Jaguar XJR7 (Stance & Speed Monograph Series, No. 2);

Faced with financial oblivion in the early 1980s, Jaguar turned to racing-and an American racing team-to turn its image around. Jaguar hired the Group 44 team of Bob Tullius to build and race a new-from-scratch sports racing car in IMSA and LeMans competition, to pursue Jaguar's belief that a successful racing effort would give the brand a new glow. The XJR7, the subject of the second installment of the Stance & Speed Monograph Series, was the ultimate evolution of Group 44's V-12 Jaguar racer. With it, Jaguar and Group 44 not only took the fight to Porsche's dominant Porsche 956s and 962s; they also created one of the most beautiful and striking race cars of the 1980s.