Hero cars: Jaguar XJ220

27 December 2012
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The much-maligned Jaguar XJ220 is 20 years old, and has lost none of its appeal. Andrew Frankel, who road tested the car when it was first launched, takes a look back at one of Jaguar's finest moments.

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Ludicrous speed 7 May 2014

220 Mph

During Nardo Tests the XJ220 hit 217mph with the Cats removed from the exhausts. The Tyre engineers explained approx 6 mph is lost due to tyre scrub hence 223 on the straight. However Don Law Racing can probably turn the wick up on the turbos to make it even faster. There are 7 TWR XJ220s versions out there that are good for 230 but never seen one figured on the track.

Your not going to bump into too many motors that will blow this away.

haz 19 June 2013

Seen one the other day

It looks big in pictures, but when you stand next to it, its ridiculously large

maropl 6 February 2013

From what I remember they

From what I remember they were early 90s! Smile They were at one point the worlds fastest cars! the F40 did 201 and the Diablo was faster! Smile