Jaguar was born as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922. Success in building aerodynamic sidecars for motorcycles led them to creating beautiful coachwork for cars. In 1926, the company moved to a larger facility and was renamed the Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company. They were soon making coachwork for the popular Austin Seven.
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| By Brian Snelson from Hockley, Essex, England (Jaguar SS100 motif) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
Over the ensuing decade, the company evolved from making body work for chassis from Austin to getting chassis made for them to making complete cars. In 1935, the company became known as SS Jaguar. The SS 100 was their first bona fide sports car and it solidified the companies reputation.
The SS Jaguar 100 was first made with a 2.6 liter engine that could do 0 to 60 in 12.3 seconds with a top speed of 94 miles per hour. When more displacement was offered in the form of a 3.5 liter engine, the first cat leapt to a blistering 101 miles per hour with a 10.9 second 0 to 60 time. The car won the 1938 Alpine Rally.
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Today, you can own a diecast replica of the car from Amazon.
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