Lot details
Registration No: F531BCW
Chassis No: SAJJSAEW3BA155006
Mot Expiry: Nov 2016

- 1 of just 100 examples built to celebrate Jaguar's 1988 Le Mans win

- 2 previous keepers and 31,600 recorded miles

- Offered with history file and MOT certificate into November 2016

Launched in August 1988, the XJR-S 5.3 was the first product of the newly formed JaguarSport. Intended to capitalise on Jaguar's sixth Le Mans victory earlier that summer not to mention its 1987 World Sportscar Championship title, the newcomer sported a drag reducing bodykit and special 'Speedline' alloy wheels. Further benefiting from revised suspension and more focused power-assisted steering, the flagship coupe utilised the same 5343cc SOHC engine and automatic transmission as its standard XJ-S V12 sibling and was thus reputedly capable of 150mph. Initially available in Tungsten Grey only for the first 100 'Le Mans Celebration' cars, the XJR-S 5.3 could be had in different liveries thereafter.

First registered on 24th November 1988, this particular example - no.72 /100 - is understood to have had just two previous keepers and to have spent time in a private collection hence its low recorded mileage of 31,600. Said to have possessed a full Jaguar service history until joining the collection, the XJR-S has benefited from a transmission fluid change and new spark plugs among other recommissioning works since being returned to the road. Offered with its original service book, handbooks and collection of old invoices, 'F531 BCW' also boasts a MOT certificate valid until November 2016.