450 bhp, 5,993 cc mid-rear mounted all-alloy Group C-specification V-12 engine with Zytec electronically controlled sequential fuel injection, TWR five-speed manual gearbox transaxle, four-wheel double-wishbone independent racing suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes.

Wheelbase: 2,718 mm Recalling its near-absolute domination of international endurance racing throughout the 1950s, Jaguar returned to its winning ways during the late 1980s.

Under the capable leadership of Tom Walkinshaw, the veteran racer who had won the 1984 European Touring Car Championship behind the wheel of an XJ-S, Jaguar again chalked up Le Mans victories in 1988 and 1990 and took the World Sportscar Championship in 1987, 1988, and 1991.

Most importantly, Walkinshaw helped Jaguar finally break Porsche’s long reign as the leading endurance-racing constructor.

In this heady environment, Walkinshaw sensed strong demand amongst many of the world’s wealthiest auto aficionados for an ultra-exotic and ultr...