It is essentially an all-new 1957 Jaguar XKSS, faults -- no, let’s call them quirks -- and all. The bodywork isn’t quite symmetrical, because it wasn’t made so then.

The XKSS may be the one 2017 Jaguar that its owners will happily accept without a five-year warranty or free scheduled maintenance. That, as the British say, is a bit of all right.

The XKSS will be sold for more than 1 million British pounds apiece, or about $1.4 million, said Tim Hannig, director of Jaguar Land Rover’s classic division. “It is severe, let’s say ...

Jaguar will build 10 XKSS in total, with each designed to be identical to any 1957 model still in existence. The first assembled vehicle will never go on sale, serving as a testing and show vehicle.

Movie star and racing enthusiast Steve McQueen once owned a XKSS.

Jaguar intended to build 25 examples of the car but on 12 February 1957, a fire broke out at the company’s Browns Lane factory in Coventry, England, destroying nine of the XKSS chassis.

The Jaguar XKSS is a road-legal version of the D-Type racecar. In 1957, a fire at the XKSS factory destroyed nine of the 25 cars that had been built or partially built.

McQueen, uncharacteristically fearing for his license, sold the Jaguar XKSS in 1969 to Vegas tycoon William F. Harrah.For the next eight years, the car haunted McQueen with its absence.

These days, an XKSS will go for pretty hefty sums-- we're talking millions of dollars.Jaguar built just 16 of its road-going ...

A rarest-of the-rare Jaguar XKSS is headed to auction in London, where there’s a good chance it may set a sales record. That’s because it’ll be the very first time an XKSS has come under the ...

The rare 1957 Jaguar XKSS, offered through RM Sotheby’s, is one of only 16 examples that the marque converted from its D-Type race cars. This 1957 Jaguar XKSS Could Fetch More Than $14 Million ...

Rare 1957 Jaguar XKSS Estimated to Fetch $14.5M USD at Auction: The first to be offered at auction in Europe and notably featuring a Jaguar factory upgraded 3.8L engine.