The Jaguar D-Type was a sports racing car produced by Jaguar Cars Ltd between 1954 and 1957, designed specifically to win the Le Mans 24 Hours. It shared the straight-six XK engine and many mechanical parts with the C-Type but used a radically different structure: a monocoque tub of aluminium alloy sheet built with aviation technology, with an aerodynamic body by Malcolm Sayer and in some examples a distinctive vertical stabilising fin. Engine displacement began at 3.4 litres, rose to 3.8 in 1957 and was cut to 3.0 in 1958 when Le Mans rules capped sports racing engines. D-Types won Le Mans in 1955, 1956 and 1957, and unfinished cars were later offered as the road-going XKSS. Estimates of the total built run from 71 up to the 75 that Jaguar is quoted as claiming.
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The Jaguar D-Type is a sports racing car that was produced by Jaguar Cars Ltd. between 1954 and 1957.
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