Rare 1954 Jaguar XK120 SE visits the U.K. for the first time

The rare Jaguar will take centre stage at Classic Motor Cars' stand at the London Classic Car Show on 15 to 18 February at the ExCeL.

The car won the Restoration of the Year 2017 award at the Octane Awards, which is considered the most prestigious in the industry, recognising the elite in the international historic motoring world, only a few months after being unveiled at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California, U.S.A, in August 2017, where it also won an award.

Unlike any other XK120, Chassis S675360 features unique bodywork by famed Italian design house Pininfarina. It was first delivered to Automotive Hall of Fame inductee Max Hoffman, an Austrian-born, New York-based importer of luxury European automobiles into the U.S.A, who inspired the production and refinement of several vehicles. It is believed that Hoffman inspired Pininfarina to reinterpret the shapes of the XK and then unveiled it at the 1955 Geneva Motor Show.