After changing his company’s name from SS to Jaguar after the war, William Lyons wanted to mount his new XK 6-cylinder engine in a modern saloon design but shortage of materials and money persuaded him to begin with limited numbers of the stripped back two-seater XK120. This account of the evolution of the model through to the E-type in the 1960s includes archive photographs and advertising materials and details the cars’ racing successes.