Jaguar Mark 2
The Jaguar Mark 2 was a four-door sports sedan, the Jaguar in 1959 as a successor to the Jaguar 2.4 Litre models and 3.4 Litre brought out. The body underwent some improvements and retouching. In particular, the windows were enlarged. Disc brakes on all four wheels were from now on as standard. Compared to its predecessor the Mark 2 was a wider track.
The Jaguar Mark 2 2.4 with 2483 cc capacity had now 120 bhp, the 3.4 210 bhp, and still the newly added 3.8 ³ 3781 cm Cubic Capacity 220 bhp. Over a four-speed gearbox with floor shift, with optional overdrive or three- speed automatic transmission, the rear wheels were driven. The top speed was 155 or at 195 km / h
From autumn 1967, the emaciated him a year earlier in the equipment models were named Jaguar 240 and 340, where it is the 340 3.8 on only about a dozen copies made . The engine of 2.4 with the powerful straight- port cylinder head came to 133 bhp. Identifying the 240 - and 340 models were narrower bumper. For the U.S., there were still some copies of the 340 with wider bumpers. By 1967, 25,173 were from the 2.4 Litre, 28,663 built from the 3.4 Litre and 3.8 Litre from 30.140, came to 4446 copies of 240 copies of the 2788 340 (210 bhp ) and 12 vehicles with the 3.8 -liter engine (220 bhp ).
The Daimler Motor Company was taken over by Jaguar in May 1960. From October 1962 to mid-1969 was subsequently Mark 2 Daimler offered with the same body as that of the Jaguar 250 V8, which, however, was the engine of the Daimler SP250.
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