Jaguar Mark VIII
Jaguar Mark VIII mota ce ta alfarma mai kofa huɗu wanda kamfanin Jaguar na Coventry ya gabatar a 1956 Motar London.

Salo 
Motar ta raba  wheelbase tare da wanda ya gabace shi, Jaguar Mark VII M, wanda a zahiri ya yi kama da shi. Canjin da ya fi fitowa fili shine sabon allon iska mai lanƙwasa guda ɗaya. Bambance-bambancen gani tsakanin samfura yana sauƙaƙe ta canje-canje zuwa gasa na gaba da ƙwanƙwasa mai lanƙwasa chrome a ƙasan waistline wanda ya ba masana'anta damar ba da nau'ikan tsarin fenti mai sautin biyu. Bugu da ƙari, sabuwar motar tana da ɓangarorin baya waɗanda aka yanke don nuna ƙarin ƙafafun baya. Kayan aikin ciki sun fi na marmari fiye da na Mark VII M.

Injin da kayan aiki 
Mark VIII ya gaji daga magabacinsa injin madaidaiciya-shida 3442 cc wanda ya raba tare da Jaguar XK140 wanda ya bayyana shekaru biyu a baya. A cikin Mark VIII, an yi amfani da kan silinda da aka gyara wanda aka sani da nau'in 'B'. Ko da yake an gabatar da shi bayan shugaban gasar nau'in 'C' (kamar yadda aka yi amfani da shi akan C-Type racer kuma ana samunsa azaman zaɓi akan XK 140) wannan suna ya fi ma'ana fiye da yadda aka fara bayyana. Nau'in nau'in 'B' ya yi amfani da manyan bawuloli na nau'in 'C', tare da ƙaramin diamita na tashar jirgin ruwa na ainihin XK cylinder head wanda aka gabatar akan MK VII, wanda yanzu ake magana da shi azaman 'A'. Haɗuwa da manyan bawuloli tare da diamita na tashar jiragen ruwa na asali sun ba da izinin kwararar iskar gas da sauri a ƙananan gudu da matsakaici don haɓaka mafi ƙanƙanta da matsakaicin kewayon kewayon. Kamar yadda MK VIII ba zai yiwu a sake farfado da shi ba kamar yadda masu tseren C-Type da XK 140's sanye take da nau'in 'C' ba a ga raguwar kwarara a cikin babban rpm ba a matsayin hasara. 

An yi tallan injunan sanye da kan nau'in 'A' akan  ; MK VIII mai nau'in 'B' an tallata shi a , da injuna masu nau'in 'C' a  : ku. An zana kan nau'in 'B' mai haske koren haske akan injinan lita 3.4 don gane shi (tsakiyar shuɗi akan alamar IX na baya tare da injin lita 3.8).

Ita shugaban goyon bayan tagwaye SU carburetors, da kuma yin amfani da wani manual watsa mai sauri hudu, yana nufin cewa tallan kayan aikin injin yanzu ya karu zuwa  . : babban gudun da ake da'awar fiye da 106 mph (170 km/h) an yi la'akari da ban sha'awa, idan aka ba da mafi yawan motar. Zaɓuɓɓukan watsawa sun haɗa da overdrive ko akwatin Borg Warner mai sauri uku.

Production 
Bayan tafiyar shekaru biyu na samarwa na raka'a 6,227 an maye gurbin Mark VIII da Jaguar Mark IX .

Wasan motsa jiki 
A Mark VIII, wanda Dunning da Cash suka yi aiki, ya yi nasara a matsayi na farko a cikin aji na watsawa ta atomatik a cikin 1958 Australian Mobilgas Economy Run,  wanda ya kasance gasa ta tattalin arzikin mai wanda ake buƙatar motoci don rufe mil 1,224 a cikin kwanaki biyu da rabi. .

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