5276 x 3462 px | 44,7 x 29,3 cm | 17,6 x 11,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
20 février 2020
Lieu:
Olympia Exhibition Centre, West Kensington, London, W14 United Kingdom
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Designed specifically to win the Le Mans 24-hour race, the slippery D-Type was produced by Jaguar Cars Ltd. between 1954 and 1957. Sharing the straight-6 XK engine and many mechanical components with its C-Type predecessor, its structure however was radically different. Innovative monocoque construction and aerodynamic efficiency integrated aviation technology in a sports racing car, some examples including a renowned vertical stabilizer. Engine displacement began at 3.4 litres, was enlarged to 3.8 L in 1957, and reduced to 3.0 L in 1958 when Le Mans rules limited engines for sports racing cars to that maximum. 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 XKSS versions whose extra road-going equipment made them eligible for production sports car races in America. In 1957 25 of these cars were in various stages of completion when a factory fire destroyed nine of them. Total production is thought to have included 18 factory team D-Types, 53 customer cars and 16 XKSS versions. One of three cars originally delivered new to Australia and the only D-type to be fitted with a hard-top roof. This car was used by some of the most notable figures in Australian Motosport, including Frank Matich and Scott, Doris "Geordie" Anderson. aguar announced the production of 25 D-Type at the Warwickshire, UK workshop to complete Jaguar's original goal of producing 100 cars. Available options include 1955 short-nose bodywork or 1956 long-nose bodywork. The vehicle was unveiled in Salon Rétromobile 2018 in Paris. The first factory production D-Type (XKD-509) was sold at Bonhams auction for £2, 201, 500 in July 2008. The previous highest confirmed price was £1, 706, 000, set in 1999.A 1955 model was sold at a Sotheby's auction in 2016 for $19, 800, 000.In contrast, these cars were seen as merely obsolete race cars in the 1960s, and commonly changed hands .
