The Jaguar Mark V was launched at the 1948 London Motor Show and produced for a relatively short 3 year period, with the last cars built at Coventry in mid-1951. Available as a 4-door saloon initially and then as a 2-door DHC (convertible) model, around 10,500 cars in total were built.

The model was available with either a 2½ litre or 3½ litre straight 6, pushrod overhead-valve engine and 4-speed manual gearbox (automatic transmission was not available). The claimed power output of the 2664 cc variant was 102 bhp and 125 bhp for the larger 3485 cc engine. A contemporary test of a 3½ litre engined-car by The Motor magazine in 1949 yielded a top speed of 90.7 mph and 0–60 mph acceleration time of 20.4 seconds.

This was the first Jaguar with independent front suspension; an hydraulic braking system and smaller, wider 16" wheels. The body was styled much like the prewar cars but with a more flowing appearance for wings and headlights. It had wheel spats fitted (another first for a Jaguar) and an improved level of trim over earlier cars. It was the model used to launch the famous Jaguar slogan ‘Grace, Space and Pace’.

This particular 3½ litre Mark V was produced as a Homemarket model in February 1951 and little further history is known until it was re-patriated to the UK from Canada in 1992. Thereafter it appears to have been unused for some years until a new owner commissioned a complete professional restoration between 2009 and 2011. The car was then re-registered in the UK and sold shortly afterwards to a new Jersey-based owner. The car has been well looked after since then, owner maintained and kept in excellent condition.