Jaguar C Type

The 12 uber-rare and historic vehicles are for sale.

A grid full of vintage Jaguars will rumble into France in July to race in the Jaguar Classic Challenge during the Le Mans Classic. This is the second year of the series, but the first time it will travel to the famous French track.

Bonhams will auction off a rare 1952 Jaguar C-Type at the Fairmont Monte Carlo during the Monaco Grand Prix Historique next May.

Over three days RM Sotheby's sold $172.7 million of vehicles in Monterey, including the highest price ever paid for a Jaguar at auction. The sale of a 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione 'Tour de France' brought $13.2 million.

Jaguar's C-Type is legendary. But within that rare breed of feline, the 1953 C-Type is rarer still, with only three lightweight versions built to run Le Mans.

Xcar shows what it's really like to take part in the Mille Miglia by experiencing the entire historic rally from the seat of a Jaguar C-Type.

For decades, Jaguar has been a company of two minds. On one hand, there are its luxurious, British saloon cars. They might be quick, even sporty, but when it comes down to it, they usually put a focus on comfort and accommodations above all. On the other hand, Jag has its sports cars to really get its buyers' blood pumping. Think about it: the XJ might look pretty sweet, but you know deep down that y

Jaguar is a regular runner in the Mille Miglia - in 2010 it entered 27 cars in the historic rally to celebrate its 75th anniversary. This year, in celebration of the F-Type, it registered just four cars with the factory team, but it loaded them up with some bigwig UK celebs like

Jaguar at the Monterey Historics - Click above for high-res image gallery

With Jaguar celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, honoring the automaker's motorsports heritage surely has to play a big part in the party. With that in mind there are 27 Jags of various vintages entered in this year's Mille Miglia revival. The factory and Jaguar Heritage Trust are bringing a team of six XK120s, C-Types and D-Types for the 1,000 round trip tour from Brescia to Rome and back.

Jaguar's owner Ratan Tata has made it clear that he wants to expand Jag's sportscar offerings beyond the scope of the current XK, and this is what the British rumormill has cooked. Dubbed the C-Type, the renderings depict a compact two-door roadster to rival the likes of Porsche's Boxster, BMW's Z4, Mercedes' SLK and Nissan's 370Z. With a lightweight aluminum chassis and powertrain options to potentially include a 235hp V6, 380hp V8 and 3.0-liter turbodiesel, the C-Type could offer exciting perf