In 1988, Jaguar showed a prototype of a new exotic sports car at the Birmingham Motor Show. It was called the XJ220, and the car would see production a few years later, becoming one of the fastest machines on the planet. The “220” in its name was a reference to the car’s claimed top speed of 220 mph (354 km\/h).<\/p>\n
The production of the XJ220 was the result of a joint venture with Jaguar Sports and TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing). TWR developed the Jaguar Group C race car, and was in charge of its racing team at the time.<\/p>\n
Under the sleek hood of the prototype car was a naturally-aspirated V12, but the production model came powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 that produced 542 BHP at 7000 rpm, making it more powerful than the twelve-cylinder. And because it was lighter, the car’s handling saw dramatic improvements. The chassis was composed of an aluminum honeycomb and carbon Kevlar composite, which made the entire car very lightweight.<\/p>\n
In 1993, Jaguar entered a race-prepped XJ220 in the GT-class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The driving duties were shared by David Coulthard, David Brabham, and John Nielsen. They took 1st in class. But a month later, the XJ220 was disqualified from that race due to an exhaust gas violation, and its victory was nullified.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30278,"template":"","vehica_23442":[2480],"vehica_6659":[3335],"vehica_6660":[4168],"vehica_6655":[2320],"vehica_23443":[2495],"vehica_23545":[2506],"vehica_6670":[3928],"vehica_23445":[4139],"vehica_23531":[2515],"class_list":["post-30281","vehica_car","type-vehica_car","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","vehica_23442-assetto-corsa","vehica_6659-jaguar","vehica_6660-xj220","vehica_6655-coupe","vehica_23443-traseira-rwd","vehica_23545-sequencial","vehica_6670-limpadores-de-parabrisa","vehica_23445-no-one-cares","vehica_23531-track"],"acf":[],"vehica_14696":"1999","vehica_23444":"638","vehica_23446":"830","vehica_23447":"1125","vehica_23448":"1.76","vehica_23449":"3.8","vehica_23534":"1","vehica_23455":"3","vehica_23456":["https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jaguar-XJ220-LM_gran_turismo.jpg","https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jaguar-XJ220-LM_gran_turismo_special.jpg","https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jaguar-XJ220-LM_jaguar_lm.jpg"],"vehica_28233":"","vehica_28602":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cars\/30281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cars"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vehica_car"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vehica_23442","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_23442?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"vehica_6659","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_6659?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"vehica_6660","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_6660?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"vehica_6655","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_6655?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"vehica_23443","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_23443?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"vehica_23545","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_23545?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"vehica_6670","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_6670?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"vehica_23445","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_23445?post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"vehica_23531","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasilsimulatormods.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehica_23531?post=30281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}