Eye-catching black and whites

45,049 · March 4

45,049 · March 4

45,049 · March 4

45,049 · March 4

21,243 · March 4

28 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

As reference to as XK-E assume that is a US shot. Some motor show.

Behind is a Daimler Dart hardtop. Jaguar continued to make and sell these for a bit after the 1960 takeover. But there were few buyers and discontinued by 1964.

45,049 · March 4

45,049 · March 4

45,049 · March 4

11 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

As reference to as XK-E assume that is a US shot. Some motor show.

Behind is a Daimler Dart hardtop. Jaguar continued to make and sell these for a bit after the 1960 takeover. But there were few buyers and discontinued by 1964.

The picture is from the 1961 New York Motor Show, when the XK-E made its US debut.

21,243 · March 4

Chicago

21,243 · March 4

Jowett prototypes never made production.

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21,243 · March 4

11 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

This b/w picture shows - compared to say a decade earlier - how fast foreign-made cars became prevalent in the UK - and part of the everyday street scene. We are looking a Japan, Germany, France and Italy there.

45,049 · March 5

17 hours ago, lesapandre said:

This b/w picture shows - compared to say a decade earlier - how fast foreign-made cars became prevalent in the UK - and part of the everyday street scene. We are looking a Japan, Germany, France and Italy there.

Well most of the UK car plants were on strike at the time, and when they were working, they didn't give a monkeys on how well they put them together.

15,327 · March 5

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Well most of the UK car plants were on strike at the time, and when they were working, they didn't give a monkeys on how well they put them together.

TBF French and Italian cars were probably even worse quality and less reliable than British cars . The early Japanese were probably the worst rust buckets of the lot but became popular because started every morning which was something of a novelty in the 70s.

German cars were too expensive because the Deutschmark was so strong v the Pound, and until the Golf came along , the cheaper ones (VW) had rear engines which weren’t popular.