Test Drive a New Ecurie Ecosse C-Type in Henley
Historic British racing marque Ecurie Ecosse are producing seven continuation models of its 1950s Jaguar C-Type racing car and if your pockets are deep enough, over half a million pounds deep that is, you can test drive a new Ecurie Ecosse C-Type at their partner dealership Hofmann’s, in Henley-on-Thames.
Between 1951 and 1955, the Scottish race team used seven C-Types to pick up 59 podium places, including wins at the National Thruxton and Zandvoort International. Now Ecurie Ecosse will honour this success with the creation of a modern sibling car for each original racer.
Ecurie Ecosse patron Alasdair McCaig said: “How better to celebrate the historic success of the Ecurie Ecosse C-Types than to manufacture a batch of cars in their honour?”
They will be handbuilt in Coventry, at the site Jaguar’s coachbuilders used in the 1950s, using traditional methods but expect a few 21st-century tweaks.
The first C-Type continuation is complete and can be viewed and driven at Ecurie Ecosse’s Henley-on-Thames dealership, Hofmann’s. Each car is priced at £430,000, plus VAT.
In 2015, a C-Type that won Ecurie Ecosse eight victories in 1954 was sold at auction for £8.4 million, becoming the most expensive British car ever auctioned at that point.
For more information visit ecurieecosse.com/lmc
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