A Jaguar XJR-15 with only 2,200 km (1,367 miles) to show for being 32 years old is up for grabs in the UK priced at £1,450,000.
Jaguar designed the XJR-15 to celebrate its motorsport successes. Back in 1988, an XJR-9 prototype won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, marking the company’s first major triumph in more than three decades. The Silk Cut Jaguar team drove a newer XJR-12 model to victory in the same series next year.
Design-wise, the XJR-15 was built on the same platform as the racers, but with a more spacious interior and a brand-new carbon-Kevlar body. It was therefore considered one of the first road-legal cars worldwide made nearly entirely out of composites.
Weighing in barely above 1 metric ton (2,200 lbs), the XJR-15 packed a racing-grade 6.0-liter V12 modified for more convenient casual driving. The output amounted to 456 PS (450 hp / 335 kW) and 569 Nm (420 lb-ft) of torque. In its standard guise, the car shipped with a six-speed, non-synched, track-ready manual gearbox. Five-speed synched box was available at a premium.
Dual-wishbone suspension and a completely flat bottom also made the model look like a purebred racecar, while four-piston calipers all around ensured adequate deceleration.
A total of 53 units was made, only 27 of them street-legal. This particular example was exported into Japan and made it back to the UK in 2014. It received a full round of maintenance four years later, including a complete reassembly.