There were just 53 C-Type Jaguars built. Three lightweight works cars (of which this 1953 Jaguar C-Type Works Lightweight is one), and a run of 50 cars to satisfy customer demand after the factory cars finished first, second and fourth in the 1953 <PERSON> 24 Hour event in the first successful racing application of disc brakes. It sold for $13.2 million to become the most valuable Jaguar ever sold at auction.