A Road Legal Le Mans Race Car The Rare 1991 Jaguar Xjr 15

A Road Legal Le Mans Race Car The Rare 1991 Jaguar Xjr 15 A road legal le mans race car: the rare 1991 jaguar xjr 15. i n 1982 when jaguar entered into a partnership with tom walkinshaw racing to form jaguarsport they probably didn’t anticipate creating a road legal sports car that would be a modern throwback to the le mans winning jaguar d type. but after a number of 24 hours of le mans wins a high. The xjr 15 set for auction, chassis 043, is one of 53 built by jaguarsport—a joint venture by jaguar and tom walkinshaw racing—between 1990 and 1992. of those, just 27 were street legal.

A Road Legal Le Mans Race Car The Rare 1991 Jaguar Xjr 15 Built in limited numbers by jaguar's go to race team, tom walkinshaw racing, to celebrate wins at daytona and le mans, the xjr 15 was truly a race car made street legal. it's not as well known as. Combined with the xjr 9’s woven monocoque, the xjr 15 was the world’s first all carbon road car. the engine, meanwhile, is a 6.0 liter, 450 hp version of the venerable jag v 12, mated to either a 6 speed manual with straight cut gears or a more livable 5 speed with synchromesh. suspension was carried over from the xjr 9 as well, with. Rm sotheby's is auctioning off an exceedingly rare, street legal 1991 jaguar xjr 15 as part of its road car based on one of jaguar’s greatest at the 24 hours of le mans. a jag finally. The resulting car was the xjr 15, a sporty v 12 with a peter stevens designed body made primarily from carbon fiber (a first for a road car). jaguar sport, a joint venture between the automaker.

A Road Legal Le Mans Race Car The Rare 1991 Jaguar Xjr 15 Rm sotheby's is auctioning off an exceedingly rare, street legal 1991 jaguar xjr 15 as part of its road car based on one of jaguar’s greatest at the 24 hours of le mans. a jag finally. The resulting car was the xjr 15, a sporty v 12 with a peter stevens designed body made primarily from carbon fiber (a first for a road car). jaguar sport, a joint venture between the automaker. The xjr 15’s resulting construction was entirely from carbon fiber, making it the world’s first carbon fiber road car. the naturally aspirated v12 engine used was jaguar’s 6.0 liter mill, modified to produce 450 horsepower and 420 foot pounds of torque. sixty miles an hour arrived in 3.2 seconds, and the top speed was a blistering 191. Unlike the mclaren, however, the jaguar was not a ground up design but an adaptation of a previous car – specifically the jaguar xjr 9 race car that won the 1988 24 hours of daytona in its first outing, followed by overall victory in the 24 hours of le mans (snapping porsche’s eight year win streak in the process).

A Road Legal Le Mans Race Car The Rare 1991 Jaguar Xjr 15 The xjr 15’s resulting construction was entirely from carbon fiber, making it the world’s first carbon fiber road car. the naturally aspirated v12 engine used was jaguar’s 6.0 liter mill, modified to produce 450 horsepower and 420 foot pounds of torque. sixty miles an hour arrived in 3.2 seconds, and the top speed was a blistering 191. Unlike the mclaren, however, the jaguar was not a ground up design but an adaptation of a previous car – specifically the jaguar xjr 9 race car that won the 1988 24 hours of daytona in its first outing, followed by overall victory in the 24 hours of le mans (snapping porsche’s eight year win streak in the process).