The Leaping Cat Returns to Glory!
EXOTO EXCLUSIVE & NEW, LIMITED EDITION
Motorbox Gold Label
Jaguars return to the World Sportscar Championship came good in 1987 with the XJR-8 developed with Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR). It was Jaguars first ever World Championship. But four outright Le Mans wins between 1951 and 1957 were what had made the British automaker a household name. The return to racing in the 1980s had one main objective: another victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans!
The XJR-9LM, a purpose-built derivative of the XJR-9, was the right tool for the task. In 1988, the Silk Cut TWR Jaguar team put an end to Porsches streak of seven consecutive victories and re-established Jaguar's reputation in an instant by taking the top honors. The "leaping cats" from Coventry, England were back with a vengeance!
Superlative detail and finishRecreated from a digital master consisting of over 4,000 3D reference points, every aspect of the Jaguar XJR-9LM is precisely and faithfully recreated, accurate to within .006"! New technologies have been employed, breaking new ground in the die-cast world.
Each Jaguar XJR-9LM replica features a die-cast zinc metal body, tub and belly pan with opening doors and removable rear bodywork. This wonderful new replica is suspended on a functional race-tuned suspension and active steering. Rubber-like Dunlop slick tires with race-scrubbed surface adorn miniature wheels with machine turned valve stems.
The interior is purposeful, like the real Jaguar XJR-9LM, and as carefully replicated as any other area of this ferocious racer. The doors open in true-to-the-original butterfly motion on specially developed ball joints to reveal a simulated carbon-fiber seat shell with suede-like covering, fabric seatbelts with photo-etch metal fastening hardware, and acres of glassed carbon-fiber finish.
The thundering 7-liter V12 Jaguar engine is fully wired and plumbed, using genuine braided hoses, rubber hoses and simulated anodized high-pressure fittings. Furious details like photo-etch metal on the valve covers and individual fastening hardware on the exhaust headers add a crispness and realism that will make you think you can feel the heat rise off this hot motor!
- Doors open in accurate motion on specially developped ball joints
- Polycarbonate windshield, side windows and headlight covers
- Antenna in machined brass
- Accurately textured, heat disipating exhaust shields
- Genuine wire mesh in the side air intakes
- Real coil springs on functional suspension, front and rear
- Front tow hook in photo-etch metal
- Front-mounted cooling radiator faced in photo-etch metal
- Steering function
- Glassed, simulated carbon fiber
- Fully wired and plumbed Jaguar V12 motor
- Race-scrubbed Dunlop Denlac slick rubber-like tires
- Full die-cast body and chassis with removeable rear bodywork
- Detailed rear bodywork reveals furious details. All graphics are spray mask painted and tampo printed - no decals!
- High detailed rear bodywork reveals tantilizing mechanical details
- Taillights are wired under the rear bodywork
- Photo-etched metal valve covers. Genuine braided lines with simulated anodized high pressure fittings
- Individual exhaust headers feature individual connecting hardware. Coil springs on working suspension.
- Driver seat with suede-like surface, fabric seatbelts and photo-etch catch.
- Photo-etch fuel filter valve, rubber hoses, braided lines and more detail
- Accurate flat bottom chassis with aerodynamic venturi tunnels.
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