Trivia Challenge

William Lyons became SIR William Lyons in what year, for his services to British exports?

In 1996 the Jaguar XK8 was up against the Aston Martin DB7. The Jaguar was fractionally slower than the DB7, and maybe not quite as exclusive but it more than made up for this by being significantly cheaper.. but how much cheaper?

When Jaguar realised that their competitors had diesel powered cars available in the luxury sector they rushed to get a diesel powered Jaguar out there, much to the consternation of Jaguar enthusiasts. Do you know which model of Jaguar was the first to come with the option of a Diesel engine?

The supercharged version of the Jaguar AJ16 engine , as used in the Jaguar XJR was used by another car manufacturer. Which car manufacturer?

Jaguar are known for giving their models a generic model number during the initial concept stage such as X308 (yes, a particularly loved model here at JaguarForumsUK) at the start of every models number you will find the letter 'X'. The letter is rumoured to have a meaning - what is that rumoured meaning?

Recently TATA purchased Jaguar from Ford. Can you remember in what year they did this?

When Jaguar was owned by British Leyland they had to resort to various tactics to ensure Jaguars remained as Jaguar as possible. What was one of the tricks they did?

What was the 0 - 60mph time for the SS1, on sale in 1932?

In what year did Jaguar drop the 240/340, S-Type, 420 & 420G models for just one new model - the XJ6?

The beautiful & classic Jaguar Mark X range was produced within which range of dates?

In 1951 Jaguar managed to move into the huge Browns Lane Factory site. They struck a deal with the British M.O.D. in order to do this. What did they agree to produce alongside Jaguars? 

The Jaguar Mk II was launched in 1959 with a straight six 3.8 litre engine. What was the bhp quoted for this Jaguar?

When the X350 generation of the Jaguar XJ came out it had a new feature that made it very different to it's predecessors - what was that feature?

In 1991 Jaguar entered the Le Mans 24 hour race with its XJR-14's. What placings did they manage to achieve? Noting that they were up again 19 Porsches on the day?

In the James Bond movie 'Die Another Day' the villain drove a Jaguar - What model of Jaguar was it?

Which model of Jaguar car was the last production model to have a V12 engine?

How did Jaguar F-Pace get the company into the Guinness Book of Records?

The Jaguar XKR produced too much torque for the ZF automatic transmission to handle so Jaguar linked up with an outside provider for a replacement transmission module. Who did they go to, with the new transmission modules being supplied from Autumn 1997?

In what year did the Browns fire destroy all but 16 XKSS cars that were in production?

In 1932 the SS1 was launched with a choice of a 2 litre or 2.5 litre engine, and a top speed of 70mph – it sold really well because of its price. What was the price?