![]() To make this happen James Holder, co-founder of the clothing brand Superdry, the Invictus Games Foundation and Jaguar's Special Vehicle Operations department collaborated to create a race team using two specially developed F-Types. In 2018 Invictus Racing was set up to offer those in the armed forces who had suffered, the opportunity to compete in the 2018-19 British GT Championship. Invictus Games was created by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex as an international adaptive multi-sport event for wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel. The Jaguar F-Type SVR GT4 is a race car made for the 2018-19 British GT Championship. Budget cuts by parent company Ford led Jaguar to pursue its efforts in Formula-One and by 2002, the F-Type project was cancelled due to its failure to meet production feasibility. ![]() At its introduction, the car was quoted to be available with a manual or automatic transmission and an optional all-wheel-drive system. His sudden death in 1999 led Ian Callum, the new Head of Design, to continue the project who would present the finalised concept car to the general public at the 2000 Detroit Auto Show to a positive response due to its retro styling which recalled Jaguar automobiles of the 1950s and 60s. ![]() ![]() Geoff Lawson, Jaguar's Head of Design, had been working on the development of the car, leading a team of three designers namely Keith Helfet, Adam Hatton and Pasi Pennanen. The F-Type concept was a two-seat speedster with a 3.0-litre V6 engine from the S-Type saloon conceived to compete against light weight sports cars, such as the Porsche Boxster. Jaguar F-Type concept displayed in the British Motor Museum, Gaydon
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