If you’re into British racing cars and their proud heritage, then you must have heard of Lister, a racecar builder with a long history of making successful cars, the most recent of which being the not-so-successful Storm LMP, the final incarnation of which entered 14 races but failed to do anything notable.
However, now the manufacturer is rethinking its strategy and has begun taking orders for one of their most iconic cars of the late 1950s, the Liter-Jaguar Knobbly.
Set to make its second debut in the UK in April of this year, the car will be built with the same technique the old ones were, adopting a very Morgan-esque approach, by using the same jigs from the past for the creation of the chassis, which in turn is wrapped in a traditional hand-formed sheet metal body.
Two engines will be on offer: a reproduction of a D-Type power unit, the 3.8-liter straight-six that makes that glorious typical old Jaguar sound, while putting out 330 hp, or a 4.6-liter V8 sourced from Chevy, with 315 hp, if a deep bellow is your preferred kind of noise.
The car will come in two flavors, each with its respective price tag. If what you want is the road-going version (not available in the US), then you’ll be asked to part with £259,000 or $423,400; the racing version is the equivalent of £10,000 cheaper and it is coming to the States.
Hurry up, though, as fifty percent of 2014’s production plan has already been spoken for.
All of this and a lot more details are available in the newly-released brochure which you can download here.
By Andrei Nedelea
Photo Credits: Lister / RMAuctions
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