Produced during the years 1948-1954, the XK 120 was Jaguar’s first sports car since the 1940 made model called SS100.

The first 200+ bodies of the Jaguar XK120 were produced with aluminium bodies but once the model became popular, steel body was used. However the doors, bonnet and the boot continued to be made in aluminium.

At the 21st edition of Le Mans in France at the Circuit de la Sarthe, France held on 13-14 June, 1953 this car sponsored by Jaguar with a 3.4 litre S6 engine having British drivers Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton, won the race after doing 304 laps.