Jaguar Is Building Nine 'Brand-New' Versions Of The XKSS

Jaguar will be recreating the nine XKSS 'supercars' that were lost in the Browns Lane factory fire, built to the exact same specification as the original cars
Jaguar Is Building Nine 'Brand-New' Versions Of The XKSS

After the success of Jaguar’s Lightweight E-Type project, Tim Hanning - the Director of Jaguar Land Rover Classic - has given the go ahead for another “ultra-exclusive continuation model”. This time, the team will be producing nine ‘brand-new’ examples of the XKSS, a car Jaguar refers to as the “world’s first supercar”.

Jaguar Is Building Nine 'Brand-New' Versions Of The XKSS

The XKSS was designed as a road-going version of the highly successful D-Type Le Mans racer. The story goes that after three successive Le Mans victories in 1955, 1956 and 1957, Jaguar Cars co-founder Sir Williams Lyons decided to convert the remaining race specification D-Types into road cars. This was done by adding a higher windscreen, a passenger door and by removing the iconic fin behind the driver’s seat.

Jaguar Is Building Nine 'Brand-New' Versions Of The XKSS

Jaguar originally planned to convert 25 of these stunning machines back in 1957, but the final run only amounted to 16, with nine vehicles being lost in the famous Browns Lane factory fire. What Jaguar Heritage will do is replace the ‘lost’ nine cars, but it’s important to note that these cars are not replicas, as every XKSS will be constructed to the exact same specification as those 16 made in 1957.

If you want one of these stunning classics, Jaguar has stated that the price will be in excess of £1 million. Deliveries are expected to take place in early 2017.

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Fad Hill
03/23/2016 - 11:01 |
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i have 4 so totally we have 7… were getting somewhere!

03/23/2016 - 11:05 |
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I’ll give you a small loan of a million dollars!

03/23/2016 - 11:10 |
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I have 5!

03/23/2016 - 11:17 |
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Here add mine

03/23/2016 - 11:35 |
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Fiat Multipla

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03/23/2016 - 11:17 |
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Anonymous
03/23/2016 - 11:23 |
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SavvannaFilms

I like it. It looks nice.

03/23/2016 - 11:27 |
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Anonymous

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

03/23/2016 - 11:37 |
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Anonymous

A 50s Jaguar XKSS built in 2016, would it then be a 2016 Jaguar XKSS

03/23/2016 - 11:42 |
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seabass9990

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Yes

03/23/2016 - 11:49 |
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Thug Bird

tweet tweet

03/23/2016 - 11:49 |
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I can’t go that low, atleast i need $10

03/23/2016 - 11:55 |
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Sorry sir but i have to call my buddy who is an expert on 1957 Jaguar XKSS, i’m afraid that this isn’t the real deal.

03/23/2016 - 12:32 |
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Y’know what? I rang my buddy who deals on this kinda stuff. With the item in it’s, uh, replicated, condition, best I can do is $3.

03/23/2016 - 12:36 |
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Emil Mølhave Pedersen

So now my top 10 consist of:

  1. Jaguar E-Type S1
  2. Jaguar XE S
  3. Land Rover Discovery 4
  4. Jaguar F-Type R
  5. Jaguar XK120
  6. Jaguar F-Pace
  7. Range Rover Supercharged
  8. Jaguar XKSS
  9. Land Rover Defender
  10. Koenigsegg Regera
    So basically a bunch of cars, of which I will probably never own one. And yes, I’m a JLR fanboy.
03/23/2016 - 12:20 |
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Lassë Lund

The first time when steelies actually looked good on a supercar

03/23/2016 - 12:25 |
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Anonymous

Wait for the classic car purists to go apocalyptic with rage at this. They went ape s**t crazy when Jaguar made the last (IIRC 6) of the lightweight E types that the company had the unused chassis numbers for.

03/23/2016 - 12:53 |
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