It’s rare for a racing car driven by two legends to be made available to the public, but that’s the case for this sixties single-seater. However, an engine misfire and brake failure meant it was retired from the lead of the endurance race after 92 laps.ĭue to its gapped history, the estimate value is a fraction of what D-types are usually valued at, which could make it all the more appealing for buyers. That includes its engine, which was used in one of three Jaguar Works entries prepared for Le Mans in 1954, driven by Stirling Moss and Peter Walker and set the fastest time in practice for the race. It effectively disappeared until the 1980s when the components were pieced back together – or ‘coalesced’ into a single car, as Bonhams describes it. That’s because XKD 570 was built in 1956 as a completely assembled and finished model but was then dismantled for parts by Jaguar soon after. The car being sold has what Bonhams describes as an ‘interrupted early provenance’. Other British classics being sold by Bonhams that could cause a bidding stirĪhead of the weekend’s event, This is Money has hand-picked three other very interesting British collectible cars that are ripe for exceeding their estimates based on rarity of provenance…Ī Jaguar D-type for around a million pounds sounds like an absolute steal today, with the most expensive iteration of the fifties racer selling for £16.64million in 2016 – though that was a Le Mans-winning example. The first customer car was completed in June 1992 with a retail price of £470,000 and production ceased in 1994, by which time 275 cars had been built.
It developed 550 horsepower and 475 pounds-foot of torque and the XJ220 was recorded accelerating from zero to 60mph in under four seconds – quicker than the Ferrari F40 and Lamborghini Diablo, which were the poster supercars of the generation. The rear-wheel drive XJ220 did away with a V12 and Jaguar instead installed a 3.5-litre twin-turbocharged V6. However, the version signed off for production in December 1989 – with Tom Walkinshaw Racing selected as the partner for the project – was somewhat different to the British Motor Show concept shown a year earlier. Hagerty has often seen extremely low mileage cars sell for more than expected, and although the market’s views on the XJ220 are mixed, this could be the car that breaks the mould.’ Jaguar XJ220: Will it fit in my temperature-controlled garage?Ĭlaimed fuel consumption (combined): 18.0mpg ‘That said, the mileage of this example puts it into a category all of its own.
Three others offered at UK public auction since last summer did sell, two under low estimate (one selling for £292,500 and another £210,000) and one just scraped into the expected zone. ‘More recently, results have been mixed: one offered by Silverstone Auctions back in July failed to sell at an estimate of £340,000 to £380,000.
‘The top recent sale we have tracked at auction was £414,000 back in 2019 at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale,’ Mayhead told us. That said, its provenance could see it eclipse all these quoted prices. It estimates that a ‘concours’ condition version – which means it is good enough to be displayed in a museum – is worth £415,000, which is quite some way below the Bonhams higher estimate. ‘It is a potentially unique opportunity for the next owner to take possession of a car exactly as the manufacturer turned it out.’īonhams says its expects the car to sell for between £400,000 and £500,000 when the hammer eventually drops at the Goodwood Revival classic car event in Chichester on Saturday – though experts suggest it come make more than that. Mark Osborne, global director of motorsport for Bonhams, told This is Money: ‘The Jaguar could fairly be described as a delivery mileage 28-year-old car!
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‘This is undoubtedly one of the lowest-mileage, freshest and best-prepared XJ220s available on the market, now available for registration for the first time in its life,’ the auction house concluded. It says that any tiny blemishes to the paintwork have been ‘corrected’ and the Sand leather interior is in ‘superb condition’. 2/3 SLIDES © Provided by This Is Money ( 1/3 SLIDES © Provided by This Is Money ( 2/3 SLIDES © Provided by This Is Money ( 3/3 SLIDES © Provided by Daily Mail ( 3/3 SLIDESīonhams says the XJ220 remains in ‘virtually pristine cosmetic order’.