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Wikipedia: The Jaguar D-Type, like its predecessor the C-Type, was a factory-built race car. Although it shared the basic straight-6 XK engine design (initially 3.4L and eventually uprated to 3.8 litres in the late fifties) with the C-Type, the majority of the car was radically different. Perhaps its most ground-breaking innovation was the introduction of a monocoque chassis, which not only introduced aircraft-style engineering to competition car design, but also an aeronautical understanding of aerodynamic efficiency.
![[view of Jaguar D-Type cockpit.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jaguar_D_type_interior_s.jpg "view of Jaguar D-Type cockpit.")
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![[Jaguar D-Type XKD403, winner of the 1954 Reims 12 Hours race.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jaguar_XKD403_s.jpg "Jaguar D-Type XKD403, winner of the 1954 Reims 12 Hours race.")
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