Articles Database (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
One of the available cars that can be rented in Las Vegas car rentals is the 1952 Jaguar XK120.The Jaguar XK120 came out as one of the fastest standard production car. This vehicle runs at an impressive 120 mph or 193 km/h and even faster if the windscreen was removed. Jaguar Cars Limited, the creators of [...]
Automobile (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
1950-1954 Jaguar XK120 The true top speed was barely the 120 mph suggested by its name, yet nothing else at the time came close. The 1950 advertisements said it all: "An entirely standard production Jaguar Super Sports XK120 was timed at 132.6 mph by official observation." That wasn't exactly true; the record car had a higher axle ratio, along with a single aero screen, a metal tonneau cover, and...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Jim Anderson of Sunnydale, above, looks over a 1952 Jaguar XK120 at the Pacific Coast Dream Machine Show on Sunday. The eclectic Half Moon Bay event drew crowds eager to scope out more than 2,000 cars - everything from street rods to muscle cars to luxury...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
History is bunk. Although a select few sporting cars have become legends-- the Jaguar XK120, early Mustangs and Porsche 911s-- their modern equivalents offer superior driving dynamics in every performance metric you can name. And greater reliability. And safety. But it is their "soul" that resonates: that unique combination of iconoclastic style and man - machine zeitgeist. So when enthusiasts started...
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
Click on the picture to enlarge Father and son team Graeme and James Dodd are planning to compete regularly with the Masters Racing Series this season in two very different cars. The Oxford family team plans to campaign its Jaguar XK120 in the XK Challenge, which runs within the Masters Cloth Cap Series, while the Dodds will also race their Ford Mustang in Top Hat races. Dodd senior has a successful...
GadgetManiac (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Some rag called the Daily Telegraph asked their readers to nominate the best-looking cars of all time, and this is what they came up with… 1 - Jaguar E-type 2 - Citroën DS 3 - Jaguar XK120/140/150 4 - Ferrari Dino 206/246 GT 5 - Lamborghini Miura : 100 - Volvo P1800 …not a bad compilation, but once or twice one has [...]
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 02/17/2008
As I was cruising YouTube for a video to accompany Glenn's Honest Bob blog, I typed in "Red Integra" and stumbled upon this love letter to a… red Integra. Which got me thinking: what car do you wish you'd never left behind? For me, it's a Jaguar XK120 restored/created the ground-up by Guy Broad in [...]
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Filed under: Aftermarket , UK Proteus, maker of hand-crafted replicas of bygone sports cars, is coming to America. Recently purchased by Enduro Cars, Proteus plans to restart production of its carbon copy Jaguar XK120 C -- the record-breaking Le Mans-conquering roadster -- that you'll be able to purchase for $133.000. In addition to the XK 120 C, the company is looking at making a Lightweight E-Type...
