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In 1922, a young motorcyclist under the name Bill Lyons joined the manufacturer of sidecar William Walmsley to form the Swallow Sidecar Company in Blackpool, England sidecars Their sleek aluminum, distinctive proved popular.
In 1927, Lyons designed a body with two sports seats for the small, cheap, welcoming but Austin Seven Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company was born the following year saw the addition of the Austin Seven Swallow Saloon and the company moved to Coventry where most of the British car industry was based.
Lyon has introduced three new bodies at the 1929 London Motor Show - Fiat Tipo 509A, the Ten Swift and Big Nine standard in 1930, they equipped the two Wolseley Hornet seats in 1931, they built a body for four Wolseley seats and their larger body to date on a standard with Enfield chassis and a six-cylinder engine in 1932, they made the very sporty body for the Special Hornet.
smart style elements from Marqués more expensive aluminum panels on wooden frames, bright paint and affordable systems characterized cars equipped Swallow BODY These cars by Jaguar enthusiasts are collectively known as the Swallow Sidecar cars was dropped from the name of the company at that time, but they continued to make sidecars until the operation was sold after the Second World war.
It was the 1931 Motor Show in London as Lyon came on the market with cars of his own SS-I and small SS-II have side valve 6-cylinder engines standard 4-cylinder, but Lyon designed the long innovative chassis, low style complimented with a leather and wood interior Lyons become a brand, even then.
The name of the company changed to SS Cars Ltd in 1933, when the production of Swallow cars stopped in 1935, Lyon presented Saloon the streamlined SS I Airline and SS-90 But it was the SS Jaguar 100 with its engine OHV would be the first to bear the name of Jaguar.
Hostilities with Germany interrupted automobile manufacturing company and transferred production to sidecars and aircraft parts for the military then, the company dropped the name SS and became Jaguar Cars.
Production of cars essentially unchanged SS took over as the Jaguar until the company introduced a new sedan in 1948, fans of Mark V refer to SS Jaguars postwar like IVs brand but it was never an official designation.
1948 also saw the introduction of the new XK twin engine camshaft and a new sports car Named for its top speed, the Jaguar XK120 was the fastest production car of its day.
In 1950, Lyon introduced the brand VII Now, if you paid attention, you might think to yourself, What happened to the Mark VI Rolls-Royce presented their Bentley Mark VI in 1946 to Lyon simply a fact rise.
Jaguar has incorporated a company in New York in 1954 to start exporting cars to the fertile market in the United States for good Jaguar Cars North America, as it is now known, sales control and Jaguar's operations in Canada, the United States and Mexico from its headquarters in Mahwah, New Jersey.
Meanwhile, in England, the rack has won XK140 1954 and the direction of the pinion and a small backseat The following year, Jaguar went after the small sedan market with a compact new uni-body, Jaguar 2 4, the name of its low size 2 4 liter XK engine.
In 1956, Bill Lyons was knighted Sir William Lyons for his service to the British car industry and VIII brand appeared with one piece of Jaguar windscreen disc brakes installed on XK150 in 1957 and 1958 Mark IX which power steering also received and greater August 3 liter XK.
The Mark II compact 1959 also received disc brakes and more glass its predecessor, the Jaguar February 4, became known as the Mark I in 1960, 3 8a found its way into the XK150 Three carburetors have a XK150S same year, Jaguar bought Daimler and moved the manufacture of engines to Daimler factory in Coventry.
In 1961, Jaguar introduced what is probably their best known vehicle, type E or XKE as it was called here in the former colonies style Seductive joined the XK August 3 with three carburetors proven in XK150S in independent rear suspension kept the power to the ground the new uni-body X Mark received IRS as well.
In 1963, Jaguar has entered a new model between the large and compact Mark X Mark II as the S type equipped with IRS and choice of 3 4 or 3 engines 8 liters It would become the 420 in 1966, a name derived his April 2 liter engine also in 1963, Jaguar has acquired the largest engine manufacturer Price Coventry Climax to build a V12.
It was then that Sir William Lyons resigned as CEO to become chairman and chief executive of the Jaguar-Daimler management and British Motor Corporation formed Holdings British Motor which merged with Leyland Motor Vehicle Corporation and became British Leyland Motor Corporation In Machiavellian restructuring, Jaguar operations were no champion and waded As if that was not bad enough, the emission regulations and safety in the US emasculated what power may have been left in the XKE.
In bad financial situation in 1966, management has put the Jaguar racing program on the back burner, but the dedicated employees who work in secret and on weekends the continued development of, as it would turn unlucky XJ13-number Although runner engine was totaled in a 1967 photo shoot and never had the chance to compete with the Ford GT40 at Le Mans, the V12 in its engine bay would ultimately make his own history.
Sixties - the influence of British Pop Culture.
Jaguar sales in America have benefited unarguably the popularity of all things British in the 1960s, the fashion model Twiggy, James Bond films, television s Avengers and the music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, to name a few -uns, interest in the British motor powered from the US anglophile in the inimitable words of Austin Powers, Yeah, baby.
Jaguar square simplified its line-up in 1968 and introduced the XJ6 to April 2 or 2 8 Series III E-type has received 5 March 1971 liters, aluminum block, V12 transistorized ignition and a wider track and more big tires to handle the power pan over floor A for February 2 enabled automatic transmission power steering was standard.
In 1972, our company, Motorcars LTD was formed in Houston, Texas, to serve the British cars.
The show won the 1972 V12 Available in Vanden Plas or Daimler Double Six, the XJ12 became the fastest production four places in the world later in the year Sir William Lyons retired.
In 1973, Britain and Ireland and Denmark joined the European Economic Community and overcome market opening prices in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
The same year, a slightly redesigned XJ6 Series II hit the road soon after, Jaguar offered XJ6C and XJ12C, elegant cut hard tops with two doors.
In 1975, the British government partially nationalized some industries in the UK, including British Leyland and its subsidiary Jaguar.
The V12 reached its greatest glory in a new exciting sport coupe, the Jaguar XJ-S 1975 Replacing the XKE, this modern tourer had air conditioning as standard equipment and a top speed of 150 miles per hour racing cars Jaguar XJ- S go on to win the Trans Am championship in 1977 and 1978 and the Constructors' Championship in 1978.
In 1979, the Conservative Party launched a privatization initiative back British Leyland and Jaguar Jaguar private property has launched a thin XJ6 Series III Many fans believe he may have been the best ever four-door sedan style .
With a new CEO at the helm in 1980, Jaguar designed high performance cylinder heads for the V12, and in 1981 boasted the fastest production automobile with an automatic transmission in the world in the form of the XJ-S HE, 155 miles per the new time AJ6 all-aluminum, 24-valve engine has replaced the old XK engine.
In 1984, Jaguar Cars has become an independent company again with the stock trading activities on the London Stock Exchange the following year, Sir William Lyons died.
Jaguar introduced the new body with the XJ40 AJ6 engine in Europe in 1986 and in 1987 U S available XJ6, sovereign, majestic, Vanden Plas or Daimler Some markets continued to receive the Series III XJ12.
In 1989, Ford acquired Jaguar in 1992, the XJ220 has tested the exotic car market in Europe, but never did the US The XJ12, known as Daimler Double Six in Europe, reappeared with a 6 0 liters V12 in 1993 XJ40 body.
Jaguar has deployed the new body X300 1995 Available XJ6, Sovereign Majestic, Vanden Plas or supercharged XJR - the first supercharged chassis Jaguar's X330, stretched five inches in the rear seat area, made the XJ6L executive favorite carpooling .
Ford's influence has not been fully felt in 1997 with the introduction of the XK8 and supercharged XKR sports cars they were powered by the new AJ-V8 engine that was quickly filled in the body X308 1998 to form the XJ8.
Jaguar joined in retro style frenzy in 2000 with the X200 body type S-But it was 2002 that saw a new kind of cat, X400 compact body, all-wheel drive, V6-powered X type
2004 saw the introduction of the aluminum-bodied XJ X350 for the range that has a new additional design in 2007, the XK8 The X358 also has a redesign in 2007 XK now appointed, it was also submitted to a body style and upgrading the engine in 2011.
2008 Jaguar introduced a new brand called modeled XF and in 2013, the F-type is the fastest production car Jaguar to date.
The above information was assembled from our own Motorcars LTD library and many Jaguar enthusiasts sites on the Internet to learn more about Jaguar's history, visit the websites.
The Classic Car-Nection - Database Jaguar - Huge American amateur website Jaugar, model Jaguar Clubs of North America Guide - Production Models Swallow Cars on site Jag-Lovers Swallow and SS Cars - Information and Jaguar enthusiasts pictures Club - Worlds largest Jaguar Club based in the UK Jaguar Drivers Club of Queensland - Australian great club and the site British Motor Corporation - BMC history AutoSpeed - Epic engine - Jaguar - Jaguar serious Opinion changing wheels engines - Photo Jaguars and other cars, very large images.
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