Description From a deceased estate; one of only 12 made by Revival Motorsport for racing purposes; Rob Beere 4.2 race engine and Tremec 5-speed 'box; current owner 10 years; meticulously maintained and in superb condition throughout One of the most arresting shapes in the history of car design, the 1954 Jaguar D-Type was built with one aim in mind – to win races.

Although it shared the same 3.4 straight-six XK engine as its C-Type predecessor, the majority of the car was radically different.

Its most ground-breaking innovation was the introduction of a monocoque chassis which combined aircraft-style engineering with aviation-standard aerodynamics – largely the work of Malcolm Sayer, who had joined Jaguar from the Bristol Aircraft Company.

The D-Type went as well as it looked, humbling much larger-engined machinery from the likes of Ferrari and Maserati by winning Le Mans outright in 1955 and '56 before repeating the process in 1957, taking five of the top six places.

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