Jaguar Mark V

Jaguar Mark V
Jaguar
aka	Saloon and Drop Head Coupe or DHC
Production	produced from 28 September 1948 to mid 1951 +total units made 10,502
Class	luxury market class
Body Style	2 or 4 doors+5 seats+4 door saloon (sedan) or 2 door Drop Head Coupe (convertible) body
Length	length - 15' 7.5" (4.763 m)
Width	Width - 5' 9.5" (1.765 m)
Height	Height - 5' 2.5" (1.59 m)
Wheelbase	wheelbase - 120" (3.048 m)
Weight	Weight - 33 cwts (1676.4 kgs)
Transmission	4 spd manual shift
Engine	6 cylinder inline 2.5 liter or 3.5 liter
Power	2.5L 19.84 RAC or 102 bhp @ 4600 rpm 3.5L 25.01 RAC or 125 bhp @ 4250 rpm
Similar	Bentley Mk6, Rolls Royce Silver Dawn, Mercedes-Benz 300 (competition)
Designer	William Lyons (lead designer if it was a team effort)

The Jaguar Mark V was the first new model to be intoduced after the end of the Second World War and three years of continued production of the pre-war model now unofficially known as the Mark IV because it came before the Mark V. William Lyons and his team of panel beaters put together five prototype mockups before he was satisfied with the result, and so that is how the Mark V got its name. The Mark V was the first Jaguar with independent front suspension, first with torsion bars, first with the chassis passing over the rear axle for greater comfort, as opposed to an underslung arrangement, and first to be specifically designed to be produced in Left Hand Drive, primarily for the North American market. It was also the last with the pushrod engines originally designed in the 1930s by the Standard Motor Company, though after the war the engines were built by Jaguar. The Mark V filled a market need, sold well for three years, and with the profits enabled the company to tool up for production of the XK120 with its fabulous twin cam engine. It was supplanted by the Mark VII with its XK engine in 1951.

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Recent Changes

No minor facelifts or major changes were made to the Mark V.

Styles and Major Options

Two body styles were offered, the 4 door Saloon (sedan) and the 2 door Drop Head Coupe (convertible). Options were the 2.5 liter or 3.5 liter engine, and various Smith's radios were available for different markets.

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Engine and Transmission

Inline 6 cylinder pushrod engine of 2.5 or 3.5 liters piston displacement, twin SU carburetters, twin exhaust manifolds feeding into single muffler. Four speed Moss gearbox with synchromesh on the top three gears.

Performance

Top speed 90.7 mph. 0-60 mph 14.7 seconds Braking 30 mph to zero in 33.5 ft @ .90g with 125 lbs pedal pressure

Test data from "The Motor" 5 Apr 1950

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