1988 Jaguar XJR9 & 1991 Jaguar XJR12

Almost all of Jaguar’s competition effort in the post-war period became directed at a single target, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was an effort that was immensely successful, and having done it once, Jaguar waited for a period of years and came back and did it again. The two cars you see here, the Tom Walkinshaw-run Silk Cut XJR9 and XJR12, were part of this second attack on Le Mans, and are a key part of the tale.

The early days