Arguably the closest the British ever got to our own Shelby Mustang was the XJR-S.

A unique partnership between Tom Walkinshaw and Jaguar, which lasted a decade and was perhaps the last of its kind.

The 1984 European Touring Car Championship win by Tom Walkinshaw behind the wheel of a Jaguar XJ-S started it all.

During this time, Walkinshaw was also producing body and suspension kits for the XJ-S at his JaguarSport company, offering significant improvements over the standard XJ-S, leading to the factory authorising an official model incorporating TWR upgrades - the XJR-S.

Owned 50/50 by Jaguar and TWR, JaguarSport released a special version of the XJR-S in 1988 which featured the 5.3-litre V12 engine, a unique body kit, alloy wheels and suspension and handling improvements.
JaguarSport produced a special edition of these new XJR-S Celebration Le Mans models to commemorate Jaguar's win at the Le Mans 24-Hour race in 1988, each individually numbered.

The JaguarSport model added extr...