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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" - super sports car as a practical towing vehicle

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Created on December 6, 2017

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Bruno von Rotz

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - very successful lines

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - with trailer coupling like back then

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - up to the door, the car corresponds to the normal coupé

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - flap closed

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - Open the lid

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - classic XK look without bumpers

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - an early forerunner of the BMW Z3 Coupé

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the rear wings are very elegantly shaped

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - pleasant tourer ...

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - ... with plenty of steam and temperament

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - so you're always properly dressed

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - a particularly good way to enjoy the moon

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the most practical beautiful XK 150 of all time?

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the typical XK from the front

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the rear makes it a one-off

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - in the setting evening sun

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the station wagon tail looks good on it

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - certainly ran over 210 km/h back then

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - there was probably no quicker way to transport your extensive tools back then

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the all-round visibility is better than in some modern estate cars

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - good driving position

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - spacious cockpit

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - large trunk

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - centrally located instruments

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - View from behind into the cockpit

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - classic steering wheel

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the S-series six-cylinder with three carburetors

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - longitudinally mounted in-line six-cylinder engine

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - two overhead camshafts, light alloy cylinder head

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the Jaguar badge on the radiator grille

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - the Jaguar badge on the radiator grille

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - headlights integrated into the bodywork

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Jaguar XK150 S "Tow Car" (1959) - Fuel filler cap

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Jaguar XK 120 Coupé (1952) - Side view of the Coupé

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Jaguar XK 120 Coupé (1952) - exhibited at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show

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Jaguar XK 140 Coupé (1954) - closed version

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Jaguar XK 150 Drophead Coupé (1958) - harmonious shot in the park

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Jaguar XK 150 (1958) - edited factory photo

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Jaguar XK 150 Drophead Coupé (1960) - on a dusty road

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Jaguar XK 150 Coupé (1958) - in a sales brochure

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Jaguar XK 150 FHC (1958) - in a sales brochure

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Jaguar XK150 Tow Car (1959) - in racing in the seventies

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Jaguar XK150 Tow Car (1959) - racing around 1971

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Jaguar XK150 Tow Car (1959) - in modern times as a towing vehicle for a Lister Jaguar

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Summary

Pulling a trailer with a super sports car? That was still possible in the 1960s and was elegantly realized with a Jaguar XK150 S. The car with the special estate body and the practical rear door has survived and still impresses today with its versatility. This driving report describes the history of the model and the example shown, illustrated with many pictures and a sound sample.

This article contains the following chapters

Jaguar's post-war entry
One of the fastest GTs of its time
The technology of the Jaguar XK150 S
A very special XK150
On the road a lot
Almost lost
Behind the wheel of the estate
One-off under the hammer
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Imagine someone buying an Aston Martin DB9 today and converting it into a station wagon to pull a racing trailer with a racing car at high speed. Unthinkable? Today it is, but over 50 years ago it was entirely possible In the UK, a hasty garage owner converted a Jaguar XK150 into a sporty towing vehicle - what a story! It was October 1948 when Jaguar presented the XK100, which never went into series production with the proposed four-cylinder engine, but became a phenomenal sales success as the XK 120. Instead of the expected 200 units, 12,055 were sold by 1954 alone. On board was the new in-line six-cylinder engine with two overhead camshafts and a displacement of 3.4 liters, which could accelerate the XK120 with 160 hp to around 120 miles per hour.

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