It's easy to see why the Jaguar Mark 2 became so beloved, regularly filling vintage racing grids, auction house lots, car show lawns, and top-10 lists of the greatest sports sedans of all time.

Now an 18-month collaboration between Jaguar Director of Design Ian Callum and Classic Motor Cars Limited (CMC) has produced an updated riff on the Mark 2 suitable for the 21st century.

Redesigned and built for Jaguar designer Ian Callum, the new Mark 2 enjoys new engineering and interior features to make it suitable for modern day-to-day driving.

See All 23 Photos The Jaguar Mark 2 by Callum is a hand-built reimagination of one of the world's most iconic sports sedans. The vision is Ian Callum's: subtly restyled bodywork, bigger wheels ...

One of Britain's most respected car designers has given the classic Jaguar Mark 2 a 21st-century makeover. Ian Callum, who is the design director at Jaguar and the brain behind cars like the Aston ...

All follow the lead of his Coombs-modified Jaguar Mark 2. While automakers were keeping our choices simple by offering a sports car or a sedan, he was creating a single car that brought the best ...

Rather than an F-Type or an XJ, Callum has gone old school, and commissioned a custom, resto-modded Jaguar Mark 2. Designed by Callum and built by Classic Motor Cars in Shropshire, England ...

The burgundy Mark II Jaguar used on TV's Inspector Morse series has been sold for more than £100,000. The 1960 car, made famous by the late John Thaw as the crossword, opera and real ale-loving Oxford ...