Jaguar Mk1 saloon

The car that begat the cops ’n’ robbers Mk2 is surely undervalued by comparison

THE MARK 1 IS A GENUINE landmark in Jaguar’s history, yet it remains undervalued and overlooked. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking there’s no such thing as a Mk1. Jaguar never called it that, yet without the Mk1 there would have been no Mk2. Even more important is the part it played in boosting the company’s fortunes. So what is a Mk1? Well, first you take a Mk2, then apply custom street-rod aesthetics, remove the garnish, enclose the rear wheelarches and fill in the glass area. Basically the Mk1 is altogether less visually polite, and that’s a good thing – though that’s not quite how it happened. Back in 1955 Jaguar broke new ground with its new 2.4 saloon. It was the company’s first monocoque road car. As a…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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