Thursday, August 5, 2010

Jaguar






Jaguar

This mechanical feature of great merit and power to auto In addition a feature which was at that point in time only found on a limited number of high end racing cars and certainly not production vehicles. cycle (revolutions per minute). What resulted was an impressive engine which developed peak power at a then relatively high 5,000 r.p.m.

To this purpose both Jaguar's engineering staff - with the chief engineer at the helm as well as innovative indeed daring new styling , with one of Jaguar's co-founders being in charge of the styling end. However things being what they were economically after the war , with the home market for such premium vehicles being very small indeed if not non existent , the export market especially to the United States - the USA as well as the smaller but emerging automotive sports market of Canada. Indeed Jaguar had carved out a name and reputation with these products especially the Jaguar Roadster SS-100. It can be said and noted that the Jaguar Automotive Company had over time and previous to the War (World War II 1939-1945), had built sports roadsters previously. However in the eyes of many sports cars the original Jaguar roadster was "it".

To this day their very names elucidate a passion among enthusiasts - be it Triumph, MG, Austin-Cooper, Lotus, Austin-Healey, Mini-Cooper or in the world of British motorcycles -BSA, Norton, Greeves and Triumph bikes. There were a whole host of different and varied sports cars and even motorcycles that arrived in the US after World War II.

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