Jaguar Mk 2 adapted to contemporary tastes
09/09/2014
The company CMC (Classic Motor Cars Limited), which has specialized for years in the restoration and adaptation of Jaguar models to modern times, has built a Jaguar Mk 2 adapted to today's tastes in collaboration with designer Ian Callum (he designed the Aston Martin DB7 and many modern Jaguar models). As the result - the first car was built for Callum's own use - has obviously met with a positive response, a small series is now to follow at a price of around € 350,000 to 375,000 (i.e. around CHF 420,000 to 450,000).
In addition to the visual modifications to the bodywork, the modified Jaguar has wide 17-inch spoke wheels, daytime running lights, power steering, five-speed gearbox, central locking, heated windscreen, a superlative modern stereo system and a 4.3-liter in-line six-cylinder engine with programmed electronic ignition. Much of the interior has been modified and seat belts installed on all seats.
From the outside, the Jaguar still looks like a Mk 2, but the changes are major and the car is hardly a classic anymore.
Somehow, when you look at the car, you feel a pang of nostalgia for the beautiful and fast classic Jaguar saloons. Although the car may now be suitable for everyday use and somewhat safer, the flair of what was once the fastest saloon in the world has been lost and one can only hope that otherwise restorable Mk 2s are not subjected to the conversion procedure.
In any case, we would definitely prefer the original, which incidentally is still on the market at astonishingly low prices, to the modernized version.
