They had four-speed manuals and, later on, became the first Jaguar sports car to offer an automatic transmission. And the engine was upgraded. Beneath the XK140's gloriously long hood was a 3.4 ...

And that’s just the first of the 1955 Jaguar XK140’s many idiosyncrasies. The gearbox is finicky, the steering is awkward, and the slightest bump in the road can upset the car in an especially ...

Following the SS100 of the interwar period, the XK120 is the model that really put Jaguar on the sports car map. The world’s fastest production car then morphed into the XK140, which one-upped ...

The original Italian owner of this Jaguar XK140 got into a major accident when the car was relatively new. Being a personal friend of Mr. Zagato, he inquired about simply rebodying the car rather ...

The current owner participated in the 2021 Tour Auto, and the future owner is free to take this XK140 to Italy, for the famous Mille Miglia rally. Being a 1956 model, this Jaguar is eligible for ...

And that would be me, in the driver seat of a flawlessly restored 1955 Jaguar XK140 Fixed Head Coupe. I typically drive cars that could be written off simply with a cracked windshield ...

With its automatic gearbox ... Out of curiosity, I also put in a call to Jaguar's heritage arm to see if they could dig up this XK140's original build sheet. I'm always interested to see what ...

on his 1956 Jaguar XK-140, as told to A.J. Baime. When I was in high school, I was living in Downey, Calif., and I saw a Jaguar XK-140 drive down the road. I was so taken by it, I have never ...

The 1955 Jaguar XK140 was sent to the celebrated Italian coachbuilder Ghia so that a chic body could be built on top of the British made chassis. It was just one of four XK140s rebodied by the ...