Jaguar 420

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Jaguar 420
420
Production period:	1966-1968
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Otto engine : 4.2 liters (183 kW)
Length:	4770 mm
Width:	1695 mm
Height:	1380 mm
Wheelbase :	2727 mm
Empty weight :	1660 kg
successor	Jaguar XJ6

The Jaguar 420 was a sporty four-door sedan that Jaguar launched in 1966 to fill the niche between the Jaguar S-Type and the large Mark X sedan .

Model history

The model represented a link between the classic Jaguar Mark II and the drive technology of the Mark X / 420 G. Technically, the car largely corresponded to the S-Type presented three years earlier, which in turn was a modification of the Mark II, but not for reasons of space the 4.2 liter six cylinder of the Mk. X could be equipped. The 420 received a longer front end so that this engine could now also be added. Visually, the 420 only had the passenger cell in common with the Mark II. He took over the rear section of the S-Type, which was already modeled on that of the Mark X / 420 G. While the front section of the S-Type still corresponded to the Mark II, on the 420 it was now also adapted to the Mark X / 420 G, so that the 420 looked like a "Mark X with the middle section of a Mark II" or simply just the smaller edition of the 420 G was.

The 4235 cm³ six-cylinder in-line engine was modified in detail for the 420. While the engine in the Jaguar E-Type and the Mark X had a triple SU carburetor, the 420 only had a double carburetor and therefore had a lower output of 183 kW. Jaguar offered a newly developed automatic from BorgWarner or the in-house developed four-speed gearbox with center shift and optional overdrive , which had been developed for the S-Type in 1965. The 420 differed from the S-Type in that it had more powerful brakes and revised power steering. The top speed was 198 km / h.

Daimler Sovereign

The vehicle was also sold as the Daimler Sovereign . While the Jaguar 420 was offered until 1968, the Daimler Sovereign remained in the range until 1969 and was therefore sold in parallel with the new Jaguar XJ 6 for a short time. The Daimler technically corresponded completely to the Jaguar; in particular - unlike Daimler's Mark II variant, the Daimler 250 V8 - it was not offered with Daimler's own 2.5-liter eight-cylinder. However, there should have been some conversions afterwards by external workshops. Externally, the Sovereign differed from the 420 by the ribbed radiator grille and upscale equipment.

Production data

The Jaguar was manufactured much more frequently than the significantly more expensive Daimler Sovereign. The left-hand drive Sovereign version is the rarest of the model family:

model	construction time	Right hand drive	Left hand drive
Jaguar 420	1966-1968	7172	2629
Daimler Sovereign	1966-1969	5476	355

Picture gallery

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  Jaguar 420

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  Jaguar 420 (1968)

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  420 (left) and Daimler Sovereign (right)

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  Jaguar 420 and Daimler Sovereign

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  Interior of the Jaguar 420

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  Back seat of the Jaguar 420

swell

• Brazendale, Kevin: Encyclopedia Automobiles from Alfa Romeo to Zagato. The 600 most beautiful models . Augsburg (Bechtermünz) 2000. ISBN 3-8289-5384-0
• Günther, Dieter: Second choice? Jaguar S-Type, 420 and Daimler Sovereign , in: Oldtimer Markt Heft 6/1989, p. 191 ff.
• Schrader, Halwart: Typenkompass Jaguar - passenger cars since 1931 , Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-02106-4
• Stertkamp, ​​Heiner: Jaguar - the complete chronicle from 1922 to today , 2nd edition, Heel-Verlag, 2006 ISBN 3-89880-337-6

Web links

Commons : Jaguar 420  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Road and Track, 10/1968
2. ↑ Oldtimer Markt 6/1989, S: 197