Jaguar's most powerful road-going car, the XE SV Project 8, is on display at the LA motor show, marking the first time it has been seen since setting a new record for four-door cars at the Nürburgring.
The car clocked a 7min 21.23sec time along the 12.9-mile course. A video of the lap is shown below.
The 592bhp saloon model, a Jaguar Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) creation, beat the previous quickest four-door, the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, and its 7min 32sec time.
Like most 'Ring record claims, timing was handled by the manufacturer, but it has released a video (below) showing the lap in its entirety to back the claim.
Nearing the end of its pre-production schedule and on course for customer deliveries from May 2018, the XE SV is the second special-edition model launched by SVO, following the Jaguar F-Type Project 7 in 2014. It will be hand-built at SVO’s Technical Centre in Coventry rather than alongside regular XEs in Solihull.
A Jaguar spokesman told Autocar that more than 100 XE SVs - a third of the total due for production - had sold before the car made its public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. They added that news of the Project 8's 'Ring record will ensure that the "entire production run will be sold out soon".
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Like the Project 7, the special XE model makes use of Jaguar's supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine. But power has been ramped up to unprecedented levels, peaking at 23bhp more than the special-edition F-Type. The XE SV is all-wheel drive, rather than being rear-driven like the Project 7, and uses a specially tuned version of its eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox.
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jmd67
So the V8 fits then. Oh good.
jason_recliner
Of course the V8 fits
geed
jason_recliner wrote:
No they don't.
jason_recliner
geed wrote:
Yes they do.
broxib19
jason_recliner wrote:
No they don't!!!!!!
jason_recliner
broxib19 wrote:
Yes they do.
pauld101
Jason, check your facts...
No Jason, you're wrong:
Jaguar use three platforms - D6a, D7a and D2a. Shortly, they're expected to increase this to four (that's 4 - FOUR), when they add D8 platform.
jason_recliner
pauld101 wrote:
'Fraid not. XF, Discovery, F-Pace, etc, etc. All the same.
unionjack
JLR platforms
The XE, XF, F-Pace and upcoming Velar are on the new platform. The RR, RR Sport and Disco are on one platform. The Evoque, Disco Sport and the soon to be launched E-Pace are on one platform. Not sure where the XJ fits in though.
unionjack
JLR platforms
The XE, XF, F-Pace and upcoming Velar are on the new platform. The RR, RR Sport and Disco are on one platform. The Evoque, Disco Sport and the soon to be launched E-Pace are on one platform. Not sure where the XJ fits in though.
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