Sixty years after Jaguar’s legendary test driver Norman Dewis achieved a world record average flying mile speed of 172.4mph in a modified XK 120, Jaguar returned to Jabbeke, Belgium, on Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 for another sprint test, this time with a new Jaguar F-TYPE V8S and race driver Andy Wallace.
Jaguar has a long-standing historical relationship with Jabbeke that began nearly sixty-four years ago.In May 1949, Jaguar decided to demonstrate the newly launched XK120 roadster to the press on a stretch of straight high-speed autoroute between Jabbeke and Aeltre in Belgium. The road was closed for the occasion. The white left-hand drive car, chassis number 670002, was the second XK120 built.
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