Jaguar Classic has revealed two exclusive C-Type Continuations to celebrate the vehicle’s pioneering achievements in 1953.
Each ‘70-Edition’ features distinctive specifications and will be built at Jaguar’s state of the art Classic Works facility in Coventry.
The two Jaguar C-Type Continuations have been revealed seventy years after C-Types, equipped with pioneering disc-brakes were at the pinnacle of sportscar racing including dominating the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. Four Jaguar cars were entered that year, finishing first, second, fourth and ninth.
The winning driver pair of Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton covered over 2,500 miles at an average speed of 105.85mph breaking the previous record and in the process became the first winners to take the title with an average speed of over 100mph. A testament to these remarkable Jaguars.
Each C-Type Continuation ‘70-Edition’ has been exclusively tailored in an evocative colour and trim, with hand crafted silver enamelled badging, ’70-Edition’ stitching and embroidery, and painted roundels with racing number 70.
The first of these editions is finished in a one-off colour of Verbier Silver with Cranberry Red leather interior. This never to be repeated colour and trim combination is inspired by the C-type’s Platinum Anniversary.
The second ‘70-Edition’ is a tribute to the victorious 1953 car of Rolt and Hamilton, C-Type XKC051, and is finished in the Works Team colours of British Racing Green with a Suede Green leather.
The ’70-Edition’ logo is inspired by the visual features of the C-Type, originally created by Jaguar designer Malcolm Sayer famously responsible for the shape of the D-Type and E-Type.
There is no update on Jaguar’s legal action against the Scandinavian couple building their own replica C-Type.
