1961 Jaguar MK2
Swiss registration
Chassis number... Lot 20
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1961 Jaguar MK2
Swiss registration
Chassis number 176 987 DN
Displacement 3781
Power 154 kW
First registration 20.04.1961
Last expertise 25.10.2021
Mileage 64505 km (meter reading)
From the middle of the 50's, Jaguar's managers wanted to enlarge the clientele by proposing a modern and affordable saloon in its category. Thus, in 1955, a saloon car is presented under the name of 2.4L saloon. It is the first monocoque of the brand and its entirely new body is designed by the founder of the brand William Lyons whose elegance of style is recognized.
This model was produced in 40'000 units from 1955 to 1959, going from 2,4L to 3,4L in 1957. The production will be stopped in 1959 to leave the place to the MK2 model. It is the place to underline that the model "MK1" never existed in the catalog of the mark!
It is in October 1959 that the 2,4/3,4 saloon will be replaced by the MK2 (and not MK II) which will be equipped with three engines, 2,4L/3,4,L/3,8L.
This sports saloon was immediately very successful in racing, both in Great Britain and on the Continent where it won, in 1960, a brilliant victory in the Tour de France in the capable hands of Bernard Consten, who would repeat in 1963. More sadly, it is at the wheel of a MK2 that the author of OSS117, Jean Bruce, will find death.
There were Mk2 3.8 1959-1967, 30 070 copies, Mk2 3.4 1959-1967, 28 660 copies, Mk2 2.4 1959-1967, 2 483 copies. The end of the model was declined under another name, 340 1967-1968, 2 630 copies and 240 1967-1969, 4 210 copies.
The car presented here was sold new in Geneva in 1963 and changed hands only once, when the first owner died. It has been entirely restored in strict respect of its origin, although it is a 3.4l with a 3.8l engine. This is a rare opportunity to acquire such an authentic MK2 with such a clear history.
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