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Jaguar Type Production: Years Length: Inches Weight: Pounds SS Jaguar 100 1935-1940 Jaguar Mark IV 1945-1948 173-186 2970-3670 Jaguar Mark V 1948-1951 187 3700-3860 Jaguar XK 120 1948-1954 174 2855-3080 Jaguar VII/VIIM 1950-1957 196.5 3865 Jaguar C-Type 1951-1953 157 2075 Jaguar XK 140 1954-1957 176 3135-3250 Jaguar 150 1957-1961 177 3220-3520 Jaguar Mark II 1960-1969 181 3200-3360 Jaguar E-Type (XKE) 1961-1971 175-184.5 2690-3100 Jaguar Mark X 1961-1965 202 4175 Jaguar S-Type/420 1963-1969 187 3585-3700 Jaguar Mark X & 420G 1965-1970 202 4300 Jaguar XJ6/XJ12 1969-1973...

Why it's one of our most significant: Each day, Jaguar is costing parent company Ford some obscene amount of money to operate. The XJ is modern in every aspect but appearance, and the front of the XK may or may not look like a Taurus. Early spy photos are showing a more modern and unquestionably unique front end for the production XF, and the rest of the car will follow suit. But can it outperform the BMW 5-series, the Audi A6, and the Mercedes E-class? Read our full story below.

Jaguar began life as Swallow Sidecars in 1922. Blackpool , a rather dreary town on the Western seaboard of industrial Lancashire; seemingly an unpromising launch platform for the car that became as inspirational in Hollywood or Hong Kong as it was in Buenos Aires or Beijing. In the years following the end of the First World War, the young William Lyons appeared to be a pushy young motorcycle sidecar manufacturer with delusions of grandeur. Ambitious to move up to cars, in 1927 he used his Swallow Sidecars workers' coachbuilding skills to make bodies for Austin Sevens, giving them a status...

Introducing the breathtaking XK and XKR (available in early 2007), Jaguar´s latest, most muscled athletes. Shouldered and powerful as always, but sleeker now with aluminum bodyshell drawn taut across the chassis, these dramatic sports machines are purposefully trimmed and tuned for heart-pounding performance. Exhaust song, power, control and comfort await notice with bold assurance. Inside or out, coupe or convertible, there´s not an ounce of excess. But there is anticipation...because on the road, the XK commands.