JAGUAR

Mark V

The Jaguar Mark V (pronounced mark five) is a luxury automobile built by Jaguar Cars Ltd of Coventry in England from 1948 to 1951. It was available as a four door Saloon (sedan) and a two door convertible known as the Drop Head Coupé, both versions seating five adults. It was the first Jaguar with independent front suspension, first with hydraulic brakes, first with fender skirts (spats), first specifically designed to be produced in both Right and Left Hand Drive configurations, first with disc center wheels, first with smaller wider 16" balloon tires, first to be offered with sealed headlamps and flashing turn signals for the important American market, and the last model to use the pushrod engines. Two motors have been proposed for this car : the 2.5L and the 3.5L, with both 6 cylinders. These were not incredible motors compared to the motors developed by Jaguar years after. If the 3.5L was able to create 125HP, the 2.5L was only able to produce 104HP, which is not that big for a car weighting more than 1500kg. This is why production of the 2.5L stopped in December 1950.