Jaguar Lister Le Mans Coupe

This stunning Lister Le Mans is a car we supplied to a lucky owner. Lister-Jaguar XJS 70 Le Mans Coupe.

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1963 Lister Costin Le Mans Coupe.

Jaguar lister le mans coupe. Very few of these Full-Fat. Lister transformed the Jaguar XJ-S base into a 200mph supercar using a bored-out 7-litre Jaguar engine that produced 600bhp and 600lb ft of torque mated to a five-speed gearbox. This particular example started out life as a 1990 XJS V12 coupe.

33-shot gallery full history and specifications. 33-shot gallery full history and specifications. 1963 Lister Costin Le Mans Coupe.

1990 Lister Jaguar XJ-S Coupé V12. With some dry bits. The Lister Storm was a homologated GT racing car manufactured by British low volume automobile manufacturer Lister Cars with production beginning in 1993.

The new car was entered for the 1957 season as a Lister-Jaguar and the 60-year dedication to the Jaguar marque began. The famous Lister connection made its commercial reappearance in 1986. Pierces ambitions from that point proved to be similarly bold with the firm then following up its V12 brute with the infamous Storm racing car which contested at Le Mans from 1995 with a race-grade 70-litre engine.

Previously registered G445 UGX and 9951 EJ the car we offer is the fifth of only 20 Lister Le Mans made. 30 years later in 1987 under the new ownership of Laurence Pearce development began on a tuned Jaguar XJS V12 which would become known as the Lister Le Mans. The Lister Le Mans was launched in 1989 christened Le Mans to celebrate Jaguars success there in the late 1980s.

The companys comeback car was a 200 mph supercar based around the. Based in Leatherhead with engineering input by Laurence Pearce approximately 90 tuned Jaguar Le Mans were produced the emphasis being very much on super car performance. Following six years of development the Lister Le Mans burst onto the supercar scene in 1989.

The chassis was adapted to accept the Jaguar engine and a now legendary Lister Jaguar combination was born. The bored out seven litre Jaguar engine produced a mighty 600 bhp with an identical 600 lbft of torque ensuring effortless acceleration in. The 1990 Lister MKIII Le Mans is a heavily modified Jaguar XKS with a bored-out 70-liter V12 engine paired to two thats right two superchargers for a total of 604 hp.

In a nod to the Mulsanne Straight-worthiness of that this twin-supercharged XJS was christened the Le Mans. Walker had just sold the Blackburn-based family firm Walkersteel for. More than ever before was this car was a complete car not so much a conversion but a thouroughly designed car that used a compeletly new Jaguar XJ-S Bodyshell as basis and every Lister got their own chassisnumber and.

Chassis number 038LJ05LM served as Listers demonstrator and featured in its sales brochures before being purchased by industrialist Jack Walker. The Storm used the largest V12 engine fitted to a production road car since World War II a 70 L Jaguar unit based on the one used in the Jaguar XJR-9 that competed at the 24 Hours of Le MansDue to the high price of the vehicle at. Oh and this twin.

SOLD Jaguar Lister Le Mans Coupe 6Spd Manual 70 V12 Twin Supercharged. Christened Le Mans to celebrate Jaguars success there in the late 80s the Lister totally transformed its Jaguar XJS base into a mega powerful 200mph supercar. The WP Automotive Lister Mk III Le Mans was the ultimate Jaguar XJ-S based supercar built by the Leatherhead based specialist.

This Lister Le Mans is one of just 20 built by the company just prior to the introduction of the firms now-legendary Storm race carIt has a wider track afforded by a set of 17-inch Lister. Named in honour of Jaguars successes at La Sarthe in the 1980s the Le Mans featured a 70-litre version of Jaguars V12 engine comprehensively re-worked to cope with its now 500-or-so horsepower maximum output. The following month the car was entered at Le Mans in a two-car Works team driven by Bueb and Lister stalwart Bruce Halford and confirmed by accompanying Le Mans entry forms.

Without doubt the finest example in the world of a Le Man 70 Coupe. For those who felt the standard 53 litre V12 Jaguar engine a bit insipid Lister. The car is worth 2m and this was easily the bigge.

We needed to find the best example possible of the ultra-rare Jaguar Lister Le Mans Coupe with the manual box and twin supercharged 70 V12. As a round of the 30-litre-limited World Sports Car Championship all Jaguar-engined cars were forced to run the notoriously unreliable de-stroked version of the. Having won the Le Mans 24 Hours more than any other manufacturer during the 50s Jaguar was the natural place to start.

Lister made use of the proven D-Type drivetrain and its four-speed all-synchromesh gearbox which gave the car long enough legs to. Lister gradually faded away from view after its roaring success in the 1950s and 1960s. But also some wet.

Now matching the competitions power the works Lister was easily. Id done 6 laps of the circuit before the race. The Lister Jaguar XJS 70 Le Mans Coupe is reportedly capable of speeds in excess of 200 mph.

Just listen to the video belowThey sound like a WW2 Spitfire.

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