Jaguar Classic will build 25 D-Type racing cars in original specification to complete a run that has remained unfinished since 1956.

The D-Type won the Le Mans 24 Hours race three times between 1955 and 1957. When the final D-Type rolled out of Jaguars factory 62 years ago, it was chassis number 75 of 100. The 'new' run of cars will pick up where that car left off and be made using the same design drawings.

Jaguar Land Rover's Classic division boss, Tim Hannig, said, "The Jaguar D-Type is one of the most iconic and beautiful competition cars of all time, with an outstanding record in the world's toughest motor races. And it's just as spectacular today. The opportunity to continue the D-Type's success story, by completing its planned production run in Coventry, is one of those once-in-a-lifetime projects that our world-class experts at Jaguar Classic are proud to fulfil."

Jaguar Classic's first 'new' D-Type will be an engineering prototype, and will make its world debut at the Salon Rétromobile show in Paris this week.