RE: Spotted: Jaguar XJ220S

[giblet]

I love the XJ220, the closest I have and will ever come to owning one is having owned a few rover 200's and 400's.


What? They had the same rear lights!

[CBR JGWRR]

giblet said:

I love the XJ220, the closest I have and will ever come to owning one is having owned a few rover 200's and 400's.


What? They had the same rear lights!

Not quite the same thing though...

[carl0s]

I'm gonna learn how to paint, then I'm gonna do my RX7 that colour.

Sweet.

[Rusty-C]

Love the standard car, but this is better. If the girl friend aged as well as Jags do, you'd be onto a winner.

[R26Chris]

My God. That has made me feel like I'm 10 years old all over again! A true supercar. Yummy

[MarkoNoTVR]

That car gives me a naughty tingle......

[Fatrat]

sensational

[giblet]

CBR JGWRR said:

Not quite the same thing though...

Obviously



Spotted this beastie at a meet up in Malton a couple of years ago. Still has the looks and insane road presence.

[Chicane-UK]

Wow. Just... wow. It has it all. Rare as hens teeth, imposing, quick and a difficult conception.. what a fantastic car.

[aka_kerrly]

I never thought i'd say it but £200k is a relative bargain for such a piece of machinery.

[ellisd82]

a Simple classic with an edge! great car! probably my first 10 rating.

[DrBanner]

This car is....just.....i....i...need it. NOW.

[arkenphel]

I've never rated XJ220s much, and never knew about the XJ220S. Now that I do, I so much want one....

[AndyNetwork]

I wouldn't say no to that!!!! :-) Would prefer a standard spec car though....well....maybe with that 700BHP remap as well.......

[British Beef]

What I find sickening is that this car has only covered 1200miles in nearly 20 years!!

I suspect most of those 1200miles will be manoeuvring around some private car speculators car park.

This car at £150k-£200k represents a bargain, compared with its contemporary the F40 and its spiritual successor the F1. With those tasteful (IMO) modifications it would be faster than both I suspect - nearly 700hp / Ton !!!!!!

I would dearly love to justify this purchase to the wife and kids...... you know, we didnt really need a house after all....

[johnpeat]

cc8s said:

I'm not 100% sure but I don't believe it is an original XJ220S...still stunning though!

There's only supposed to be 6 and there are clearly more if you just Google Image Search, so it's not unlikely that people have been converting em in the hope of wringing some value out of what's not exactly the worlds most feted supercar...

[johnpeat]

British Beef said:

What I find sickening is that this car has only covered 1200miles in nearly 20 years!!

or that dashboard clock has...

[DS240]

Never knew this version existed. Still remember seeing an xj220 for the first in a showroom just after they were launched. Great supercar.

I love this version. It can always get a respray, but it doesn't look too bad and the lights probably are an improvement for night driving.

[Slippydiff]

Between 1997 and 2002 I was a subbie for Evans Halshaw Jaguar/Aston Martin/Ferrari/Maserati in Birmingham.
This was parked in the valet bay for at least three months. Strange to think you'd get blase about seeing such a car, but I did !

[F1GTRUeno]

cc8s said:

I believe this is a build thread of it http://www.teamspeed.com/forums/supercars/60943-ja...

After more research I believe it is almost certainly real...

Edited by cc8s on Monday 16th January 23:12

Not the same car, that's just a regular XJ220.

Good thread though.