Fantastic thread indeed, thanks gents for all the posts and info.

 

Thanks, it’s been a pleasure to share.
Hopefully the experience of the owners on this thread will give a better understanding of what were largely ‘forgotten’ supercars.

After about 500 miles in ‘my’ car, my conclusion as an ownership proposition is as follows:

The car is extremely intimidating! It is basically a homologated Group C racing car, so the vast majority of drivers would find it too much to handle. For a true petrol-head, who likes a challenge, is prepared to get to know the car, sharpen their driving skills and put up with the inconveniences (which BTW make ‘normal’ supercar ownership look like a cakewalk) then it delivers an extraordinary experience.

I have taken mine out every week-end since it arrived. I love the whole deal. Even the smell of the car – which is surprisingly ‘vintage’ – is becoming addictive. I have found myself furtively creeping into the garage of an evening just to take a sniff.

It would be impossible to build a car like this today. I very much hope that eventually all 50 will end up owned and driven by enthusiasts, rather than sitting, unused, in private collections.

 

Agree on the extraordinary experience, I have found mine a bit less intimidating but that is probably because it is a "road" version with the 5 speed syncro box and a slightly more forgiving set up.

Not a chance anything close to a XJR-15 ever gets built again. Back in 1991 they were sold for GBP 500k each and at that price it just covered the build cost and not much more from what I have been told. To do so today, you would probably be well over GBP 1 mil.

 

Boxer many thanks for arranging for me to attend the ‘Scuditalia’ event at Cliveden toady. It had been my intention to take the XJR-15 race car along, but in the race against time...time won I am afraid. Having carried out a lot of work on the car over the winter I finally managed to reassemble it this week. Whilst I had a complete car once again, there was insufficient time to test and adjust the cars settings to take it out on the road.
The backup plan for today was to take the LM road car and so early this morning I went through the start up procedure and without any hesitation the engine fired up immediately. The first decision was whether to meet up with the guys in London or just go straight to Cliveden. After much thought I decided that taking the car to London might be pushing the envelope a bit far at this point so I decided it would be a direct run to Cliveden, which is only about 10 miles from where I live. My main concern was now just ground clearance. There are a number of speed bumps and gullies that have to be negotiated on the driveways in and out of Cliveden so I decided to take a couple of blocks of wood in the car, just in case. The short run to Cliveden went really well. I travelled down the main A40 and just past Beaconsfield I turned off on to the B roads that would take me to the main entrance. The car cornered impeccable around the sweeping bends. As I tuned into the rhythm of the car I began to carry a bit more speed into each bend as well as turning a little later. Whilst I was not travelling fast enough to get the full effect of the rear wing and splitter, I am quite sure they were active as the car consumed each bend with absolute ease. You will note from the pictures just how low the LM is at the front. Whilst I am still researching the history of the LM, initial findings suggest that it may have been manufactured in about 1994. It seems that TWR continued to develop the car during production and it may be that no two cars are exactly alike.
On arrival at Cliveden I negotiated the restricted width entrance and progressed down the drive. My blocks of wood were rendered redundant at the Scuditalia organisers had measures to deal with the gullies in hand, so that only left the speed bumps. With great caution I managed all of these without scraping the front of the car...what a relief. As I approached the main house, Boxer’s XJR-15 was in a prominent position in front of me, looking fabulous as always. By the time I reached the designated parking slot for the LM there were a lot of people milling about so I parked off to the side. The two XJR-15’s drew a lot of attention and I spent some time answering questions and providing information on the history of the car and how it came into being. Given that there are only a handful of these cars in the UK, and fewer still in use, it is not surprising that there is a huge appetite for information and access to the cars. Once again....many thanks Boxer it was a great day.

 

Cliveden pictures....

 

A couple of mine of the two together.

 

Nice pictures and write up F16. Really wish I was closer to events like these! You XJR-15 owners need to pop up north so we can appreciate them lol

 

Really appreciated your bringing the "15-LM" to Cliveden today, it looked terrific and sounded great. Had a few people comment on how rare it was just to see one and were stunned to then see a second turn up.

 

Guys, they look superb and sorry I could not join you, following the 'F$%*-wit at a Petrol Station' incident.

Really good to see the LM on the road!

Aiming to have mine back in time for Goodwood Supercar Sunday.

 

Lovely photos and cars, glad they're out and about.

Perhaps need to get the LM on a dyno to measure the power. They're supposed to have over 700bhp but I'm unaware of any tests to confirm or deny this.

XJR-15 info is sketchy at best but LM info is like goldust. Seemingly they all went to Japan and as you say F16, no two are alike. Certainly yours seems to be without the full LM bodykit which makes it unique on it's own.