The Jaguar XJ220 is a two-seat 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.

Off the back of a winning partnership that had produced no fewer than two outright and almost three victories at Le Mans, the XJ220 was duly prepared to take on Porsche Carrera RSRs and Venturi 500LMs in the GT category—which would become the ever-popular GT1 class—for 1993.

Alcan bonded honeycomb aluminium structure vehicle technology (ASVT) chassis. Aluminum Engine Subframe. 2 doors coupe bodyshell with carbon fibre body panels and alluminium doors.

Nov 26, 2018 · Power comes from a 3.5 liter quad-cam twin-turbo V6 derived from the naturally-aspirated, Cosworth DFV-based unit designed for MG’s 6R4 Group B car, and in keeping with period FIA regulations it should be putting out no more than the 542 hp produced by standard road-spec XJ220s.

Off the back of a winning partnership that had produced no fewer than two outright victories at Le Mans, the XJ220 was duly prepared to take on Porsche Carrera RSRs and Venturi 500 LMs in the GT category—which would become the ever-popular GT1 class—for 1993.

Feb 19, 2018 · Four XJ220’s were entered in the GT1 class for the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans. Two were entered by PC Automotive Jaguar and the other two by Chamberlain Engineering, although the latter did not run their cars.

Nov 23, 2017 · With exposed headlights, an XJ220 in action: At 194.1 inches long, 79.1 inches wide, and 45.3 inches tall, it is a huge car even 25 years after its market debut. Conceived in the 1980s and...

Oct 19, 2023 · The XJ220 (with catalytic converter removed) recorded a top speed of 217 mph (349 km/h) during testing by Jaguar at the Nardo test track in Italy. This made it the fastest production car from 1992 to 1993.

Explore the Jaguar XJ220 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 detailed specs, including 0-60 mph times, horsepower, and handling data. Get all the Info.

In the event, only 281 XJ220s were made between 1992 and 1994 against a projected production run of 350. The motoring press loved it, but commercially the XJ220 was a fiasco. A lot of the blame was laid at its Metro 6R4-derived V6 - and its sheer girth.