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Country of origin:Great Britain
Produced in:1987
Numbers built:3 + 3 converted XJR-6s
Designed by:Tony Southgate for TWR
Predecessor:Jaguar XJR-6
Successor:Jaguar XJR-9 LM
Author:Wouter Melissen
Last updated:April 23, 2018
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Chassis: J12-C-187
The first of three new cars built by TWR in 1987, chassis J12-C-187 was primarily intended for use in the shorter rounds of the World Championship. It was allocated that year to Jan Lammers and John Watson. They started the year with a victory in the opening round at Jarama in Spain. They would go on to win twice more with this car, at Monza and Fuji. For the 1988 season, it was upgraded to XJR-9 specification. In this guise it was raced a handful of times with a second at Jerez as the best result. Following a spell in a Swiss collection, it was subsequently owned by a Swedish historic racer, who had a formidable collection of Group C cars. In more recent years, it joined the stable of a British historic racer, which also includes an XJR-12. Ahead of the 2018 season it was prepared to full running order by specialists Motohistorics.

Chassis details
Manufactured in January 1987
First owner Silk Cut Jaguar
Major wins
1987 Jarama 360 km (Jan Lammers / John Watson)
1987 Monza 1000 km (Jan Lammers / John Watson)
1987 Fuji 1000 km (Jan Lammers / John Watson)
Last known location British Historic Racer
Appearances

2022 Spa Classic 2022 Mugello Classic 2020 Dix Mille Tours 2020 Dix Mille Tours
2019 Monza Historic 2019 Hungaroring Classic 2019 Hungaroring Classic 2019 Hungaroring Classic
2019 Espiritu de Montjuic 2019 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Le Mans Classic 2018 Le Mans Classic
2018 Spa Classic 2018 Spa Classic 2018 Spa Classic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic
2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic
2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic
2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic
2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 Espiritu de Montjuic 2013 Spa Classic
2013 Spa Classic 2013 Spa Classic 2013 Spa Classic 2013 Spa Classic
2013 Spa Classic 2013 Spa Classic 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans

  Article Image gallery (103) Chassis (3) J12-C-187 Specifications