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Written by Stephen Dobie
Jaguar"s special ops are on a roll. Following the F-Type Project 7 and Lightweight E-Type comes this, the continuation XKSS.It"s more like the E-Type, though, in that it"s Jaguar finishing off a production run that halted midway. In this case, the nine XKSSs whose manufacture was ended by a factory fire are being rebuilt, completing the proposed 25-off production run nearly 60 years after it started.The XKSS was designed as a road-going version of the hugely successful D-Type racer - a three-times Le Mans winner, no less - with more production friendly windows and doors among its small modifications. Everything else remained intact, though, including race-spec suspension and a 3.4-litre straight-six engine with 250bhp. It may be beaten by a Renault Megane nowadays, but that was a fair heap of power back in the XKSS"s day.
Date written: 23 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2657
Jaguar"s special ops are on a roll. Following the F-Type Project 7 and Lightweight E-Type comes this, the continuation XKSS.It"s more like the E-Type, though, in that it"s Jaguar finishing off a production run that halted midway. In this case, the nine XKSSs whose manufacture was ended by a factory fire are being rebuilt, completing the proposed 25-off production run nearly 60 years after it started.The XKSS was designed as a road-going version of the hugely successful D-Type racer - a three-times Le Mans winner, no less - with more production friendly windows and doors among its small modifications. Everything else remained intact, though, including race-spec suspension and a 3.4-litre straight-six engine with 250bhp. It may be beaten by a Renault Megane nowadays, but that was a fair heap of power back in the XKSS"s day.
Date written: 23 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2657
