Thursday 7 May 2015

best jaguar cars of all time

jaguar have made really good cars I am going to do the top ten best cars jaguar have ever made.
here's the list of the top ten jag.  


10.- mark 2- this car was built in 1959 to 1967 from Coventry, england. the mark 2 is a medium size car with four door saloon 2.4 litre v8. the jag mark 2 is made from 18% of cabin glass. The Mark 2 was over 100kg.
facts about the mark two jag
  1. bob Jane won the 1962 Australian car championship.
  2. The Mark 2 is also well known as the car driven by fictional TV.

9.- jaguar d type- is a sporting racing car between 1954 and 1957. 3.8 litres v6. the d type won le mans 24 hour race in 1955,1956 and 1957. Total D-Type production is thought to have included 18 factory team cars, 53 customer cars, and 16 XKSS versions.The first factory production D-Type (XKD-509) was sold at Bonhams auction for £2,201,500 in July 2008.
 
8- jaguar x-jype- this car was made from 2001-2009. its a four or five door saloon. 3.0 litres v6.  the x type was made in Halewood assembly facility Liverpool, England.
7- jaguar XJS- its a luxury grand tourer car. this car was made from 1975 to 1996. its a 2-door coupe. 5.3 litres v12.  The last XJS was produced on 4 April 1996, by then 115,413 had been produced during a 21-year production life.
 
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6- jaguar xf- jaguar xf is a luxury car. this car was made in 2007 and present today. its a four door saloon. 5.0 litres v8. this car was built in Coventry and shown to the public in Frankfurt motor show in Germany. you can buy this car as a supercharged with 464hp or the xfr with5.0-litre supercharged v8 and 508hp. jaguar have a special version for the police fore the jaguar xf sportbrake this was launched in 2009.   The XF was crash tested in 2010 by EuroNCAP and it gained a four star rating
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5- jaguar xk120- xk120 is a sports car was made between 1948-1954  It was Jaguar's first sports car since the SS 100. it is a 2 door coupe. 3.4 litres v8. Beginning in 1948, the first 242 cars wore wood-framed open 2-seater bodies with aluminium panels. A smaller-engined version 2-litres, 4 cylinders, intended for the UK market was cancelled prior to production
 
4- jaguar xkr- the xkr is a sports car. this car was made between 1996- 2014. its a 2 door coupe and convertible. 5.0 L supercharged V8.The newly designed XK was unveiled in 2005 at the Frankfurt motor show in Germany. this car is made in coupe and convertible.


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3- jaguar xj- is a full size luxury car. the xj was made in 1968 and present today. 4 door saloon 3.o litres supercharged v6. jaguar have made many xj e.g XJ series1from 1968-1992, series2 1973-1979,XJ coupe 1975-1978,XJ Series 1979-1992 and the XJx351.
 It is a longer, wider car that looks much bigger than its predecessor.The front has clear links with the executive car XF.

2- jaguar xj220- XJ220 is a two door supercar made in 1992-1994 3.5 litres turbocharged v6.The XJ220 held the record for the fastest production car throughout 1992 after recording a top speed of 213.478 mph.The Jaguar held the Nurburgring production car lap record between 1992 and 2000 with a time of 7:46.36.The XJ220 was developed from a V12-engined 4-wheel
 

1- jaguar e type- is a British sports car made between 1961-1975. its a 2 door coupe. 4.2 litres v12. More than 70,000 E-Types were sold.In March 2008, the Jaguar E-Type ranked first in a the Daily telegraph online list of the world's "100 most beautiful cars" of all time. In the 60s jaguar cost only £7,0000 this car cost less than Ferrier and Maserati the e type was faster and more beautiful to look at.
   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_E-Type#/media/File:Jaguar_E-Type_S1_4.2_Roadster.jpg



 


jaguar in 2015

jaguar have made a new car model that would shape the car industry. its called the xe it was launched at the March 2014 Geneva motor show.  The XE is a four door saloon. the xe has a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol and diesel engine.
here's a picture of the xe 
 
 
 
The 2.0-litre diesel producing 163 PS (120 kW; 161 hp)
here's a picture of the v6 engine
 

The interior for the Jaguar XE features several existing Jaguar design cues, including the rotary gear selector which rises when the car is started.
A laser colour  head-up display is fitted.
here's a picture of xe interior
 
 
 
 
 






 

making of the xkr

the xkr sports series started in 1996. the first ever jaguar xk8 was on in Geneva motor show to the public on march 1996.
here is a picture of the jaguar xk8 this car can be coupe and  convertible. this car has a v8 engine.



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exterior. JAGUAR XK8 (1996 ...




in 2007  jaguar upgraded the xkr. the xkr was shown to the public in 2005 at Frankfurt motor show in Germany the xkr top speed is 170mph and the xk8 was only 155,4mph.
here's a picture of the xkr












 jaguar made the xkr-s. this car was show to the public at Geneva motor show in 2012. this model was much faster than the xkr. the xkr-s stop speed is 185mph 0-60mph in 4.2seconds.
 . here's a picture of the xkr-s



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_Cars#/media/File:Jaguar_XKR-S_(front_quarter).jpg


in 2014 jaguar stopped making the xkr car model.  



Tuesday 28 April 2015

History of Jaguar Car Manufacturing

History of Jaguar Car Manufacturing

Hello readers, today I am going to discuss the history of Jaguar cars and how they were created.

The car was founded by Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922 and the founder was Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley.

The name was changed to Jaguar after WW2.  Its a British car company who make cars for the British prime minister. Jaguar is a sports car brand.

Jaguar made its name in the 1950s and the 60s. they made eye catching cars such as jaguar xk120(1948-54), jaguar xk140(1954,1970),jaguar xk150(1957,1961) and jaguar e type(1961,1975)





Here is a picture of the e type













Monday 20 April 2015

Hello, my name is Marcus Sheridan. This is my blog on the Geography of Jaguar cars, which I was asked to do for an Environmental Studies module in my school. I hope you all enjoy