Saturday, August 1, 2009

The Jaguar D-Type



Car jaguar is one of the luxury cars that many people liked. Car jaguar various models, one of which is D-Type jaguar. Jaguar D-Type that was built between nineteen nineteen fifty-four and fifty-seven, the total three years. D together with the same type of engine design as the previous C Type Jaguar, even though this is the only similarity between the two cars, with the Type D made a big change from its predecessor. The most important thing is to change the monocoque chassis, which is very innovative and drastically improve the efficiency and aerodynamics, great feat for a competitive race car. The car comes as a competitive race car, but it was not a racing Jaguar D-Type has been converted for general sale.

The Jaguar XKSS car is made from the top left of the D-Type. Additional sitting has been added to the car, the entire windshield, a passenger door, and other changes to make the car more practical for the general public.

Unfortunately for Jaguar, a fire destroyed nine of the twenty-five cars that either finished or nearly finished on the twelfth of February nineteen fifty seven. European market for high-performance car that is very profitable at the time, the main reason that is used to convert the chassis into the production car to get back part of the investment.

Design in the D-type mirror the real aircraft, with the introduction of innovative monocoque body style. Fuel for the car is in the bag in the cells of the chassis, the other aspects of the design techniques that mimicked the aircraft. Aircraft-style techniques such as the work came down to Sayer, a former Bristol aircraft company workers, who successfully brought him to the innovative design of the table.

From the point of mechanical, the D-type along with the various attributes of the previous C-Type. The engine has been changed, and disc brakes kept. A big change coming from the work of Sayer, who managed to make the car much more efficient and Aerodynamic. Body style which is very successful E-Type Jaguar kept many features as the successor of the legendary D-Type.

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