In a remarkable move, Jaguar production has been completely suspended while the brand is reshaped as an all-electric manufacturer late in 2025. A first sign of things to come was a new logo revealed last week and now the British company revealed the Type 00 show car. In the accompanying press release, the big GT is described as an unmistakable, unexpected and dramatic physical manifestation of Jaguar. The bold Type 00 show car will be followed by a production version that will be produced in the United Kingdom with the first deliveries not expected until early 2026.
To cleanse your palette, we have also taken a closer look at a pair of Chevrolet big-block engined McLaren Can-Am cars. The earliest of the pair is this McLaren M8E Chevrolet, which was sold new to Fred Parkhill. He only raced the car in a Can-Am race once but campaigned it until the late 1970s. From the 1980s, chassis 80-06 has been regularly campaigned in historic events. It is now owned by an enthusiast from New Zealand, who started his career working for McLaren.
The penultimate customer Can-Am car built for McLaren by Trojan is this M8FP Chevrolet. It was raced during the 1973 and 1974 Can-Am seasons and was campaigned in local events through to 1976 when it was damaged. Once repaired, chassis 8-72 was campaigned in historic events on both sides of the Atlantic. Both cars were demonstrated earlier this year at the Goodwood Members' Meeting.

One of the most remarkable stories of this year was the Ferrari 250 GTO driven to the Chantilly Arts & Elegance in Paris over the road from London. It even crossed the Channel by train through the Eurotunnel. The second GTO built, it was shown in the class celebrating the designs of Carlo Chiti. In period, chassis 3387GT had been driven to a class win at the Sebring 12 Hours in the same American livery it wears today.
Also shown at Chantilly was another ex-North American Racing Team Ferrari; the one-off 196 S Dino. It was campaigned in period by the Rodriguez brothers and was later part of many prominent collections. Now back in American hands, chassis 0776 was also driven on the Tour during the Chantilly Arts & Elegance.
Freshly restored by Michelotto, this Ferrari F40 LM was driven up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed by period F40 LM racer Luca Drudi. The car itself was never raced in period and has only very rarely been seen in public.

Earlier in the year, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum announced that several non-Indy 500 related cars would be consigned to RM Sotheby's to bolster the financial health of the museum. The star lot is this iconic Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner, which will be offered at a special event in Stuttgart on February 1st. It was first raced in open-wheel configuration by Juan Manuel Fangio, who immediately scored a race win in a Formula Libre event. Later in 1955, it was entered for Stirling Moss in the Italian Grand Prix sporting the streamliner bodywork still fitted today. Initially retired to the Mercedes-Benz Museum, chassis 000 09/54 was donated to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Only shown at select events, it is now slated to become only the second W196 in private hands with the sales price estimated to exceed €50 million.
Due to cross the block at the Miami sale later in February of 2025 is this Ford GT40 Mk II. Completed early in 1966, it was raced in period at the Sebring 12 Hours and 24 Hours of Le Mans by the Holman and Moody team. At Le Mans, it sported striking DayGlo green sections on the nose to distinguish it from the other seven GT40s in the race. Later used for show duty, it was eventually donated to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1968. A non runner for most its life, it was eventually restored to full running order during the second half of the 2000s. Like the Mercedes-Benz, GT40P/1032 will be offered for public sale for the first time and the estimate is accordingly set at $8 - $11 million.
Late last week, Porsche announced the Manthey Package for the latest 911 GT3 RS. This is a €76,911 aerodynamics upgrade created by the factory Manthey Racing team. Wilder still than the original 911 GT3 RS, it creates a staggering 1,000 kg of downforce at 285 km/h without an added drag penalty.

On the day that Jaguar relaunched as a pure EV brand with a new logo, the reborn Tom Walkinshaw Racing revealed the full details of the Supercat. Inspired by the Jaguar XJ-S Group A racer built and raced by TWR in period, it is the latest restomod. Using the XJ-S as a starting point, the engineering team that includes Khyzyl Saleem and Magnus Walker, created a thoroughly modern super GT. A lavish carbon-fibre bodykit is draped over the original steel monocoque. Among the other changes are revised suspension, an uprated, supercharged V12 engine and a six-speed manual gearbox. Lighter and more than twice as powerful as the original, the Supercat is strictly limited to 88 examples. This is a nod to the outright victory at Le Mans scored by the TWR-built Jaguar XJR-9 in 1988.
A great example of the 1980s Group A racer is this chassis, which was built ahead of the 1984 season. It raced with great success in the European Touring Car Championship, then finished second at Macau and then won the 1985 Bathurst 1000 km outright. At the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, TWR JC 84A004 was reunited with the Bathurst winning drivers Armin Hahne and John Goss.

Today we celebrate Turbo Tuesday with a pair of iconic competition cars. The earliest of the pair is the Nissan R90CP, which was raced with great success in the Japanese Sports Car Championship. Two were built in 1990 and represent a further development of the Lola-based Group C racers. In fact both featured early R89C chassis. The P in the name is a reference to the Oppama plant in Japan, where the cars were developed in-house with the help of aerodynamicist Yoshi Suzuka. In R89C guise, the featured R90CP was raced at Le Mans twice before being converted in Japan. It was part of two-car effort that won the Japanese Sports Car Championship and was retired to the Nissan Heritage collection after its last race in 1991. Acquired directly from Nissan by our friends at the Ascott Collection, it received a mechanical restoration and was first raced in over 30 years at the recent Dix Mille Tours.
One of the most interesting cars in action at the Estoril Classics last month was this Porsche 911 GT2. Built early in 1995, it was raced for several seasons in the striking Blue Coral colours. In subsequent ownership, it continued to be campaigned until 2008. Over the years it received upgrades to the engine and a more advance Roock bodykit to keep it competitive with the much newer cars it raced against. Retained by its third owner for many years, it was eventually restored to its Blue Coral livery and original specifications. Now run by Era Motorsport, the 911 GT2 was raced at Estoril by Marino Franchitti and Kyle Tilley.

For the upcoming Dubai sale, Anglo-Canadian auctioneer RM Sotheby's has consigned a pair of remarkable Paganis. Looking set to top the sale is this one-off Zonda 760 LM Roadster. It was built to special order long after the 'regular' Zonda production had stopped and features many distinct details. Interestingly, it was also regularly used and the odometer reads an impressive 28,505 km. Zondas only very rarely come to auction and the estimate for the 760 LM Roadster is accordingly given as 'In Excess of $12 million.' At the same auction, five years ago, another one-off in the 760 series was sold for a record setting $7 million, so the estimate is certainly not far off the marque.
Expected to sell for 'In Excess of $4.5 million' is this Huayra BC, which is understood to be the 11th of a limited 20 built. The BC was a track-focused model named in honour of American collector and Pagani enthusiast Benny Caiola. This chassis on offer was originally sold to Andorra and has more recently been upgraded at the factory with the Pacchetto Tempesta, which includes aerodynamic, suspension and engine upgrades. The uprated Huayra BC has also benefited from regular exercise.