The Classic Jaguar Saloon That Was A Masterpiece Of Craftsmanship – SlashGear

The Mark V was made between 1948 and 1951 and came in eleven different models. It was available first as a four-door saloon car, while the two-door drophead coupe came later. You could get strapped with a 2.5-liter or 3.5-liter engine. Jaguar only made about 10,500 Mark V’s during its relatively short production run.

Lyons used the same Standard, six-cylinder, overhead-valve engines he dropped in his previous SS cars. The 2.5-liter version produced 102hp, while the bigger engine cranked out 125hp, which had a top speed of 90 miles per hour and went from zero to sixty in a rather snail-like 20.4 seconds.

The exterior boasted sweeping curves, chrome twin-blade bumpers and front grill, and rear-wheel fender skirts (aka spats) — another first for Jaguar. The Mark V’s interior was adorned with leather chairs, walnut trim, and a host of instruments that relayed all essential vehicle information (i.e., speed, rpm, oil pressure, etc.). Jaguar offered seven different upholstery colors (none two-tone) and twelve different exterior single paint colors, but some exceptions were made, according to Conceptcarz.com.

If this quintessential British luxury car seems familiar, you can probably chalk it up to one of two things. First, it drips Royalty that just looks like a car the aristocracy would ride about in. More likely, though, it bears a striking similarity (especially to the untrained eye) to another British luxury car made a few years earlier with the same name — the Bentley Mark V.