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If the new Jaguar XJ isn’t floating your boat – though, judging from your comments, it’s doing the trick for most of you – what about a Jag from the old school?
How about a 1952 C-Type racer driven to victory by Phil Hill, up for auction next month at the swanky Pebble Beach meet in California?
Just 52 C-Type racers were built between 1951 and 1953, and this mintier-than-mint example was shipped to the US, winning several races in the hands of American F1 world champion Phil Hill.
Loosely based on the XK120 road car – though weighing in a full 450kg lighter – the C-Type is powered by a straight-six which puts out around 205bhp in its 1950s prime.
The C-Type won Le Mans in 1951 and 1953, doing battle with the Mercedes 300SL and making history with its second victory as the first car to average over 100mph.
This shining example was never crashed, and bears the venerable Mr Hill's signature. Price? No word what the C-Type will go for, but we’d expect it to start with a large number, feature several large numbers in the middle and probably end with a few more, er, large numbers. Start saving...
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500hp commented on this article
at 01:43 pm on 22 July 2009
yuck oldie car!!!!!!!!!!!!
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500hp commented on this article
at 01:43 pm on 22 July 2009
yuck oldie car!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A.E.Waterhouse commented on this article
at 06:35 pm on 22 July 2009
I WANT ONE!!!!!!!
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 09:15 pm on 22 July 2009
Wow, it's like a longer, more elegant D-Type (I am aware as to which came first). The price will probably hit some kind of video-game-style limit and be £9,999,999 or something.
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 09:15 pm on 22 July 2009
* and 99p.
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