Spotted on the road - XJ220
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Spotted a British Racing Green XJ220 with a Swiss plate (smaller Red on White No. plate, don't think it was a trade plate) this evening on the A4177 between Warwick and Balsall Common.
Guess it was coming from a trip to Browns Lane maybe? One thing I didn't like so much was the non-standard Gold alloys (BBS multispoke style IIRC). but then again each to their own.
Guess it was coming from a trip to Browns Lane maybe? One thing I didn't like so much was the non-standard Gold alloys (BBS multispoke style IIRC). but then again each to their own.
viper said: 220's are fairly common around there, I work close to the Jag factory and see them all the time on the roads, they come back to Browns Lane for servicing usually on a trailor
I've seen a few on trailers too
, now Browns Lane is so close (moved to the Midlands a few months ago), but I thought that there are so many stories of XJ220s that are NOT driven, that one that was actually being driven was actually quite unusual. 
I saw a dark blue one in Falmouth last year, it looked fantastic. Unfortunately it didn't look so good when I saw it in the local Jag garage a couple of days later having been fairly well stuffed! It made the local paper - apparently it was the owners brother that crashed it while the owner was away. You can just imagine how popular he must have been when his brother got back! 
For the best chance of a sighting middle of Bakewell, Derbys. very early on a good sunday morning. A guy up there owns one and drives it quite often It's RHD, silver and I found out about it when I nearly drove into it (it's lower than the hedgerows, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it 
) in the 959-closing speed 100+ mph. Oops 
BTW-that photo could be real, the area that's been hit is all polycarbonate and ally so he wouldn't have needed to be going fast and it wouldn't crumple like steel/crack like a composite.
It's RHD, silver and I found out about it when I nearly drove into it (it's lower than the hedgerows, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it ) in the 959-closing speed 100+ mph. Oops BTW-that photo could be real, the area that's been hit is all polycarbonate and ally so he wouldn't have needed to be going fast and it wouldn't crumple like steel/crack like a composite.
Steve Clark (oxford TVRCC) works / worked for TWR.
about 2 years ago they sold off all their Opal Fruit coloured cars ... all carbon, development cars .. some with awsome powerplants 1000bhp plus, others standard. I believe most were carbon fibre, and many were sold to Arab buyers.
colours included Lime Green, Orange, Red, Yellow, Purple.
about 2 years ago they sold off all their Opal Fruit coloured cars ... all carbon, development cars .. some with awsome powerplants 1000bhp plus, others standard. I believe most were carbon fibre, and many were sold to Arab buyers.
colours included Lime Green, Orange, Red, Yellow, Purple.
I remember driving down to Goodwood for the Festival the year before last, and after seeing a yellow 355 Spider on the opposite hard shoulder with a burst engine and weepy owner, I saw a lovely silver XJ220 driven by a chap in a Jaguar shirt who bore a strong resemblance to Norman Dewis (sp?), a former Jag test driver.
Bugger drew up alongside us and, obviously sick of all the whooping and hollering, left us standing.
Bugger drew up alongside us and, obviously sick of all the whooping and hollering, left us standing.
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