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XJR-15 – the supercar they sent to Coventry

Win a race, win a million’ – that was the attentiongetting headline which put TWR’s XJR-15 roadable racer into the public gaze. Oh, and running the races ( just three of them, mind) at grand prix meetings would parade your new supercar, and your team, in front of the very people you want to impress – the Formula 1 cabal. But when you’re Scottish bulldog Tom Walkinshaw things are likely to fall your way.

Written by the man who made the car look so seductive, this is the complex tale of how the Jaguar that wasn’t meant to be a Jaguar joined the stable of the Coventry firm – even though it had its own outrageously expensive supercar to sell as

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