Model record
Jaguar XK120
Background
The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was Jaguar's first sports car since SS 100 production ended in 1939. The XK120 was launched in open two-seater or (US) roadster form at the 1948 London Motor Show as a testbed and show car for the new Jaguar XK engine designed by Jaguar Chief Engineer William Heynes. The sports car caused a sensation, which persuaded Jaguar founder and Chairman William Lyons to put it into production.
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Specification
- Weight
- 1,150 kg
- Dimensions
- 4,406 × 1,574 × 1,397 mm
Sources
Same marque
Other Jaguar models
- 420 and Daimler Sovereign —
- Ascot —
- C-Type —
- C-X16 —
- Daimler Sovereign —
- E-Type Roadster —
- Mark 1 —
- Mark IV —
- Mark V —
- Mark VII —
- Mark VII M —
- Mark VIII —
- Mark X —
- Prime Ministerial Car —
- R and SVR models —
- SS Jaguar 100 —
- XE SV Project 8 —
- XF (X250) —
- XF (X260) Sportbrake —
- XFR (X260) Sportbrake —
- XJ (X300) —
- XJ (X308) —
- XJ (X350) —
- XJ (X358) —
- XJ (XJ40) —
- XJ13 —
- XJR (X350) —
- XJR-15 —
- XJR-6 —
- XJS —
- XK —
- XK (X100) —
- XK140 —
- XK150 —
- XKSS —
- S-Type 1936
- 240 1946
- 340 1948
- XK SERIES 1949
- MK II 1950
- MK VIII 1950
- MK VII 1951
- MK IX 1952
- XJ SERIES 1954
- 3.8 1956
- Mark 2 1959
- Mark IX 1959
- E-Type 1961