At Jaguar, after 62 years, they decided to make another 25 examples of the D-type model, which was discontinued in 1956.
25 copies Jaguar D-type will see the light of day in the classic Jaguar Land Rover workshop in England Warwickshire. In 1955, Jaguar decided to make 100 examples of the D-type, but only 75 were made. 62 years later decided to make the remaining 25 modern classics. All of them will be hand-made, according to the original designs and made in the same way as decades ago. In its time, the D-type was an extremely important car for Jaguar, as it is won the 24 Hours of Le Mans championship three times. He was driving it then 6-cylinder XK engine.
The D-type was produced in two forms, in 1955 in short form and in 1956 in long form. The long one differs from the short one by the longer front part and the so-called fin behind the driver. Supposedly, new owners should be able to choose between 3.4- and respectively 3.8 liter engine, but the latter will only be available for a few extended models. Jaguar hasn't announced the price, but sure will not be less than one million British pounds. It sounds like a lot, but it's still significantly less than the price of an original D-type from the classic car era. In 2016, the Jaguar D-type that won the Le Mans championship in 1956 was sold at auction for a whopping 21.78 million US dollars.
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