By 1960, Jaguar’s XK-150 sports car was beginning to show its age, and Jaguar was gearing up to make a big splash with its replacement. The XK series traced its roots back to 1948 with the XK-120, and the time had come for a radical new car that would recapture the magic that Jaguar’s reputation was founded upon. Company boss Sir William Lyons r..
From its earliest days as S.S. Cars, luxurious and sporty saloon cars have sustained Jaguar through its highs and lows. In the mid-1950s, Jaguar was savoring the accomplishments of the XK sports cars and world-beating C-Type and D-Type sports racers. They even enjoyed surprising success with the massive MkVII and MkIX in British Saloon Car racin..
In 1957, Jaguar released the final and most advanced version of the XK-series of sports cars. The XK150 featured the most significant changes made since the XK120 appeared in 1949. The chassis was very similar to the outgoing 140, with independent front suspension, Salisbury rear axle, and rack and pinion steering. New for the 150, however, was ..
Following hot on the heels of Jaguar’s sensational XK120, the XK140 debuted in 1955 featuring a number of improvements designed to address customer complaints with the 120. Thankfully, Jaguar was able to retain the arresting good looks of the original design, while allowing for more room and better-balanced handling. The XK140’s larger full-widt..
Over the years, Jaguar developed quite a knack at unveiling their latest and greatest sports cars to stunned audiences. It happened in the early 1990s with the spectacular XJ220 supercar. Before that, the E-Type set the world alight with its staggeringly beautiful lines and exotic construction. However, it was at the 1948 London Motor Show where..
In 1946, Rolls-Royce/Bentley introduced a new model that would mark a significant milestone in the history of both of these great British marques. The Bentley Mark VI, (joined by the Rolls Royce Silver Dawn in 1949) was the company’s first postwar production car and the very first model to be offered with a standardized, all-steel production bod..
We have a fantastic Jaguar E-Type 3.8’flat floor’ coupe with welded
louvres available. This car was built in October 1961 and exported to
New York, the USA where it reached it`s first owner, Mr W L Buck, on the
2nd December 1961. This was the 140th in the production line and
therefore the rare ‘flat floor’ coupe. This car is even more exception..
This beautiful Alfa Romeo 6C Freccia d’Oro has been preserved since 1948.
It was repainted once and the mechanical ability has been overhauled.
A businessman from Piacenza called Romano Battisti, once felt in love with this car at the Turin Motor Show and immediately ordered it from the Barioli & Campelli’s car dealership in Piacenza, with s..