A Jaguar Clubs of North America Affiliate WWW.JDCLI.COM JULY 2020 The 8 greatest Jaguars that are omissions. Maybe we shouldn’t have President not E-Types been so surprised. Callum, who’s fa- mous for driving around the English Mike Carroll Www.hagerty.com countryside in his 1956 Chevy Bel [email protected] Air street machine and his fender- 516-607-6074 By Scott Oldham less 1932 three-window Ford hot 21 August 2018 rod, has always been a little unpre- Vice President dictable. Quentin Nieman Sir William Lyons founded the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, 1975 Jaguar XJC [email protected] began making his own sports cars in 2nd Vice President 1931, switched the name Don Wolf on the building to Jagu- ar in ’45, and created a [email protected] masterpiece in 1961. Concours Chairman That year, on March 15, Mike carroll the Jaguar E-Type was unveiled to the world at [email protected] the Geneva Motor Show. Chief Judge With an independent Rich Mooers rear suspension, Jag’s already legendary dou- [email protected] ble-overhead-cam inline Membership -six engine, and the Vlad Prutsky shape of all shapes (designed by Malcolm [email protected] Sayer), it will forever be consid- Partially inspired by the pillarless hardtops made famous by American Treasurer ered the greatest Jaguar of all- time. manufacturers in the 1950s and Graham Scaife ’60s, the XJC debuted in 1973, fi- [email protected] In 1999, Ian Callum became nally reached production in ’75, and Jaguar’s Design Director, a job he the final few were sold in 1978. Secretary had wanted since he was 14 years About 6500 were built, most pow- Maryann dellinger old, inspired by the sight of a new ered by the 4.2-liter inline six, but [email protected] 1969 Jaguar XJ 6. He sent some around 1800 were powered by the sketches to Jaguar Chief Engineer 5.3-liter V-12. Oddly, the XJC sales Social Media Chairman Bill Heynes, who encouraged the overlapped with the sleeker and Eliud Custodio young lad from Dumfries, Scotland. more dramatic XJ-S coupe, which [email protected] Callum’s resume now includes the was produced from 1975–96. timeless shapes of the Aston Mar- Board Directors tin DB7, Vanquish, and DB9, as well “The XJC was probably one of Ly- Ivan Scarborough as Jag’s recent design revolution ons’ best looking cars,” Callum says. “It’s a two-door, pillarless coupe Newsletter Editor with cars like the XK, XJ, XF, F- Type, and F-Pace. with beautiful proportions and Steve Becker takes the basis of the original XJ, [email protected] When we decided to choose a short which in itself was a very avant- list of the greatest Jags that garde car for its time, and makes it Facebook page aren’t E-types, we asked Callum for even better. It was the last car www.facebook.com/jdcli/ assistance. Many of his selections that he was involved in before he were unexpected, but maybe even more shocking were some of his (Continued on page 2) Page retired, and Lyons said it was his dies in the 2015 James Bond Motor Show on October 9, 1931. Un- favorite. It’s certainly one of mine.” film Spectre. Originally built to cel- der its long hood was a 2.0- ebrate Jag’s 75th birthday, by 2013 liter four-cylinder engine, but a 2.5- 1959 Jaguar Mark II five runners were built with their liter was available later as well as chassis and bodies con- other body styles, including a con- structed entirely of vertible called the tourer. These carbon fiber. A twin- cars competed in rallys throughout charged 1.6-liter four- Europe with much success. Produc- cylinder making 500 hp tion lasted until 1936. was combined with two electric motors making 1962 Jaguar Mark X an additional 400 hp. Imposing with a magnificent pres- Jag says the all-wheel ence, the sleek Mark X (spoken as drive super- car could be driven 30 miles on electricity alone and was capable Callum doesn’t mince words when it of 0–100 comes to the Mark II, calling it “one mph in less than six sec- of the most beautifully proportioned onds and a top speed of and disciplined saloon cars ever pro- more than 200 mph. duced.” The Mark II debuted in Callum says, “I believe C- 1959 and was produced until 1967, X75 is the best looking with Jag emulating its look for the S car that we’ve done at Jaguar, in -Type sedan produced from 1999– terms of supercar status, so I had the Mark 10) was slightly longer and 2008. In the United States, the unit to include it. It’s a mid-engine pro- eight inches lower than the Mark IX -body four-door was powered by the portion, which is something that we it replaced. It used the engine, inde- 3.8-liter inline six from the XK150 all enjoy designing, but its purity is pendent rear suspension, and four- sports car. With two overhead cams as powerful as its overall shape. wheel disc brakes from the E-Type, and 220 hp, it was capable of 120 That was something that we as a as well as unit-body construction mph. The Mark II was raced all over team really wanted to do in this lessons learned from the smaller the world by men like Lotus-boss car—capture the purity of the origi- Mark II. The Mark X debuted on Colin Chapman, Graham Hill, and nal E-Type.” October 10, 1961, with production Stirling Moss. lasting until 1970. 1931 SS One Coupe “The purity of its bodyside is aston- “The Mark X Jaguar was excessive ishing and its stance is perfect,” Cal- “The SS1 Coupe is a car I love be- almost beyond belief,” Callum says. lum says of the Mark II. “It was also cause it captures the essence of a “At nearly two meters, it was the a very quick five-seater car. At the Jaguar—exaggerated time it was seen as the original form and proportions,” sports sedan. For me, the modern Callum says. “It has a equivalent would be the new all- long bonnet, very low electric I-PACE—it’s a genre of its roof, and large wheels own.” at each corner. Pure hot rod.” 2010 Jaguar C-X75 In 1930, the bread A mid-engine supercar concept that and butter of Lyons’ never reached production, the Pro- company was the con- ject C-X75 did, however, wow movie struction of rebodied goers when it was driven by the bad- Austins, but he had begun to partner with Standard, which pro- widest car ever produced in the UK. duced a larger chassis. It was an attempt to bring Jaguar Using a modified Stand- into the American market; there- ard frame and engines, fore it was somewhat oversized. But the long and low SS1 that excessiveness is what makes it (named for the first ini- so exciting. The purity of line that tials of each company) goes from the front lamps straight debuted at the London through to the (Continued on page 3) Page 2 rear fender is absolutely perfect extravagant and indulgent, it was XKSS, a road-going version of the D and undisturbed—evidence that Jag- quite stunning. It was clearly the -Type, was introduced with an astro- uars don’t have to have haunches.” main influence for Project 7.” nomical sticker price of $6900. Six- teen were built, with the most fa- 1951 Jaguar C-Type In 1954, the new D-Type, which mous XKSS owner being Steve would go on to be McQueen. Jag’s most histori- cally significant 1991 Jaguar XJR14 race car, broke the Le Mans lap record “The XJR14 was a Group C car cre- held by the more ated by TWR in the 1990s and I was powerful 4.5-liter fortunate to be personally involved Ferrari driven by with it,” Callum says. “It was origi- Alberto Ascari. nally modeled as a clay model, with Three cars were the correct surfacing that the de- entered that year, signer would understand and approve with one finishing a of, even though it was a pure aero- close second to a dynamic car. The overall shape of it Ferrari. The fol- is just hugely dramatic and I think lowing year, with it’s the prettiest Group C car ever body and mechani- produced.” cal modifications, Designed and developed by TWR un- the D-Types re- der the supervision of Ross Brawn, turned to Le Mans the XJR14 was powered by a natu- and won the race with Ivor Bueb and rally aspirated 3.5-liter Ford HB V-8 Malcolm Sayer joined Jaguar in 1950 Mike Hawthorne driving to victory to improve the aerodynamics of the pilfered from a Formula One car. XK120 for competition at Le Mans. His creation was the C-Type or XK120 C (“competition”). Three were entered in the 24-hour race of 1951, with drivers included Stirling Moss, and the C-Type driven by Peter Whitehead and Peter Walker won the race with an average speed of 93.49 mph. Fifty-three C-Types were built over the next three years. Jag C-Types would win races all over the world, including Good- wood and Watkins Glen, and be driv- en by such legends as Phil Hill and John Fitch before being replaced by the D-Type. “The proportions and purity of the C with an average speed of 107 mph.