Jaguar XK120 | Jaguar XK120 Open two-seater or roadster and not a convertible c. 1950, with a very light weight canvas top and removable side curtains thumbscrewed to the doors – with no external door handles ( shown: top stored )

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 )

Though it was often said to be the first production car to break 8 minutes, the limited run Jaguar XJ220 had already achieved a 7 ' 46 " lap.

During its initial 13-year production run, the Jaguar did not sell as well as the more inexpensive Stratocaster and Telecaster, and achieved its most noticeable popularity in the surf music scene.

In the 1989 race, the Chilean, with Alain and Michel Ferté, achieved the 8th place with the Jaguar XJR-9 ; but his best result would be winning the 1990 event of the historic race in a Jaguar XJR-12, but after driving several hours in the No. 3 car, he was forced to leave his seat to the British driver Martin Brundle, who received the chequered flag, and Salazar was forced to move to the No. 4 car, which retired at 20 hours with mechanical problems ( Brundle's original car, the No. 1, was pulled out at 14 hours for electrical problems ).

Mac OS X v10. 2 was never officially referred to as Jaguar in the United Kingdom due to an agreement with the car manufacturer Jaguar, although boxes and CDs still bore the Jaguar-fur logo.

As a sign of his success in Jacksonville, on October 8, 2006 he was the first player inducted into the Pride of the Jaguars, the teams ' Hall of Fame, and signed a symbolic one-day contract allowing him to retire officially as a Jaguar.

In addition to cars that have been produced officially in small series, the company has also built exclusive one-offs and prototypes for other illustrious marques, such as Ford, BMW, Jaguar, MG, Rolls-Royce, Rover, Spyker, and Volvo.

In 1981, Jaguar released a cylinder head that allowed up to 14: 1 compression ; but settled for 12. 5: 1 in production cars.

In the 1971 movie Harold and Maude the character Harold, played by Bud Cort, drives two hearses: originally a 1959 Cadillac Superior 3-way ; and then later a custom hearse he makes from a 1971 Jaguar XK-E 4. 2 Series II.

Before the sale was announced, Anthony Bamford, chairman of British excavators manufacturer JCB, had expressed interest in purchasing Jaguar Cars in August, the year previously ; only to back out when told the sale would also involve Land Rover, which he did not wish to buy.

In the city, he became known for his heavy alcohol consumption and reckless driving in his new Jaguar car ; he also entered into romantic and sexual relationships with various men.

In the 1950s, sports car racing was regarded as almost as important as Grand Prix competition, with major marques like Ferrari, Maserati, Jaguar and Aston Martin investing much effort in their works programmes and supplying cars to customers ; sports racers lost their close relationship to road-going sports cars in the 1950s and the major races were contested by dedicated competition cars such as the Jaguar C and D types, the Mercedes 300SLR, Maserati 300S, Aston Martin DBR1 and assorted Ferraris including the first Testa Rossas.

While Sega would later rival Nintendo's success with the Mega Drive / Genesis, Atari never truly recovered and could not match the success of its competitors or its own 2600 console ; it finally stopped producing game systems in after the failure of the Atari Jaguar.

The Annals list his victims according to the days of the Aztec calendar: old people on 1 Alligator ; small children on 1 Jaguar, 1 Deer and 1 Flower ; nobles on 1 Reed ; everybody on 1 Death ; and young people on 1 Movement.

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 ).

On 22 October 1975, Hugh and Antonia Fraser, together with Caroline Kennedy, who was visiting them at their Holland Park home, in Kensington, west London, were almost blown up by an IRA car bomb placed under the wheels of his Jaguar, which had been triggered to go off at 9 am when he left the house ; the bomb exploded killing a noted cancer researcher, Gordon Hamilton-Fairley.

* You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ): the lines " this organization does not tolerate failure " and " in Japan men come first "; the scenes with the Jaguar and the video communication with Basil Exposition at the very beginning modelled on similar sequences with Bond, Aki and Tiger Tanaka ; external shots of the Virtucon enterprise modelled on external shots of the Osaka enterprise ; interior of Alotta's apartment ; bath tub sequence in Alotta's apartment ; Austin's poetry similar to Tiger Tanaka's reading of poetry ( actually written by Bond in the novel ); Mr. Bigglesworth ( Dr.

** Jaguar, Panthera onca ( the Americas ; from the Southern United States and Mexico to northern Argentina )

In 514, Knot-eye Jaguar I was himself taken captive ( by Ruler C of Piedras Negras ), giving Bonampak some respite ; but after 526, his successor K ' inich Tatb ' u Skull II attacked Bonampak again and captured more lords.

Robert loves to play tennis and golf and throughout the show, owns 3 cars ; a Jaguar, Volvo and a BMW.

* A $ 50, 000 Jaguar automobile ;

* Glenn Plummer as " Tuneman " ( Jaguar Owner ) ( later named " Maurice " in Speed 2: Cruise Control )

His current classic car collection comprises a Triumph TR2, MGB-GT, Wolseley 1500 and a Jaguar XJ6 ( his everyday car ).

At various times, it was part of the Specialist Division ( hence the factory designation SD1 for the first — and in the event, only — model produced under this arrangement ), Leyland Cars, Rover-Triumph, and the short-lived Jaguar Rover Triumph.

After a " considerable argument " between Standard-Triumph Managing Director, Sir John Black, and William Lyons, the creator and owner of Jaguar, Black's objective in acquiring the rights to the name and the remnants of the bankrupt Triumph business was to build a car to compete with the soon-to-be-launched post-war Jaguars.

For most of its time under Leyland or BL ownership, the Triumph marque belonged in the Specialist Division of the company, which went by the names of Rover Triumph and later Jaguar Rover Triumph other than a brief period during the mid-1970s when all BL's car marques or brands were grouped together under the name of Leyland Cars.

1967-1975 Jaguar E-types, Saab 90s and early 99s and 900s, 1969-1972 Volvo 140s and 164s, and some 1960s and 1970s Triumphs, for instance the Triumph Spitfire used Zenith IV carburettors in the North American market.

The Triumph TR8 is an eight-cylinder version of the " wedge-shaped " Triumph TR7 sports car, designed by Harris Mann, and manufactured by British Leyland ( BL ), through its Jaguar / Rover / Triumph ( JRT ) division.

* 7th edition catalogue 1966-C77 Ford GT40, C78 AC Cobra, C79 Offenhauser front engine, C80 Offenhauser rear engine, C81 Cooper, C82 Lotus, C83 Sunbeam Tiger C84 Triumph TR4A, C85 BRM, C86 Porsche, C87 Vanwall, C88 Cooper, C89 BRM, 90 Ferrari, C91 D-Type Jaguar, C92 Porsche

Also Jaguar XJS, XJ6, XJ40, many other models, Rover's P4 & P5 saloons, Triumph 2000, Volvo 240, Volvo 740 and Volvo 940 ( normally estate models ) the main one being the Ford Granada Mk1 and Mk2.

The Rover 3500 was assembled in New Zealand from 1971 to 1976, at New Zealand Motor Corporation's assembly plant in Stoke, Nelson, alongside the Triumph 2000 / 2500, Jaguar XJ6 ( Series 1 and 2 ) and Land Rover ( Series 3 ).

Still during the 1960s British manufacturers sought professional help from the Italians, Giovanni Michelotti, Ercole Spada and Pininfarina. Notable British contributions to automobile designs were Morris Mini by Alec Issigonis, Several Jaguar Cars by Sir William Lyons, Aston Martin DB Series, and several cars from Triumph and MG. Ford Europe based in Great Britain is notable for Ford Sierra, a creation of Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz, and Patrick le Quément.