Thomas Nightingale drives a Jaguar Mark 2.[1] It is sometimes referred to as 'the Jag' by characters. He purchased it in 1966/1967 after being urged by Hugh Oswald to modernize his lifestyle.[2] It has the number plate MK2 XK6[3]
PC Peter Grant was forbidden from driving Nightingale's Jaguar after several near-accidents while trying to rescue Ash Thames from the Pale Lady.[4]
Trivia[]
A 1960s Jaguar Mark 2 is also well known as the car driven by fictional TV detective Inspector Morse played by John Thaw, however Morse's car had a 2.4 litre engine.