{"id":611816,"date":"2023-02-25T08:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T14:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/25\/the-classic-jaguar-saloon-that-was-a-masterpiece-of-craftsmanship\/"},"modified":"2023-02-25T08:49:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T14:49:04","slug":"the-classic-jaguar-saloon-that-was-a-masterpiece-of-craftsmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/25\/the-classic-jaguar-saloon-that-was-a-masterpiece-of-craftsmanship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Classic Jaguar Saloon That Was A Masterpiece Of Craftsmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In September 1948, Jaguar<\/a> unveiled the Mark V Saloon\u00a0at the London Motor Show, making it the first post-World War II model to wear the “Jaguar” badge. Before the war, Sir William Lyons’ company was known as “SS Cars,” but afterwards decided to scrap the name entirely because it sounded much\u00a0too similar to Hitler’s\u00a0Schutzstaffel (SS) troops for comfort, so he\u00a0changed it to Jaguar Cars, Ltd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mark V Saloon was equipped with a host of firsts and one notable last.\u00a0Although\u00a0Chief Engineer William Heynes developed\u00a0the company’s independent front suspension before the war, the Mark V was the first to use it. It’s also the first Jag to feature\u00a0four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes,\u00a0sealed headlamps, and flashing turn signals.\u00a0If that weren’t enough, it was the company’s first vehicle available in both\u00a0left and right-side drive configurations\u00a0but the last to\u00a0feature a pushrod engine.<\/p>\n

The name is also something of a conundrum. Several sources (Bonhams<\/a>,\u00a0GAUK Motors<\/a>, and\u00a0Conceptcarz.com<\/a>) all agree that there were no previous “Mark” iterations of any kind. The belief is that Lyons fiddled with five different prototypes between 1946 and 1948 before landing on the one he liked, thus the Mark V designation. Interestingly, the Mark IV badge wasn’t used until after the Mark V launched. Digging deeper reveals a Jaguar car club in Beverly Hills<\/a> contends the Mark IV name was put on vehicles built between 1935 and 1949, while\u00a0another source says<\/a> it was an “unofficial” name given by the company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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This Jaguar marked the beginning of its post-war success<\/h2>\n

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