I mean… come on! Look at that photo. Sure, it could be cropped from the factory and the car is barely off the ground. But that’s still a rally-prepped Jaguar F-Type convertible and that’s the best kind of ridiculous.
Why this car? Well, Jaguar claims it’s to celebrate the XK120, which was first built back in 1948. Some brave wonderful idiot rallied one back in the day, and thus Jaguar is able to sell this rally F-Type to its internal accounting boffins. We’re not complaining, mind you because this thing is pretty bad ass.
This is just the four-cylinder version too, but that would still prove plenty of fun as its flung down a dirt road.
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We need to drive this thing…
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Of course back then they used standard cars on standard, if challenging roads, and surviving the route in the time allotted was difficult enough.
Now let’s see them run this in Group R-GT against the Fiat 124 and 911’s!
This is all kinds of cool, but why use a convertible? The coupe would be both lighter and stiffer.
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Likely since they’re paying tribute to XK120 rally cars.
Rally preparation = remove hubcaps.
Well there would have been a bit more to it, but not that much in those days. The main thing was avoiding breakdowns.
That’s the happiest Jaguar I’ve ever seen.
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