In the world of amateur and professional sports car racing, few combinations have worked together as beautifully as Jaguar and Bob Tullius’s Group 44 Inc. Through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, this team set the standard for motorsports marketing, sports car race preparation, and race team discipline. Beginning in 1962 with a single white The development of the Jaguar XJ13 began in the early 1960s, as the British automaker sought to build a new generation of Le Mans-winning race cars, despite its "official" halt of all racing activities. Jaguar's C-type had produced wins on the Circuit de la Sarthe in 1951 and 1953, while the later D-type delivered victories from the tragedy Though termed by Jaguar a ‘compact’ saloon, the S-TYPE still offered good interior space – its wheelbase was actually 39mm longer than that of the standard X308 XJ – a reasonably sized boot, and sprightly performance; the slowest model, the five-speed auto 3.0-litre, covered the 0-60mph sprint in 8.0-seconds and went on to reach 141mph The E-Type was based on Jaguar's D-Type racing car, which had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for three consecutive years beginning in 1955. The E-Type employed what was, for the early 1960s, a novel design principle, with a front subframe carrying the engine, front suspension and front bodywork bolted directly to the body tub. Jaguar. When Jaguar won the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans by nine laps, their XK120C "C-Type" was an impressive machine worthy of the highest honor in sports car racing. Two years later, it won again However, while Jaguar originally intended to produce 100 D-Types, only 75 were completed before the car became uncompetitive. So, following in the sold-out tyre tracks of the six Lightweight E 1977 Jaguar E-Type ‘Ole 19’ Touted as the most winning Jaguar of all time and the the final chapter in E-Type racing, ‘Ole 19’ was converted into a racecar in the mid-1970s. Built by Lou Fidanza’s Gran Turismo Jaguar (GTJ), it was successfully campaigned as a champ car in SCCA racing. Lou Fidanza was a car dealer from Ohio, USA that raced ‘Ole 19’ with the minimum of support from The FIA made 4-Wheel Drive legal for race and rally cars in 1979, but back then, the systems were heavy. It’d increase the car’s weight and reduce speed, so nobody used them at first. But when Audi stuffed the Quattro with AWD and brought it to a rally stage in 1980, they dominated the FWD and RWD competition. 240-304 lb-ft. Layout. Front-engine, rear-wheel drive. Due to its aerodynamic design, wonderful engine, and a series of highly advanced features, the Jaguar E-Type was one of the very fastest production cars of its era, surpassing many of the most famous supercars of the time, including the Ferrari 250 GTO and Aston Martin DB4. 8qZN.

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