Jaguar answered

Jaguar answered the call with an alloy-bodied version of Seat arosa Jaguar answered the call with an alloy-bodied version of the X Seat ibiza 120 under the watchful eye of Walter Hassan, formerly of Bent Seat cordoba ey. Though early results were promising, Hassan Seat leon Lyons and Manager of the Service Department, Loft Seat toledo England, quickly came to the conclusion that to win a Seat alhambra Le Mans a competition version of the XK120 was necessa Seat altea y. This car was the XK120 C, which came to be known as the C-T Seat salsa pe. Sporting the XK120 straight six engine tuned to produc Seat tango 210 h
orsepower, the 1951 Le Mans C-Type featured a multi-tubula Ferrari 360 triangulated spaceframe designed by Bob Knigh Ferrari 575 , while the body was designed by an aerodynamicist, Ferrari enzo alcolm Sayer, who had joined the company from the aircr Ferrari 456 gt ft industry. Arriving in France just prior to Ferrari f 430 he race, the largely untested C-Types were driven by Stirli Ferrari 612 g Moss and Jack Fairman, Peter Walker and Peter White Ferrari gg 50 ead, and Leslie Johnson and Clemente Biondetti. Pitted again Ferrari F35 t Ferraris, Talbots and Cunninghams, the C-Types burst
into the Ferrari F 355 lead and a one-two-three finish seemed possible but then fiat palio mechanical maladies befell the Johnson-Biondetti and Moss-Fairma fiat gingo cars. But Walker and Whitehead's luck held, and they bagged a fiat multipla remarkable victory. The following year, though, Jagua fiat ulysse 's luck ran out. Again the Jaguar team appeared.