Model HistoryThe Jaguar name returned to Le Mans in 1984 when the US-based Group 44 team entered two of their XJR-5 cars; they put up a worthwhile performance but did not finish. It was Tom Walkinshaw, architect of Jaguar’s successful assault on the European Touring Car championship with the XJ-S, who finally secured the marque’s first ‘modern’ Le Mans victory albeit with a car and team based outside the factory. Walkinshaw first produced the XJR6 in 1985, though when...
