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Beschreibung

Sir William Lyons enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to fame and fortune in the motor industry, and the Jaguar brand that he introduced became world-famous.

Yet it did not happen overnight. In the 1920s he was in Blackpool, styling motorcycle sidecars, and in the 1930s in Coventry developing the SS motor car, with the stand-alone Jaguar company not appearing until 1945.

The company's success was aided by the amazing new XK engine of 1948, by motor racing success at Le Mans, and by the stunning styling of cars like the XK120, the Mk 2 saloons and the extraordinary E-Type. Graham Robson here explores the history of the Jaguar company and its many classic marques.

Sir William Lyons enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to fame and fortune in the motor industry, and the Jaguar brand that he introduced became world-famous.

Yet it did not happen overnight. In the 1920s he was in Blackpool, styling motorcycle sidecars, and in the 1930s in Coventry developing the SS motor car, with the stand-alone Jaguar company not appearing until 1945.

The company's success was aided by the amazing new XK engine of 1948, by motor racing success at Le Mans, and by the stunning styling of cars like the XK120, the Mk 2 saloons and the extraordinary E-Type. Graham Robson here explores the history of the Jaguar company and its many classic marques.

Über den Autor
Graham Robson, a motoring writer and historian with many awards to his credit, has always been close to the Healey family. He has published numerous motoring titles and commentates at leading events. He wrote The Ford Cortina, Austin-Healey and Jaguar for Shire
Zusammenfassung
An illustrated history of Britain's greatest maker of sports and saloon cars
Inhaltsverzeichnis

In the Beginning: Sidecars and Rebodied Specials
SS, SS-Jaguar and the SS 100
Post-war Expansion: the XK-engined Era
E-type and Mark 2: the Cars that Changed Jaguar
XJ6, V12 Engines and British Leyland
Motor Racing from the 1950s to the 1990s
Independence, Ford, Land Rover and Tata
Further Information
Index

Details
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Shire Library
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780747812036
ISBN-10: 0747812039
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Robson, Graham
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Shire Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 211 x 151 x 9 mm
Von/Mit: Graham Robson
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.08.2012
Gewicht: 0,147 kg
Artikel-ID: 106666017

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