Driving The 1954 Jaguar XK120 Roadster - The Best Inline 6 Cylinder Sound Ever! (POV Binaural Audio)

Huge thanks to Bond Group for throwing the keys to this 1954 Jaguar XK120. Bid on this Jag soon on Bring A Trailer!

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[anthonyantoine]

This thing sounds better than almost any modern race car. What an absolute work of art.

[edalder]

Original and unrestored Automotive royalty? I can't even process it. This must have blown minds back in the 1950's.

[VTCharley]

One of the best sounding cars I’ve ever heard. I wish I could experience it in person!

[robertsantucci]

My cousin has a '54 restored, and I can tell ya, that exhaust note is pure music!!!

[edalder]

Cars like this XJ 120, the 300SL Gullwing and many others up to the mid-60s were art pieces as well as mechanical pieces that were amazing engineering. The XJ 120 was a status symbol that you had achieved with panache.

Though in "Cruel Intentions, " the beauty contest between Phillipe's XJ 120 and the people on screen was a close contest.

[brucebenson]

I was outrageously fortunate to own and drive a 1953 XK120M fixed-head coupe from 1956 to 1958 when I was still a teenager. This clip captures the experience very well. As a kid your overall motor sensory skills are at their peak and I found that heel-and-toe moved the car through the gearbox in just amazing ways. It was an extremely agile, high-performing car. And the sounds we hear here are exactly the sounds I heard then. They are unique, spectacular and became embedded in my soul. Thanks for this wonderful trip down memory lane.

[KTHR]

Listened to this on a set of Beyer DT-990's w/ a 12AU7 based tube amp and I could feel this engine in my teeth. Thank you for the brain massage with this one, that was "bloody" spectacular.

[andrewthornton]

Love your reviews, easily the best on YouTube because you recognise the car is really what we're all interested in. Some reviewers think they're more important, hence some of a camera on themselves all the time they're driving, which tends to be very annoying. Keep up the great content.

[nirfz]

2:15 i could be wrong, but in earlier times upholstery sometimes was done with horsehair underneath the leather or cloth. Even matrasses were filled with horsehair before the foams became good enough.
-And i think the noise level is the main safety feature in this vehicle: Everybody can hear you comming, so getting overlooked, being in a blindspot -> no problem. "Loud pipes save lives" as a collegue of mine likes to quote someone.
-Not to forget to mention: What a beautifull car. I am especially a fan of the dials of these classic cars. They look so elegant and easily readable at the same time.

[who_stole_my_username]

Yes, one of my favourite cars! BTW they never had a wooden chassis - it was simply an ash wood frame to support the alloy body on top of the steel chassis, much like a Morgan. When they switched to steel for the bodies they no longer needed the wooden frame.

[pedromeggiolaro]

Thanks for "redone" or rather, having made another video with this car. I lost count of how many times i've seen the old video because of the wonderful sound of this car.

[BullittHilts]

I've been obsessed with cars since I was an infant - the XK120 (coupe) is my favorite car of all time, from the design, the history, the SOUND. Thanks for showing this gorgeous example!
I should also add, hearing the sounds when rev-matching... one of the many reasons that a manual transmission is SO much more rewarding. Modern cars that have rev-matching built-in aren't as much fun in my opinion. Gotta keep it classic!

[ElliWoelfin]

Floppy tachs will never get old. So silly to watch it fly around when shifting

[AidanF-ruwp]

Yes! I’ve been waiting for this video since the first one! Sounds so good

[Adison]

The sounds this thing produces are mind blowing. The way it's sound bounces off it's surroundings with such anger, the way this thing gargles when you lift your foot at higher RPMs. Absolute music to my ears. Recently you mentioned you don't know if we would enjoy you just cruising around no talking and this is a case where I definitely would not mind it by the tiniest bit. Just a beautiful, sunny day and a cruise in a nearly 70 years old instrument producing truly heavenly sounds.

[katherineelizabeth]

I completely agree with you, this is the best sounding 6 cylinders ever produced. It's also gorgeous!

[miketrusky]

7:54 So I put a top hat in place of the points, took a XKE power brake unit down low, 11.5 to1 pistons. Bored the carbs, replaced the pads with semi-metalic, painted i 8:11 t ox-blood red with biscut in. And the cams were factory racing, idle was a bit high, replaced the floor and and went looking for anyone who wanted😅 to race. What a beaut.WHAT A BLAST.

[kacperkwidzinski]

am i the only one that thinks this car sounds like an old spitfire flying by when he rings it out? so damn cool

[aoge]

what a gret car - I would love one.

BTW The XK120’s steel chassis was mostly copied from the Jaguar Mark V, hand-built with aluminium bodies on ash framing, were constructed between late 1948 and early 1950, all subsequent XK120s were mass-produced with pressed-steel bodies. Aluminium doors, bonnet, and boot lid were retained.

[artiehall]

I love how the video fades out just as you're passing a 20 MPH sign. 🙂