With an estimated cost of $16,000,000 – $18,000,000 (£12,846,400 – £14,452,200), this lovely 1957 Jaguar XKSS has an outside possibility of ending up being the most costly British cars and truck ever offered when it goes under the hammer at Amelia Island next month.
To insurance claim the prestigious title, it will requirement to surpass the $21,780,000 (£17,500,000) paid last year for the Jaguar D-Type that won Le Mans as an Ecurie Ecosse entry in 1956.
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The XKSS offered right here – one of only 16 examples – was pitched by Jaguar as a road-going version of the D-Type which won Le Mans three times in a row in the mid 1950s, together with successes at the 12 hours of Sebring as well as the Grand Prix of Spa.
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Fitted with a 3.5-litre, six-cylinder engine as well as a four-speed transmission, the XKSS might create 250bhp at 6,000rpm, as well as at the time road & Track reported a 0-60mph figure of 5.2 seconds as well as a top speed of 149mph.
With an original sale cost of $6,900, Jaguar had meant to develop 25 units of XKSS for the export market, however a terminate at their Browns Lane factory in February 1957 destroyed nine unfinished chassis.