Vehicle Description
1993 Jaguar XJ220 For Sale - One Of 282 Examples, Only 768 Miles
From New LMC is very proud to offer for sale this 1993 Jaguar XJ220
In its time the Jaguar XJ220 was the world's fastest production
automobile, named for its projected top speed, 220 mph, which was
very nearly achieved in a time trial on the high-bank test track in
Nardo, Italy. The project humbly began as a skunkworks project of
Coventry's design staff, who were soon dubbed the Saturday Club for
their efforts after regular business hours. The initial prototype
was presented to the public at the 1988 Birmingham International
Motor Show and received unanimous praise, and customer interest
skyrocketed. Initially the British manufacturer announced a pre-tax
price of £290,000 and a production run of 350 vehicles.
Approximately 1,400 reservations were recorded, each complemented
by a £50,000 deposit. Build of the XJ220 was delegated to Jaguar
Sport, the subsidiary racing company that the marque had created in
tandem with Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR), the competition concern
responsible for the latest evolution of XJR race cars. TWR had
created a new power plant for the XJR-11 racer of 1989, a
542-horsepower, all-alloy turbocharged V-6 that was developed from
Austin-Rover's Group B rally car. This turbo V-6, dubbed the JV6,
was chosen to be the new power plant for the XJ220, and the motor's
diminutive volume and size allowed it to be neatly packaged
amidships within slippery aluminum coachwork penned by Jaguar
Design's Keith Helfet. The very first production car was unveiled
by Diana the Princess of Wales at the Bloxham factory in October
1991. Deliveries began in June 1992, and by this time, the sticker
price had ballooned to £470,000. A grand total of 282 units were
produced, far less than they had originally accounted for, at which
point the program was canceled in the wake of the collapse of the
supercar market. This example offered here for sale was delivered
new to a client in Vienna, Austria finished in the ionic
specification of Spa Silver with Grey Connolly leather interior
which suits the car well as it was the launch spec. Having been
collector owned from new, it has only seen a mere 768 miles from
new and remains in showroom condition. Recently european service
specialist DK Engineering attended to various matters on the car
including servicing the braking system, adjusting the door locking
mechanism, carrying out an annual service that included replacing
the fuel filters, ignition coil, spark plugs and amplifier, XJ220
cambelt service, Replace three oil hoses, Identify and rectify fuel
supply fault, replace coolant hose, refit pumps in tanks, renew oil
tank fixings, fit new Pirelli XJ220 tyre set and change oil. This
unbelievable XJ220 is accompanied by the original books, parts
manual, first-aid kit, warning triangle,and Wheel nut adapter and
service receipts. The Supercar market has exploded in the last few
years with a new era of collectors entering the market looking to
acquire their poster cars. As competitor supercars like the Ferrari
F40, Porsche 959, Bugatti EB110 have more than doubled in recent
year, the XJ220 is still highly undervalued in comparison.
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