SS90

SS
90
Production period:	1935
Class :	Sports car
Body versions :	Roadster
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.7 liters (51 kW)
Length:	3810 mm
Width:	1600 mm
Height:	1370 mm
Wheelbase :	2590 mm
Empty weight :	1143 kg
successor	SS 100

The SS90 was made by SS Cars Ltd. presented in March 1935 . The two-seat roadster is considered to be the ancestor of all Jaguar sports cars.

It was a shortened SS 1 with its probably slightly improved 20 HP engine, a side-controlled six-cylinder with 2663 cm³ displacement and about 70 bhp. The top speed was 140 km / h.

After a small series of only 24 copies, production was stopped in the spring of 1935 . The vehicle was intended for rally racing in the 1935 season. The successor was the SS 100 .

Technical specifications

• Six cylinder in - line engine , 2662 cm³
• Bore / stroke: 73 mm × 106 mm
• Power: 70 bhp (brake horse power) (51 kW)
• Transmission: 4-speed
• Wheelbase: 2590 mm
• Length: 3810 mm
• Width: 1600 mm
• Height: 1370 mm
• Weight: 1143 kg
• Top speed: 142 km / h
• 0–80 km / h: 12 seconds
• Original price: 395 pounds sterling
• Number of pieces: 23 pieces

swell

• 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 .
• Nigel Thorley: Jaguar - The Complete Works. Bay View Books Ltd., Devon (UK), 1996, ISBN 1-870979-69-9 .