$599,990
| Kilometres: | 1,480km |
|---|---|
| Engine: | 4.2 Litre Straight Six |
| Transmission: | 5 Speed Manual |
| Body: | Open top racer |
| Seats | 2 |
| Import History: | NZ New |
| Fuel Type: | Petrol |
| Model Detail: |
The Jaguar D-Type is a sports racing car that was produced by Jaguar Cars Ltd. between 1954 and 1957. Designed specifically to win the Le Mans 24-hour race, it shared the straight-6 XK engine and many mechanical components with its C-Type predecessor. Its structure, however, was radically different, with innovative monocoque construction and slippery aerodynamics that integrated aviation technology, including in some examples a distinctive vertical stabilizer.
D-Types won Le Mans in 1955, 1956 and 1957. After Jaguar temporarily retired from racing as a factory team, the company offered the remaining unfinished D-Types as street-legal XKSS versions, whose perfunctory road-going equipment made them eligible for production sports car races in America.
Total production is thought by some to have totaled 71 D-Types, including 18 for factory teams and 53 for privateers (plus an additional 16 D-Types were converted into road-legal XKSS versions). Jaguar is quoted as claiming it built 75 D-Types
Genuine D-Types can fetch anywhere between USD$6-12m. In 2016, a 1955 Jaguar D-Type (XKD 501) that won Le Mans in 1956 sold at auction for $21.78 million USD – making it the most expensive British car ever sold at the time.
This skillfully handcrafted recreation was built by Tempero Coach and Motor Company and first registered in 2011. It has travelled just 920 miles since built while in the care of one fastidious owner. Car will be sold with 4 new tires put on, new WOF and 12 months registration.
Powered by a modern day, finely tuned 4.2 Litre Jaguar Straight Six DOHC engine putting out circa 300hp coupled to a 5 speed Borg-Warner gearbox and weighing in at just over 800kg this car is an absolute rocket, not for the faint hearted.
Easily removable passenger windscreen can be swapped out for a blank panel to make it a single seater.
