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17th January 2012, 19:59
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Jaguar XJ220S
Ever fancied a Jaguar XJ220 but just not rare enough?
Enter the 1 of 5 Jaguar XJ220S - Built by one of the original designers himself.
Power is up from is up from 550bhp to 680bhp and the weight is down to 1080kg (400kg less)! On top of that this particular car has an uprated exhaust and ECU which takes it up even more to 700bhp meaning 680bhp per tonne!  If that isn't enough, the whole aluminium body has been removed and replaced by a full carbon shell.
Up for sale at auction and is only expecting to fetch around 160,000 pounds (Where the fuck is the pound sign on a Mac?!)
My god I hope I win the lottery this week!
Last edited by GolfJay; 17th January 2012 at 20:10.
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17th January 2012, 20:01
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160grand?
Fucking hell.. That seems fairly fucking cheap for what it is.
(Although I'd have to sell the house to buy one myself like -_-)
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17th January 2012, 20:05
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Shift and the number 3 key = £
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17th January 2012, 20:16
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It could be even rarer judging by these photos of another...
Maybe one of only four left now?
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17th January 2012, 20:18
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Thats just a normal 220 is it not?
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17th January 2012, 20:20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ed-bradley
Thats just a normal 220 is it not?
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Apparently it is Xj220S without the kit for whatever reason
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17th January 2012, 20:57
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Not going to go for a lot as they're terrible...
Elton John owning a normal one I think was to blame, ruined there value.
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17th January 2012, 21:00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniGibbo
Not going to go for a lot as they're terrible...
Elton John owning a normal one I think was to blame, ruined there value.
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*Flak jacket on for quoting Clarkson
Yes, they handled and braked like a truck apparently but the lack of weight in the S totally transforms the car. I know they're ridiculously big (14 foot long?!) but again, the lack of weight makes the car feel like it should have done from the factory.
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17th January 2012, 21:03
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Engines too small..
The engine belonged in the metro, just a shame they never made a road going 6r4 
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17th January 2012, 21:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniGibbo
Engines too small..
The engine belonged in the metro, just a shame they never made a road going 6r4 |
Yeh, there was a whole fiasco surrounding the whole car.
Meant to be a V12 4WD car, thats what customers put their deposits on. Then they changed the Spec to a V6 2WD and told customers that they had to pay more than the original price**
**All taken from memory so could be wrong
The general concencous(sp?) around the XJ220S is that "This is what the XJ220 should have been"
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17th January 2012, 21:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniGibbo
Engines too small..
The engine belonged in the metro, just a shame they never made a road going 6r4 |
Jaguar= 3.5 V6 Twin Turbo
Metro 6R4= 3.0 V6 N/A
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17th January 2012, 21:47
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That is shit hot! but there is still faster stuff around now, but 1 in 5 makes up for that!
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17th January 2012, 21:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeRDavid
Jaguar= 3.5 V6 Twin Turbo
Metro 6R4= 3.0 V6 N/A
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That's Strange I was always lead to believe they shared the same engine 
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17th January 2012, 21:54
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniGibbo
That's Strange I was always lead to believe they shared the same engine |
TBH mate your not the only one, heard a fair few people say the same thing in the past, not sure why?
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17th January 2012, 21:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniGibbo
That's Strange I was always lead to believe they shared the same engine |
I actually thought exactly the same thing to be honest.
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17th January 2012, 21:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SaxoJay88
It could be even rarer judging by these photos of another...
Maybe one of only four left now? |
that looks just like a standard xj220
the carbon shell looks different, and it has standard wheels and lights etc.
i bet that ones been abandoned in the emirates like alot of cars there
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17th January 2012, 21:59
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Wonder where it came from?
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17th January 2012, 21:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LSOfreak
that looks just like a standard xj220
the carbon shell looks different, and it has standard wheels and lights etc.
i bet that ones been abandoned in the emirates like alot of cars there
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It was indeed photo'd over there with quite a few other raritys.
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17th January 2012, 22:34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniGibbo
Engines too small..
The engine belonged in the metro, just a shame they never made a road going 6r4 |
They did, 200 to satisfy group B rules. Only in clubman spec with 250bhp though
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17th January 2012, 22:36
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just done a little reading, turns out that abandoned one is just a standard xj220 (1 of 281) and is in qatar with 600miles on the clock!
also look at this i found lol crazy, 3 xj220's in a stoke on trent (1 is a yellow S)
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...p?h=0&t=370724
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