Jaguar's famous D-Type is without a doubt one of the most successful racing cars ever seen. Building on the C-Type's Le Mans victories in 1951 and 1953, the D-Type became a legend in its own time, gaining a stranglehold on Le Mans by winning in 1955, 1956 and 1957.   Today an original Jaguar D-Type is one of the most valuable and collectible Jaguars in existence. For example, the 1956 Le Mans winning car, raced by Ecurie Ecosse, recently sold for 1.7 million English Pounds, or about US$2.5 million. Prices like this reflect the awe in which these cars are held but means that ownership is now almost impossible, even for a well heeled enthusiast. The Jaguar D-Type is now regarded as an icon and an investment. Although it was originally designed to race, who can afford to risk damaging or destroying such a work of art? The Tempero D-Type is a limited-production, individually crafted work of art that closely follows Jaguar's design philosophy and development path. Over the last twenty years we have developed a car that retains the "look and feel" of the original D-Type while integrating modern advances in safety items such as body strength, braking, handling and driveability.   Every car is made to the customer's order so we are flexible and upon request can build with strict adherence to originality, with all the inherent differences found in a purely racing car. At Tempero's we're proud of our craftsmen who reproduce many of Jaguar's famous cars, C-Type, D-Type, Lightweight E-Type, XJ13 and XK180. All our cars can be based on Jaguar's original specifications, or upgraded for modern requirements of safety and performance. Every car is lovingly and skilfully produced from raw sheet aluminium using the time honoured coach building processes employed by Jaguar.