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Jaguar
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1949 Jaguar XK120

approx 12,000

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The car

Power160 bhp
Engine3.4L twin-cam straight-six
Builtapprox 12,000

The world's fastest production car of its day and the debut of Jaguar's immortal XK engine.

Finding one

Typical
£75,000
for a good example
Range
£45,000 to £200,000
body style (roadster>coupe), rare early alloy roadsters premium, condition, matching-numbers
For sale now
~19
public listings
regulara dozen or more a year · Last notable sale: 1952 XK120 SE ~£45k (US$61k), Bring a Trailer, 12 Jun 2026

Market figures are indicative, drawn from public auction and listing data; they guide, they do not appraise.

Parts and support

Mechanically easy to keep alive; alloy-body work is specialist and expensive, so bodywork drives restoration cost and value.

SpecialistsSNG BarrattMoss MotorsP&K Thornton RestorationsMonocoque Metalworks

In the network

Concoursio is a living public record. It references formal provenance (chassis, registries, sale history); it does not certify it.