Jaguar Working On First In-House GT Race Car In 50 Years
Jaguar has begun work on turning its F-Type coupe into a racer. According to a report in British racing publication Autosport, the British brand has started work on the F-Type to make it eligible for the GT4 racing series at the behest of a c
Jaguar has begun work on turning its F-Type coupe into a racer.
According to a report in British racing publication Autosport, the British brand has started work on the F-Type to make it eligible for the GT4 racing series at the behest of a customer. While it is not expected to be a fully-fledged factory racing program, the deal is significant because it makes the F-Type the first GT sports car developed in-house by the leaping cat brand since its Le Mans winning D-Type of the 1950s.
This new project is believed to be funded by James Holder, the co-founder of clothing brand Superdry, who is an amateur racer in the GT4 category. The work on the car is being carried out by the Special Vehicle Operations units inside Jaguar.
SVO was responsible for producing the F-Type SVR and Project 7 (pictured below) special editions.
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