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title: "Stirling Moss and Lister Team Up Again for 10 Reborn 1950s-Era Knobbly Jaguars"
description: "A limited-edition run of the car the racing legend drove to victory at Silverstone in 1958."
date: "2016-07-05"
modified: "2016-07-05"
authors:
  - name: "Jonathon Ramsey"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jonathon-ramsey"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/4278/stirling-moss-and-lister-team-up-again-for-10-reborn-1950s-era-knobbly-jaguars"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Jaguar News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
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tags:
  - "Jaguar"
  - "Stirling Moss"
---

# Stirling Moss and Lister Team Up Again for 10 Reborn 1950s-Era Knobbly Jaguars

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After quickly selling out of the original run of reborn aluminum-bodied Knobbly Jaguars it built earlier this decade, Lister Motor Cars is embarking on its second great mission of the 21st Century: brand-new versions of the magnesium-bodied [Lister Knobbly Jaguar made famous by Stirling Moss](<https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/meet-listers-ps1-million-stirling-moss-special-edition-knobbly>). The company says ten of the cars are coming, priced at £1 million each. When deliveries begin sometime next year, the race-ready roadster will be the only magnesium-bodied car on sale in the world, and just the second car Sir Stirling Moss has put his name on, after the Kanye West-beloved [Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss roadster](<https://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/23/kanye-west-rolls-up-to-aids-benefit-in-mercedes-mclaren-slr-stir/>). Moss’ involvement goes far deeper this time, though; the ex-racer will be personally handing over the keys to each new owner, as well as hosting a dinner with the lot of them.

Each of the [near-identical magnesium Knobblies](<https://www.topspeed.com/cars/jaguar/2016-lister-jaguar-stirling-moss-edition-prototype-ar173637.html>) will be fashioned at the same factory as the 1958 cars, with the same techniques and on the same chassis jig and body bucks. Technicians will bore out three-inch, 14-gauge tubing to make lighter 16-gauge tubing for the chassis; the body will be shaped out of hand-formed panels, while the engine sump, clutch casing, and differential casing will also be made of magnesium. The sole engine offered will be a 3.8-liter reproduction D-Type inline-six with 330 horsepower and 295 lb.-ft. of torque. Thanks to its minimal weight of 1,854 pounds, the new Lister Knobbly gets from zero to 60 miles per hour in less four seconds , with a top speed of 184 mph.

![070516-lister-jaguar-stirling-moss-art-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/070516-lister-jaguar-stirling-moss-art-1.jpg>)

Buyers can choose a road-legal car with two seats and an interior kitted out to their liking, or a harder-edged racing version with a single seat and few amenities. All cars come with a sterling silver number plaque on the dash and a suite of accessories like a racing suit and on-track driver training.

The Moss connection comes from when company founder Brian Lister hired Moss to drive a works Knobbly —so named for its prominent fender lumps—at the 1958 British Grand Prix, where he proceeded to win the race in the car. In a recent interview, [Moss said the Lister Knobbly’s engineering](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akfkAo9_7ck>) was “considerably advanced over the Jaguar D-Type” on which it was based, adding that he thought the Lister was “a far better racing car.”

![070516-lister-jaguar-stirling-moss-art-2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/070516-lister-jaguar-stirling-moss-art-2.jpg>)

[Out of the 50 original Knobblies](<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-24202498>) built between 1957 and 1959, only five were the lightweight magnesium models—and none of those survive today. Incredibly enough, [Brian Lister was so secretive](<https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/meet-listers-ps1-million-stirling-moss-special-edition-knobbly>) about his race technology that Moss didn’t realize that his 1958 race car was magnesium until the driver signed on to represent the modern remake. A factoid we're sure those lucky ten owners will ask the good Sir all about at that private dinner.

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