1957 Jaguar XKSS
16 built
Authorship
The car
Power250 bhp
Engine3.4L twin-cam straight-six
Production run16 built
The road-legal D-Type, its run cut short by the Browns Lane fire, and once owned by Steve McQueen.
Finding one
Typical
£12,000,000
for a good example
Range
£8,000,000 to £16,000,000
originality, provenance, continuation versus original chassis, celebrity ownership history
For sale now
effectively none, only 16 originals plus 9 continuation cars
public listings
rarealmost always private treaty, a public sale is a major event · Last notable sale: original XKSS values quoted GBP 10m to 14m in recent private sales, Steve McQueen provenance would push far higher, estimates circa 2020 to 2024
Market figures are indicative, drawn from public auction and listing data; they guide, they do not appraise.
Parts and support
mechanicals share XK and D-Type parts, but body and complete builds are top specialist work only
SpecialistsJaguar ClassicCKL DevelopmentsRM Auctions restoration networkPearsons EngineeringJaguar Enthusiasts Club
In the network
Concoursio is a living public record. It references formal provenance (chassis, registries, sale history); it does not certify it.