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WORDS: Jaguar Classic
PHOTOS: Jaguar Classic
Jaguar Classic
Announces Xkss Launch And Lightweight E-Type Race Plans
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Jaguar Classic confirms limited edition continuation XKSS to make world debut in North
America in 2016
Lightweight E-type chassis #15 to make racing debut at Le Mans Classic (10-12 July 2016), driven
by presenter and journalist Chris Harris
Jaguar Classic today announces that the hotly-anticipated
continuation Jaguar XKSS will receive its world debut
presentation in November this year in California, North
America. The presentation will coincide with the opening of the
Los Angeles Auto Show.*
Production of the ultra-exclusive continuation Jaguar XKSS
will be limited to just nine exam-ples, hand-crafted by Jaguar
Classic expert technicians and manufactured to the exact
same specification as those produced in 1957.
Often referred to as the world’s first supercar, Jaguar originally
made the XKSS as a road-going version of the Le Mans winning
D-type, and cars built in ’57 were originally earmarked for
export to the U.S., but disaster struck and a number were lost
to the Browns Lane fire of the same year. Now, 59 years later,
Jaguar will build the nine ‘lost’ XKSS sports cars for a select
group of established collectors and customers.