Just One Hundred

Do you really know that Jaguar manufactured just one hundred SS Tourers? Actually, this car was produced for a short time before it was replaced with dedicated Drop Head Coupe in the SS Jaguar style, therefore just one hundred SS Jaguar Tourers were manufactured before the production ceased. Powered by standard 2.5 litre engine, the tourer used a slightly modified S.S.I body on the new designed chassis. Jaguar SS tourer went on sale at the same time as the SS Jaguar Saloons and SS Jaguar 100 two-seats sports car. JDHT (Jaguar-Daimler Heritage Trust) Chief Archivist, Anders Ditlev Clausager states: " Sixty tourers were built in the 1935-1936 model year and forty five in 1936-1937. We can identify that twenty- eight were exported: eight to the U.S.A, five to India, five to Holland, three to Singapore and Malaya, two to Canad, two to Argentina, two to Tozer Kemsley and Melbourne for New Zealand and one to Belgium.

"There are five cars that we are not certain about, but the remaining seventy-two stayed in Britain. Henlys(in London and Manchester) took forty seven. We at JDHT have written Certificates for seven tourers."

Today, SS tourer is still as prestigious and classy as it was in past years. This car was truly an achievement for Jaguar Cars Limited because after looking at the SS tourer people really felt the Jaguars Standard. 

-  The car in picture is restored by David Davenport  -