New Jaguar C-Types pay tribute to Le Mans success

Next year marks 70 years since Jaguar dominated the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans with four of its C-Type endurance racers. And the brand will pay tribute to this triumph with two new Continuation models.

Each of the two C-Type Continuation ’70-Edition’ cars will feature unique colour and trim alongside hand crafted silver enameled badging, ’70-Edition’ stitching and embroidery, and painted roundels with racing number 70.

The first of the two cars will feature a never to be repeated Verbier Silver colour combined with a Cranberry Red interior.

The second C-Type pays tribute to the race winning 1953 car of Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton complete with a British Racing Green body colour and Suede Green Leather.

A bespoke key housing and dashboard plaque courtesy of Jaguar’s jeweller partner Deakin & Francis will feature on both cars as well.

Manufacturing of each car takes over 3000 hours of hand craftsmanship at the Jaguar Classic Works factory in the UK, with both examples following the exact blueprints of the original 1953 Works C-Types.

Under the bonnet will be the familiar 3.4-litre straight six-cylinder engine which is said to take nine months to create. Three Weber carburettors are strapped to its side, giving the car a total of 164kW to play with.

Both Jaguar C-Type Continuation ’70-Edition’ cars are priced at £1.5 million ($NZ3 million).