AN A-PLUS D-TYPE

The Jaguar D-Type was born to race. Produced between 1954 and 1957, it was designed to win the 24-hour race at Le Mans, which it did—in 1955, 1956 and 1957.

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This November, one of the 71 D-types built in that era—chassis XKD-551—will go up for sale at Broad Arrow’s auction in Zurich. The 1956 model—which has a presale estimate between $6.5 m