$15,000,000 USD Steve McQueen's 1957 Jaguar XKSS | Unknown Supercar with Nine Lives!

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$15,000,000 USD Steve McQueen's 1957 Jaguar XKSS | Unknown Supercar with Nine Lives! ‪@ExploreBillionairesToys‬

For discerning car collectors who might have missed out on the spectacular, metallic blue 1957 Jaguar XKSS that sold last year at auction in Monterey for $13.2 million through RM Sotheby’s, there’s a new opportunity to acquire one of these fabled race cars for the road. On November 2, chassis No. XKD 540 will cross the block at the inaugural RM Sotheby’s London Peninsula Auction.

This is one of the 16 XKSS two-seaters converted from Le Mans–winning D-Type race cars by Jaguar between 1957 and 1958. Adding to its considerable collectability is the fact that it’s one of only two cars to retain its coveted XKD chassis number. The second one, chassis No. XKD 533, is part of the world-class car collection of fashion icon Ralph Lauren. This is unquestionably one of the finest XKSSs in existence, a car that is comprehensively documented, impeccably preserved, and has always been fastidiously maintained. Finished in stealthy black with a black-leather interior, the highly coveted automobile is distinguished by its bare, riveted-aluminum side panels and two-piece magnesium-alloy wheels—the latter featuring distinctive, red-painted centers. While in recent years the car has been sympathetically restored, it still retains an alluring patina, especially on its slightly scuffed and scratched dashboard.

“That’s the true beauty of this car,” says Squire. “Over its 69-year life, it has been raced and driven hard, as it was intended, giving it this lovely, mellowed look and feel.” Squire explains that XKD 540 was completed at Jaguar’s Browns Lane factory on November 1, 1955, as a “short-nose” D-Type race car finished in the marque’s classic British Racing Green complemented by a green-leather interior. Its first registered owner was British textile magnate and hill-climb competitor Phil Scragg, who bought the car in April 1957 after it had been sitting unsold for 18 months.

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