
Classic Jaguar XK
The 6-Cylinder Cars 1948 - 1970
Brian Laban(Author)
The Crowood Press Ltd
Published on 15. November 2016
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-78500-193-2 (ISBN)
Description
There have been other generations of Jaguar XK since, but the definitive incarnation is the family of 6-cylinder sports cars that stretch from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s, from XK120 to the E-Type. On road, on track and on rally stage, they built the foundations of Jaguar's sporty image and giant-killing reputation, not to mention its commercial roots - especially in America. By any definition, the 6-cylinder XKs are at the heart of everything that Jaguar grew into. This is the complete story of the whole 6-cylinder XK generation, the circumstances, the people and the events that created it and made it a sports car legend - and guaranteed that forever after, in Jaguar's vocabulary, XK would always mean 'sports car'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Halftones, color; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 266 mm
Width: 222 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1038 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78500-193-2 (9781785001932)
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12/2016
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Brian Laban has been writing about cars, the motor industry and motor sport for more than forty years, for magazines, newspapers, broadcast and online content. He has written around forty books, edited several magazines and worked with many car manufacturers and race teams. He is a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and member (and former chairman) of the Fleet Street Group of Motoring Writers.