Tuesday 15th December 2009

V8 Jaguar XF Racer Makes Competitive Debut

Italian team creates what could be the world's prettiest touring car. Can we have one please?

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Is this even prettier than A Quattroporte?...

Jaguar: PH has a request for you. Can we have a factory version of this racer, please? This rather tasty touring car has been developed by Italian racing outfit Ferlito Motors for the International Superstars tin-top series.

For those who don't know (which until we saw these pics included us) the Superstars series is an Italian/European take on the Aussie Supercars concept, where simplish rear-drive V8 cars battle it out. Other entrants in the series include A Maserati Quattroporte, a Chrysler 300C and a gaggle of 5-series BMWs.

...We think so...

The Ferlito Motors XF made its debut at the International Superstars season finale at Kyalami (neither in Italy nor Europe, but there you go...) at the end of November. Okay, so it ended the race 12th of 12 finishers, but it did at least survive to the chequered flag and we reckon it even outshines the Quattroporte racer in the beauty stakes.

[teamHOLDENracing]

Pretty car agreed. Competitive debut? Last place doesn't really support the headline!

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TheBishop said:

Pretty car.
What would be really nice would be to see it in DTM - What chance eh

TB

None at all. DTM is for steel space frame cars with silhouette bodywork, rigidly controlled 4.5 litre V8, a common Hewland gearbox. The Jag is a steel monocoque. Its lik saying it would be nice to see an F3 car in a sports car race - the two are completely different concepts - they just look vaguely similar