Behold: the Ecurie Ecosse LM69 – a street legal race car built to 1969 FIA regulations. But why, for pity’s sake?

In 1956 and 1957, Ecurie Ecosse – a small Scottish racing team – won the coveted Le Mans title with customised Jaguar D-Types. Shut down in the 1970s, then revived in the 1980s, the company remains in operation today and now plans to revive the prototype Jaguar XJ13 – the car Jaguar envisioned for Le Mans before abandoning the entire project.

The LM69 is a vision of what might have happened had Jaguar updated the XJ13 to race at Le Mans in 1969 (hence the name). 25 of these 5.0l, V12 racers will be made – the exact number required to homologate the car for competition under 1969 rules.

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  1. Papi

    I just want to know what homologation is…..I could google it, but that’s the mystery all gone then.

    1. Liam Deliverance

      It refers to the requirements of a particular race series or championship and whether the car adheres to these rules – with regards to the number of cars produced, some homologation rules specified the manufacturer must produce a certain amount of models (that would be available to the public to purchase) before it could be entered in a race series, this stopped manufacturers making a once off car to beat the opposition without putting in the same development as other manufacturers had done with their cars, British Touring Car Racing would have a relatively high number as the cars are based on actual customer models, e.g. BMW 3 Series or Ford Focus – Happy Friday Papi!

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