Jaguar does not build many cars like the Jaguar Kensington: a 4-door fastback with 5.3 , built from 1990 when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Its designer of record is Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign.
How it came about
The Jaguar Kensington is a concept car designed and built by Italdesign for Jaguar. It debuted as a non-running, full-size mock up at the 1990 Geneva Motor Show, and later as a fully functioning prototype at the 1990 British International Motor Show.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 5.3 . The gearbox is a 3-speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2,865 mm (112.8 in). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Honda NSX, the Renault Clio, the Ford Explorer. Its Jaguar stablemates include the F-Type and the Vanden Plas.