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Jaguar XJR-11 at Speed

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The Jaguar XJR-11 was designed by Briton Tony Southgate and was introduced for the 1989/’90 FIA Group C Sports Prototypes European Championship. It also ran, with some aerodynamic modifications, in the IMSA GTP Championship.

The car was run by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) and was driven by Andy Wallace (GB) and Jan Lammers (NL). The chassis was a full-width carbon fiber/Kevlar composite monocoque with a tubular steel roll cage, with Dunlop tires in ’89 and Goodyear in ’90. Power was supplied by Jaguar’s own 3,500-cc, 90-degree, V-6 twin turbo feeding through a TWR transmission. However, brakes were humble 13” iron discs, which had to slow the car down from speeds in excess of 200 mph at Le Mans.

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Steve Natale has been playing with cars ever since he was old enough to first hold a matchbox car in his hand. A lifelong enthusiast of anything old with an engine in it or wheels on it, Steve has been active in the hobby for over 35 years. Currently he owns a successful marketing company with his wife Mary, is an automotive photographer, blogger and writer for several automotive magazines and regular contributor to various automotive websites. Steve has attended vintage car events and visited car museums and collections around the world.
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