Jaguar Mark VII Coupé Meteor - The triple one-off
Summary
If it wasn't already written in the title, you wouldn't know which brand is underneath this custom-made Italian suit. A Siata? A Fiat? Or even a Ferrari? The Jaguar Coupé Meteor by Stabilimenti Farina followed the style of its coachbuilder a little too closely and its brand a little too little, so that it was always a little too confusing. Its brothers "Golden Arrow" and "Flying Jaguar" were no different. This article tells the story of the three Jaguar one-offs with Farina bodywork.
This article contains the following chapters
- Series technology in designer guise
- Premiere in Brussels
- The further career
Estimated reading time: 5min
Preview (beginning of the article)
At the beginning of the fifties, cars were still a man's business. Designing, creating, building, selling, driving - only rarely did a woman get lost in this chain of associations. This made the role of the young Belgian Joska Bourgeois all the more outstanding. As early as 1947, the woman in her mid-thirties had secured the sole import and sales rights for Jaguar vehicles for her "Anglo-Belgian Motor Company" - in person with a visit to William Lyons. The original five years of negotiations eventually turned into over 20, during which she sold up to 500 of the noble English cars in her home country every year.
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