{"id":86996,"date":"2021-12-27T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=86996"},"modified":"2022-01-10T13:41:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T13:41:46","slug":"jaguar-xk120-pinin-farina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/jaguar-xk120-pinin-farina\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguar XK120 Pinin Farina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Based on the XK sports cars, a number of special bodies were built by external coachbuilders between 1948 and 1961. Most of these remained one-offs. One such vehicle was built at the end of the XK120 series in 1954 by Pinin Farina in Turin on behalf of the US importer Max Hoffman. He appears often in the automotive history of the 1950s. In his spacious showroom in New York, he offered various European brands. In addition, he asked his customers what kind of cars they wanted and passed these inspirations on to Europe. His inquiries resulted in the BMW 507, the production version of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, and the Porsche 356 Speedster as the most affordable entry-level version from Zuffenhausen at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinin Farina’s design came too late<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Jaguar XK120 was too antiquated in design for many US customers. Max Hoffman therefore ordered a Coup\u00e9 body from Pinin Farina with echoes of the then modern pontoon design. After the appropriate work was done on the basis of an XK120 SE, the car made its debut at the 1955 Geneva Motor Show. The only bad luck for Hoffman was that at that time the modified successor XK140 was already on display on the Jaguar stand. It would have been too expensive to adapt the Pinin Farina Coup\u00e9 to the new platform with the engine shifted slightly forward. So this car remained a one-off. A month after the Geneva Salon, the unique XK120 was also on display at the Autocar Show. A further appearance at the Turin Motor Show was actually planned, but this didn’t happen as a buyer had been found in the meantime.<\/p>\n\n\n

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