Jaguar D-Type
The Jaguar D-Type is a two-seater sports car for racing that was used in 1954 as the successor to the Jaguar C-Type .
Model description
The D-Type had a six-cylinder engine with 3442 cm³ and 184 kW. This enabled the two-seater racing cars to reach around 250 km / h. For the first time, Jaguar realized a partially self-supporting structure, while a tubular space frame was located under the front end with the huge bonnet, which was extended along the cardan tunnel for safety's sake. Among other things, D-Type were overall winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1955 , 1956 and 1957 .
In 1955 Jaguar produced a "Production" small series of the D-Type with the previous year's specification, while the improvements made for 1955 were reserved in the factory. After a year, a few copies from this series were still unsold, equipped with a hood, bumpers and luggage rack and sold to American customers as Jaguar XK-SS . Some of these burned on February 12, 1957 when parts of the factory halls went up in flames. A total of 87 vehicles of this type had been produced by 1956.
The standard D-Type had bodies that the British specialist company The Abbey Panel & Sheet Metal Co. had designed and built.
literature
- Philip Porter / Chas Parker: Jaguar D-type. XKD 504 - an autobiography. Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2017, limited and numbered, ISBN 978-3-95843-564-3
- Schrader, Halwart: Jaguar type compass - 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
- Oldtimer Markt magazine , August 2006 issue, ISSN 0943-7320
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of Abbey Panels on the website of the parent company Loades Plc (accessed on October 13, 2019).
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| 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | |
| upper middle class | 2.4 Liter / 3.4 Liter (Mark I) | Mark 2 2.4 / 3.4 / 3.8 | 240/340 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 ½ liter | S-Type (3.4 S & 3.8 S) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upper class | 2 ½ liters | Mark V 2½ | 420 | XJ 6 (Series 1) ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 ½ liter | Mark V 3½ | Mark VII | Mark VIII | Mark IX | Mark X | 420 G | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports car | XK 120 | XK 140 | XK 150 | E-Type 3.8 | E-Type 4.2 (Series 1) | E-Type 4.2 (Series 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| High-performance sports car | XK-SS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| race car | C-type | D-type | E-type | XJ 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||