Highlights
- One of only 250 built
- Single keeper from new
- Just 2,482 miles with FJSH
- Advisory-free MOT to July 2025
- Bespoke Goodwood Blue paintwork
- Capable 562bhp D-Type homage
The Appeal
For its first bespoke Jaguar, the firm’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) unit went back to its past. To the remarkable run of seven Le Mans wins achieved by the iconic D-Type. Project 7 was born.
With its D-Type style rear deck, 562bhp 5litre V8 and chassis prepared under the tutelage of a Formula One engineer, this was no ordinary F-Type. It was so good and so well received that none other than Harry Metcalfe, the founder of Evo, bought one.
Only 249 other buyers got the chance, including the current keeper of this beautiful example. He ordered it from new in bespoke Goodwood Blue with a raft of £8,000 SVO Project 7 options. It is only for sale due to a change of circumstances.
If you’re after a Project 7 that is as close to new as possible, this one is surely it. It has covered less than 2,500 miles since 2016, yet been serviced by Jaguar annually. The condition is close to immaculate. We struggled to identify any signs of use across the car. Equipped with an advisory-free MOT to July 2025, this is a collector-quality vehicle and one of the greatest Jaguar sports cars of the modern era.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 24th March 2016
- One registered keeper from new
- Only for sale because the vendor is emigrating
- Private registration plate shown in photographs is not included
- Original bill of sale showing factory options and £146,353 total price
- Full service history by Jaguar main dealers with print out shown in photographs
- Serviced eight times, annually, to 14th June 2023 at 2,459 miles
- MOT history verifies mileage and confirmed by digital odometer and service records
- Buyers should note what appears to be a mileage error on the 2019 entry
- Always garaged
- MOT history shows only one very minor advisory through time
- MOT to 7th July 2025 with 2,490 miles showing on test with no advisories
- Photographs display mileage of 2,483 but car was taken to MOT subsequently to ensure full 12 months test for buyer
- 2 key fobs
- Fitted car cover
- Full set of Project 7 factory handbooks
Project 7 factory specification:
- Cut down screen
- Reworked rear bodywork finished in composite materials
- Chassis tuned by team led by Williams F1 engineer
- Only 250 built by Jaguar’s SVO division
- £43,000 premium over standard F-Type R
- Power increased from 542bhp to 567bhp
- Manual roof which reduces weight by 85kg over F-Type R
- Carbon fibre trim inside and out
- Bespoke rear spoiler and front splitter in carbon fibre
- Seats lowered by 50mm
- Car lowered by 10mm
- Carbon ceramic brakes
Factory fitted options to this car:
- £8,000 of bespoke Project 7 SVO upgrades
- Illuminated sill trims
- Upgraded 20in alloy wheels
- Special order Goodwood Blue paintwork
The Condition
- Very well kept low mileage car in virtually showroom-standard condition
- Specially built Project 7 car with bespoke paintwork and features detailed above
- Finished in very attractive Goodwood Blue metallic paintwork
- Project 7 roundel and bonnet decals
- Carbon fibre trim inside and out
- 20in upgrades alloy wheels in very good condition
- Fitted with quality Pirelli P Zero tyres all round showing plenty of tread
- Underside presents well with no advisories on current or any MOT
- High specification, factory-correct Palomino leather interior
- Trimmed in Jet black with contrast stitching including dashboard and quilted inserts to doors and seats
- High specification includes factory navigation, carbon trim, high end stereo and cruise control
The Project 7 was unveiled at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2013, so it feels appropriate that this car is finished in the bespoke Goodwood Blue finish. It looks fantastic, the paintwork accented by Project 7 stripes and roundels and front and rear spoilers. And there is that D-type referencing rear deck…
Inside, the car is specified with Palomino leather finished in Jet back with contrast stitching and quilted elements to doors and seats. The leather also extends across the dashboard. The cabin shows few, if any, signs of use.
The Project 7 makeover is at once unusual, tasteful and distinctive as only a high performance Jaguar sports car should be. This car’s sparing use means that it arrives with the second keeper in very similar condition to how it rolled out of the showroom for the first keeper.
The Mechanics
- 5litre AJV8 from F-Type R uprated from 542bhp to 567bhp
- 8spd automatic gearbox with sequential shift options
- 0-60mph in 4.1secs
- Lowered and reworked F-Type R chassis
- Carbon ceramic brakes
- Compressor and tonneau included
- Full Jaguar service history with eight entries to 2,459 miles
- No reported running or driving issues
- No mechanical or running gear advisories on current or any previous MOT
When your starting point is the 542bhp F-Type R, more power is not really top of the agenda. The Project 7 does squeeze bhp up to a heady 567bhp, but it is really about how this car drives that makes it the choice of buyers like Harry Metcalfe.
The transformation was overseen by Jaguar’s Alister Whelan, who perfected his craft at Williams F1. Chassis tweaks, lower suspension, sharper steering and bigger brakes all dial up the dynamism of the Project 7 compared to its standard factory siblings.
The treat for the buyer is that this car’s sparing use means it still drives exactly as it was intended to on the day it left the showroom. Regular annual servicing by Jaguar - irrespective of mileage - means that it is in tip-top mechanical condition. The absence of mechanical or running gear advisories on any MOT since 2019 underlines the point.
This is a well-cared-for, enthusiast-owned Project 7 that arrives with the buyer ready to use and enjoy.
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