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The all-rounder - Jaguar Mark 10 in (historical) test

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Created on May 28, 2021

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Clauspeter Becker

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - for the man of the world

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - elegant limousine

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - completely new design, shown at the 1962 Geneva Motor Show

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - redesigned lines, shown at the 1962 Geneva Motor Show

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - plenty of comfort for the driver too, Turin Motor Show 1962

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Jaguar Mark 10 (1963) - distinctly personal front design

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Jaguar Mark X (1961) - with the 3.8-liter inline six-cylinder engine

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Jaguar Mark X (1961) - released just a few months after the E-Type

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Jaguar Mark X (1961) - imported to Switzerland by Emil Frey

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - elegant and spacious

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Jaguar Mark X (1961) - elegant lines

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Jaguar Mark 10 (1966) - with new automatic transmission from Borg-Warner - Geneva Motor Show 1966

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - Interior

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Jaguar Mark X (1961) - feudal rear passenger compartment

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - View into the rear compartment, Turin Motor Show 1962

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Jaguar Mark X (1961) - Design of the front end of the self-supporting bodywork

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Jaguar Mark X (1962) - at the 1962 Paris Motor Show

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Jaguar Mark X (1961) - impressive front design

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Summary

The Jaguar Mark X was a real all-rounder. It offered luxury, top-quality workmanship and great driving performance at a reasonable price - if you knew how to appreciate its qualities. In the test at the time, which is reproduced here in full, these advantages were acknowledged, but a few flaws were also uncovered. The report is illustrated with historical images and an opulent sales brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

Sir William's secret
All that's missing is the fireplace with house bar
Light and shadow close together
265 horses that are a pleasure to watch
How it drives
The crucial question
Technical data and test values

Estimated reading time: 21min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Passenger cars with engines of more than three liters are a rarity in Europe today. Admittedly, a few such white elephants are still built here and there in small series - in Italy, for example, alongside the Ferrari and Maserati sports car, the legendary Iso-Rivolta, and in France its cousin Facel-Vega - both with American eight-cylinder engines, and in Germany the BMW 3.2 Super, which is soon to be reinforced by the new Mercedes-Benz eight-cylinder from Stuttgart. Only in England are "big cars" such as the Rolls Royce and the Bentley, the models with the Austin four-liter engine, the Aston Martin and, above all, the Jaguar still being built undauntedly and in some cases with good sales success.

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