Jaguar XJ220, 1993
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Jaguar XJ220, 1993

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Jaguar XJ220, year 1993. Colour silver metallic with a Smoke Grey leather interior. This fabulous and very impressive Jaguar XJ220 is in superb top condition! The car has driven only 5000 kilometres from new! This is a very special super sports car to drive and the XJ220 is an investment with potential. This XJ220 has had extensive ‘engine out’ service.

SOLD by Smiths-Veglia.

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In the year 1988 Jaguar presented a mid engine concept supercar at the Birmingham Motor show, the XJ220. The concept was received very enthusiastic by the public and the motoring press. Jaguar then decided to give the unplanned concept the green light. In collaboration with Tom Walkinshaw of TWR engineering the XJ220 was developed. During the development and design stage the idea to incorporate a V12 engine was discarded, high emissions and the size were problematic. Instead the fantastic and reliable Group-C XJR 10/11 3.5 Litre V6 twin turbo racing engine was adapted for the XJ220. A wise decision considering it's compactness, weight and enormous power output of 549 bhp. The chassis and bodywork were made of aluminium tubing and beautiful curved panels. The suspension was based on the group-C racing car. The flat underside of the car was also racing car inspired by the use of venturi's to create a 'sucking' ground effect under the car. At 320 km/h the maximum ground effect pressed the car to the road with an additional 272 kg.

The XJ220 came onto the market in the year 1992. At that moment in time the XJ220 was the worlds fastest supercar. The XJ220 accelerated from 0-100 km/h in 4 seconds blasting on to a top speed of 336 km/h. XJ220 was also the first production car in which the ground-effect technology was implemented. In total 281 cars were built of which 208 left hand drive cars and 69 RHD cars. Price in 1992: 460.000 Pound Sterling or 750.000 Dollar.

Technical data

V6 engine
cylinder capacity: 3498 cc.
Zytek petrol injection / 2 Garrett T3 turbochargers
capacity: 550 DIN bhp. at 7000 rpm.
torque 645 Nm. at 4500 rpm.
top-speed: 336 km/h.
acceleration 0-100 km/h: 4 sec.
gearbox: 5-speed, manual
suspension: independent all round
brakes: vented disks all round +ABS
weight: 1372 kg.

Jaguar history

Though the Jaguar brand was first used in 1945, its factory had been founded long before. In 1922, William Lyons and William Walmsley laid the foundation of the firm in Blackpool, England, with the name of Swallow Coachbuilding Co. The factory constructed motorcycles and sidecars and later bodies based on the Austin Seven chassis. When in the 1930s their own SS cars were built, the company name was changed into SS cars Ltd.
The SS cars were conventional saloons and drophead coupes in the way many other British brands built them.
For obvious reasons, After World War II the company name SS Cars Ltd. was changed into Jaguar Cars Ltd. It was the birth of the now famous and popular make of Jaguar.

The pre-war SS models were sold under the name of Jaguar until 1948, and in this year the saloon, the MK-V, and a sports car, which was the much talked of XK 120, were brought onto the market.
The XK 120 was very successful, and established the fame of this name as one of the icons in the history of motorcars. The XK 120 could reach 120 miles an hour (almost 200 km/h), which made it the fastest production car of its time. Moreover, the XK 120 cost much less than the other comparable production models by Aston Martin and Ferrari.
In 1951 and 1953, Jaguar won the 24-hour of Le Mans with a racer based on the XK 120, the Jaguar C-type. It made the name outright immortal. Success was continued the next years with the Jaguar D-type, which surpassed its competitors with its disc brakes.
The XK sports car series was a success and the XK 120 was succeeded by the XK 140 and XK 150 over the years. The deluxe saloons were a spur to victory with the introduction of the MK I in 1957 and the MK II in 1959. This self-willed, streamlined sedan was a real ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’. The car was fitted with the powerful 3.4 litre XK six-cylinder engine, which was good for reaching a top-speed of about 200 km/h.

In 1960, Jaguar took over the British Daimler, and from that time onward it used the name of Daimler for its deluxe, comfort-oriented models, and the name of Jaguar for its sporty cars.
In 1961, the famous Jaguar E-Type was born. The E-Type was inspired by the D-Type racing car from the fifties. Like the XK, the E-Type was an icon in the history of car making, with an almost alien design and excellent technology. The E-Type appeared as a roadster, as an FHC (Fixed Head Coupe) and as a 2+2. They also built some special lightweight E-Types to prolong the racing successes of the past. However, they did not succeed as competitors had copied the technical achievements of the D-Type.
In the production of the deluxe saloons, a large MK X was added to the MK II, and the contiguous S-Type, the 240/340 series and the 420/420G series were brought onto the market.

In 1968, the Jaguar XJ was designed and though evolved in many ways, the XJ is available to this very day.…
In 1971, a V12 engine was added to the Jaguar E-Type, and later in the Daimler Double Six and the Jaguar XJ 12. At that time, it was the only twelve-cylinder engine in serial production in the world.
In the mid-seventies, the E-Type had to clear the field and besides the XJ, the special-lined 2+2 came onto the market. It was the XJS. This car was also available as a convertible.

So far the classic period. In the future the Jaguar history from 1980 will be filled in.

© Marc Vorgers