Sport cars: Ford Jaguar
By more than 60 years, Jaguar it has symbolized the speed, the style and the class. The Jaguar is a prestigious British car created by William Walmsley and William Lyons, who founded the company on 1922, in England.
The first Jaguar appeared in 1935 and during their first year of production 300 were sold.
William Lyons was the person in charge of the designs of all the Jaguars, since she had a great sense of the style and wanted that their cars had certain appearance, like the one of a cat.
The First called Car Jaguar
The first car with the Jaguar name was the S.S. Jaguar 100. It made its introduction at the end of 1935. The terminal velocity for this Jaguar of two 161 seats was Km/h. This speed was something little common then. The S.S. Jaguar 100 competed with a great success in rallys and racing cars by all Europe.
To the being the Jaguar a British car, the seat of the conductor and the steering wheels were in the right side. Jaguar made some cars with the alongside left steering wheel to export them to the United States.
In years 30, the Jaguar was a car by far style. He was very narrow and low and it had great flat lights, a shining bumper, small grids of ventilation throughout all the hood and a curved salpicadero.
In 1936 and 1937, the Jaguars had the structure of the wood cabin with parts of metal, but later from 1938, the S.S.100 became just by parts of steel.
Single 300 were constructed Jaguars of model S.S. 100, although many of them still are in some side. To that they like the classic and old sport cars, they collect them and they show them in exhibitions of classic cars. Jaguar S.S.100 were constructed of year 1936 until the 1940.
Other Models of Jaguar
In 1948 Jaguar it introduced the model XK120, call thus by the motor of six cylinders XK that Heynes and Hassan had developed. Also it received name XK120 because the engineers thought that he could reach 120 miles per hour (193 Km/h), although in fact, when proving it, Km/h reached the 212, with a motor of 160 horses.
Jaguar constructed 240 models XK120 with parts of aluminum and with steel later. This model was constructed from a year 1948 to 1953 and they made more than 12,000. Single 600 of these Jaguars remained in England, the rest were exported.
Series XK of sport cars Jaguar, continued with model XK140 in 1954. The XK140 had the identical form of the XK120, but he was a little but voluminous. Most of the Jaguars they began to export to the United States, reason why the XK140 had a great chromium bumper throughout all the wide one of the car, like was the style in America.
Single they became near 8.000 XK140.
In 1957, the XK150 was introduced by Jaguar. It was I complete model of series XK. The XK150 had one more a new more elegant form. The motor reached the 209 Km/h. They were made more than 9.000 Jaguar XK150.
In 1961 the Jaguar introduced itself type and, that was the fastest and more famous sport car in the world during years 60. It was designed by Malcolm Sayer. In 1968, the type and appeared later in the exhibition of Geneva cars in Switzerland and in New York, in the international exhibition of cars. The Jaguar type and was call the XKE in the United States.
There were three series of the type and and reached the Maxima 253 speed of km/h with a motor of 265 horses.
The series Jaguar type I and came available like convertibles or coupe. Tapeworm a steel body. The hood was done of three pieces and it did not have grids. This series of Jaguar I and was constructed until 1969.
Series II and left in 1969 and single 2 years last. They had a style like the one of the previous cars. As many Jaguars were exported to the United States, series II had special characteristics required by the government. For example, the lights no longer could be of crystal for security reasons. The intermittent ones became and the heaviest bumper greater. Series II were considered better car than series I and with less mechanical problems.
Later series III arrived type E. By outside they were equal to the previous ones but the motor one inside was quite different.
In 1971, the first V-12 motor was installed in the Jaguar type E. The number after the V talks about whichever cylinders has in the motor. A V-12 motor is very powerful and heavy. The terminal velocity for the type and 217 V-12 was Km/h.
The Jaguars Modern
After more than 60 years, Jaguar still produces fast sport cars and by far style. Now the company, which began in England, belongs to Ford American. Ford bought the company Jaguar during a stage of financial problems in 1989. The company maintained the Jaguar name and the three factories in England still make the cars.
In 1994, Jaguar reintrodujo series XJ. In these cars the XJ12 were included, XJ6 and the XJR. In 1996 Jaguar it removed model XK8. Jaguar in 30 years was the first model of sport car. Also it was the first Jaguar in having a V-8 motor. The XK8 was considered as the successor of the XKE (type E) and appeared in the exhibition of cars in Genoa, he himself show in which the type and made debut 35 years ago.
The motor and body XK8 were designed in England. A convertible model of XK8 left in 1997. These cars are constructed with much elegance and are full of luxury. The Jaguar is known nowadays like some the best sport cars.
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