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The first edition of the present book was published in 2014 and was
quickly acclaimed as the bible of the classic Jaguar racers. This
greatly expanded new edition runs to more than 400 pages and
contains 500 illustrations. It brings the individual stories of
over 150 cars up to date, and includes additional useful
information and appendices. Today the name of Jaguar still ranks
high in the pantheon of British cars that have won the Le Mans
24-hour race. A mere 20 years since the birth of their first car,
Jaguar had become the leading high-performance car in Britain
thanks to the revolutionary XK engine, and the XK120 was in its day
the fastest production car in the world. While the company had
begun to earn its spurs in motor racing, it was a bold step to
build a new car with the specific intention of entering Le Mans, at
the time the most famous motor race in the world. Remarkably, the
new Jaguar C-type succeeded in winning at Le Mans on the first
attempt. A further four Le Mans victories followed: in 1953 for the
C-type again, and then three wins for D-types from 1955 to 1957, by
which time the Jaguar works team had been withdrawn from racing.
Private entries of Jaguar C- and D-types in other races continued
for many years. The E-type was never as successful in racing, since
it was conceived as a GT road car rather than a racer, but the
small run of lightweight cars and other competition versions added
further lustre to Jaguar's reputation. C- and D-types were sold in
some numbers to private owners on both sides of the Atlantic, many
of whom obviously used them for racing, but unlike most later
sports-racing cars they could still be used on the road. This was
and remains one of their many attractions. Virtually all the cars
have survived, and in recent times have seen a steady increase in
value. This updated, enlarged and comprehensive new edition of the
Register is a tribute to these glorious cars, to the people who
were involved in their design and production, and to the drivers
who campaigned them.
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