting in a cleaner rear profile when the roof was lowered.

The later Jaguar full convertible had a heavier padded top that did not fold into as small a bundle when in the lowered position, but retained nearly all of the original components of the coupé.

Cooke and Chalmers had married in 1990, divorced in 1993 ( after she made headlines in May 1992 by accidentally shooting herself in the finger and in September 1993 by driving drunk in Georgetown with a man pounding on the hood of her Jaguar convertible ), and remarried in 1995.

The US $ 3, 899 price in 1965 put the convertible in the same price bracket as the Jaguar E-Type in the American market.

Later, the driver of a Jaguar E-Type convertible pulls up alongside Kowalski and challenges him to a race.

The versatile know-how of Edscha can be seen in its range of products from softtops, like the Jaguar XK and Audi A3 to retractable hard tops, like the Peugeot 207CC and the BMW 3-series VHT as in the wide range of these products from the affordable Smart ForTwo to the most expensive convertible in the world the Maybach Landaulet.