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We sample a V12 coupe with just 23,000 miles under its wheels and that ’70s new-car smell.

There was plenty of excitement when it was announced in March 1976 that Jaguar was to participate in the European Touring Car Championship. Not only was the powerful 5.3-litre XJ12 Coupe chosen to compete in the BMW-dominated series but it would be prepared and entered by Ralph Broad’s successful Broadspeed Engineering outfit.

We go back in time to sample a car you couldn’t officially buy but which could so easily have been built.