{"id":94269,"date":"2019-10-15T12:54:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=94269"},"modified":"2024-03-20T22:13:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T22:13:05","slug":"seeing-red-1956-jaguar-d-type-xkd-518","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/seeing-red-1956-jaguar-d-type-xkd-518\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Red – 1956 Jaguar D-Type XKD 518"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>\u201cWho painted this D-Type red?\u201d was my thought when I first laid eyes on this legendary machine. Most of the Jaguar competition cars are BRG\u2014 British Racing Green\u2014a livery thought by many to be \u201cproper\u201d for a car of this ilk. Sure a few black, blue, or even white cars are out there, but a bright red car stands out like a low-cut sequin cocktail dress at the Queen\u2019s tea party. In answer to my question: it was born that way. Yes, Jaguar made this car and one other D-Type, bright red with matching red seats. One theory is that it was intended to be sold new in Italy, where red is the color of preference for Italian racers, but the real reason for the color remains a mystery, adding to the mystique of one of the greatest racing car designs ever created.<\/p>\n

A legend is born<\/h4>\n

Jaguar began developing a replacement, in 1953, for its C-Type, the model that had helped cement the Coventry firm’s international reputation for racing prowess with wins at Le Mans in 1951 and 1953.
\nUnder the direction of company founder William Lyons and chief engineer William Heynes, a state-of-the-art sports racing car began to form with an exciting shape that the world had never seen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n