Jaguar Classic celebrates 70 years of the double Le Mans-winning legend
Jaguar’s classic division is remaking the C-Type to celebrate the model’s 70th anniversary. The continuation cars will be hand-built at the brand’s Classic Works facility in Coventry, UK. Prospective customers can virtually customize their future classic here.
The C-Type, which was originally made between 1951-53, was famed for its fluid shape by then Jaguar Cars designer and aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer. The car won the gruelling Le Mans 24 Hours on its debut in 1951, scoring the first of Jaguar’s seven wins at French endurance races.
It got disc brakes in 1952 and Sir Stirling Moss secured the first win for a disc-braked car at the Reims Grand Prix in France. The car won the Le Mans 24 Hours again in 1953, another first for disc brakes.
Of the 53 C-Types built in the 1950s, 43 were sold to private owners, but the production C-Type specification was limited to drum-braked cars with twin SU carburettors and 200 bhp. As for the remake, only 8 will be built ahead of a racing-inspired celebration event for their owners in 2022.
Each example will replicate the 1953 Le Mans-winning works team car specification, including 3.4-litre straight-six engine with triple Weber 40DCO3 carburettors for 220 bhp and disc brakes.
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