RM Sotheby’s thinks so highly of this 1955 Jaguar D-Type, they even put it on their auction guide cover.

Back in 1957, when Jaguar was building the initial run of 25 D-Type chassis-based XKSS sports cars, the Browns Lane plant caught fire, engulfing the final nine examples in various stages of production before they could ever be finished. So JLR Classic decided to finish the order, some six decades later.

Our sister site TeamSpeed was privileged enough to be invited to sample the lineage of Jaguar sports and race cars in regards to the F-Type readying for release.