Jaguar Xj220 Race Car
When jaguar rolled out its xj220 concept car at the 1988 british international motor show in birmingham england its name echoed that of the landmark jaguar xk120 of 1948 and the numerals were.
Jaguar xj220 race car. Jaguar only made 275 examples of the xj220 supercar back in the early 90s but a true xj220c is. At the time the series was being filmed as it was still awaiting federalization and its hard to understand why a small company like jaguar was willing to roll the dice on 7 million in inventory on what ended up being a once weekly bumper car session that lasted a paltry 16 laps although rumors persist that fast master rides were refurbished by jaguar and re sold as quicker xj220 s models. Jaguar made a name for itself with the inimitable c and d type race cars in the 1950s. Compared to the standard xj220 twrs version sported a new composite body a more powerful engine and went on a weight reducing diet.
The jaguar xj220 is a two seater supercar produced by british luxury car manufacturer jaguar from 1992 until 1994 in collaboration with the specialist automotive and race engineering company tom walkinshaw racing. The xj220 wasnt even officially on sale in the us. Gorgeous jaguar xj220c race car heads to auction sean szymkowski november 19 2018 comment now. It appears in every main gran turismo game to date since gran turismo 2 with the exception of gran turismo sport.
The xj220 held the record for the fastest production car throughout 1992 after recording a top speed of 2131 mph 3430 kmh before being superseded by the mclaren f1 in 1993 and held the nurburgring production car lap record between 1992 and 2000 with a time of 74636. The xj220 recorded a top speed of 2123 mph 3417 kmh during testing by jaguar at the nardo test track in italy. Work on the production car began immediately. If the jaguar xj220 was the fastest production car in the mid nineties then the twr supercar made from the le mans race version had to be astonishing.
The jaguar xj220 is a two seat sports car produced by british luxury car manufacturer jaguar from 1992 until 1994 in collaboration with the specialist automotive and race engineering company tom walkinshaw racing. The jaguar xj220 lm race car is a race car produced by jaguar.