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Nearly two months ago, we at Road & Track reported the sad tale of a Steve McQueen tribute Jaguar XKSS replica that was stolen from a Texas garage. On Wednesday, however, we learned some good news ...
A Jaguar XKSS replica vehicle designed as a tribute to Steve McQueen's roadster has been stolen from its garage. The car was previously featured on Jay Leno's Garage.
The Jaguar XKSS is a road-going version of the Jaguar D-Type racing car, initially built in 1957. Only 16 were built and sold at the time. [ 1 ] Nine chassis were destroyed in a factory fire in 1957 before they could be completed.
The car, which is a modified Jaguar F-Type R has a modified variant of the 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine as utilised in the Jaguar F-Type SVR, generating 666 PS (490 kW; 657 hp) at 6,000 rpm and a peak torque of 976 N⋅m (720 lb⋅ft) achieved by dual modified supercharger pulleys, a modified intercooler, an improved air intake system and a ...
Jaguar announced the planned production of 25 D-Type "continuation" vehicles to be hand-built at the Warwickshire, UK workshop to complete Jaguar's original goal of producing 100 D-Type based cars (the last twenty-five of which were to be turned into road-legal XKSS versions). Available options include 1955 short-nose or 1956 long-nose bodywork.
A 1956 Jaguar XKSS formerly owned by Steve McQueen; A 1992 Batmobile from Batman Returns; A 2001 Honda S2000 used in 2 Fast 2 Furious; A Ferrari 308 GTSi used by Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. A De Tomaso Pantera which belonged to Elvis Presley; One of the DeLorean time machines from Back to the Future; Luke Skywalker's landspeeder from Star Wars
Known replicas of the rebuilt, post MIRA crash, car: ‘The True Spirit of XJ13’, a recently completed build by JD Classics. The only car ever built from a physical scan of the 'factory' Jaguar XJ13. A very special one-off build - handmade by some of the finest craftsmen in the industry. Visually identical to the actual 1973-built factory car.
One of the last designs advertised by Paul Banham conversions was a replica of the Jaguar XK120 convertible, and like the Banham Mini Roadster this was a not sold as a kit but instead as a coach built vehicle. It was produced using (at the time) fairly modern 1990s BMW parts, but looked like an original XK120 on the outside.