Jaguar XKE Series 2
Manufactured by legendary British automobile company Jaguar, the Jaguar XKE Series 2 remains highly popular to this day in automotive circles. The Jaguar XKE Series 2′s good looks, excellent performance, competitive pricing and easily handling resulted in impressive sales figures and a lengthy production run of nearly 15 years.
The upgraded version of a two seat sports car, the Jaguar XKE Series 2 refined many times throughout its production. The unique characteristics of Jaguar XKE Series 2 were open headlights without glass covers, a wrap-around near bumper, repositioned larger front indicator, and tail lights positioned below the bumper. Later on in the Jaguar XKE Series 2′s life cycle upgraded brakes, a better cooling system and twin electric radiator fan were installed.
Not all of the modifications were universally admired, however. Some XKE owners claimed that the modifications made the car slower, albeit smoother to drive. Such criticism, although commonplace at the time, did not take into account the fact that Jaguar at the time were struggling with meeting changing auto safety and emissions regulations in the U.S. The company was scrambling to retool its entire production line to meet new U.S. regulations, while at the same time devoting resources to developing its high-volume sedan business.
As they did with the legendary Jaguar XK 120 of the late ’40s, the XKE Series 2 was designed primarily as a high-end, high performance road car. The car’s design, beauty, extraordinary performance, charged up mechanical specification earned it rave reviews made it a star virtually overnight. The Jaguar XKE Series 2 achieved much of it popularity for its excellent performance on the race track and ranked highly in terms of customer satisfaction. » Read more: Pedigree of the Jaguar XKE Series 2
