The SS Jaguar 2½-litre saloon was the car that gave the Jaguar name to the company's range. A prototype was shown at a trade luncheon for dealers and press at London's Mayfair Hotel on 21 September 1935, and it caused a sensation: guests were asked to write down the price they expected and averaged 765 pounds, while the real price was only 395 pounds. Its 102 bhp six-cylinder engine had a cross-flow overhead-valve head designed by Harry Weslake on a Standard engine block. The range was built from 1935 to 1940 as four-door sports saloons and two-door drophead coupes. In 1938 production moved from coachbuilt, wood-framed bodies to all steel, and the 2½-litre and the new 3½-litre shared the same chassis and body design.
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Engine2½-litre six-cylinder overhead-valve 1 Connections
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S. S. Cars Limited changed its name to Jaguar Cars Limited 23 March 1945.
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SS Cars was a British manufacturer of sports saloon cars
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Four-door sports saloons
Four-door sports saloons and two-door drophead coupés
Four-door sports saloons, year
caused a sensation when it was launched at a trade luncheon for dealers and press at London's Mayfair Hotel on 21 September 1935
Four-door sports saloons, engine
its 102 bhp six-cylinder Weslake-designed cross-flow ohv cylinder head on its Standard engine
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S. S. Cars Limited changed its name to Jaguar Cars Limited 23 March 1945.
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SS Cars was a British manufacturer of sports saloon cars
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