First seen at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June 2017, the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 will have a production run limited to just 300 examples.
Tuned by the in - house SVO performance,
the XE SV Project 8 is limited to just 300 units.
The madcap Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 is strictly limited to 300 units worldwide and packs Jaguar's famed 5.0 - litre V8.
The XE SV Project 8 will make its official debut June 29 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
But in
the XE SV, power has been ramped up to unprecedented levels, peaking at 591bhp - 24bhp more than aforementioned F - Type.
The XE SV is all - wheel - drive, rather than being rear - driven like the Project 7, and uses a specially tuned version of its eight - speed ZF automatic gearbox.
Like the Project 7,
the XE SV will be hand built at SVO's Technical Centre in Coventry (rather than alongside regular XEs in Solihull) and it makes use of the same supercharged 5.0 - litre V8 engine.
The hand built Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 follows 2014's F - Type Project 7.
The XE SV is all - wheel - drive, rather than being rear - driven like the Project 7, and uses a specially t
With a supercharged 5.0 L V8 under the hood, the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 packs a healthy 592 horsepower and 516 lb - ft.
You'll also notice that
the XE SV Project 8's overall look, looks like the XE spent a few extra months in the gym with its flared body.
Called the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8, it has been developed by the brand's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division as its second collectors» edition model, following the Jaguar F - Type Project 7 from 2014.
Besides the upgraded engine,
the XE SV Project 8 also gets a carbon fiber front bumper with extra cooling ducts, a vented carbon fiber hood, 20 - inch alloy wheels, an adjustable front splitter, a rear carbon fiber bumper, rear diffuser and an adjustable rear wing.
In the United States, the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 will sell for $ 188,495.
The utterly bonkers Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 super sedan is scheduled to enter production in June, but Jaguar engineers are still making changes.
In case you need a refresher,
the XE SV Project 8 is powered by a 5.0 - liter supercharged V8 that produces 592 horsepower and 516 pound - feet of torque.
A faster, lighter version of Range Rover Sport SVR would be the SUV equivalent of the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8.
Since its debut at last year's Goodwood Festival of Speed,
the XE SV Project has undergone many enhancements that Jaguar is now detailing in a new development video.
So the record - setting
XE SV Project 8 is a four - door saloon in the same way Australia's V8 Supercars are four - door saloons.
The fastest - ever four - door Jaguar,
the XE SV Project 8 has almost completed engineering fine - tuning and will go into production in June.
More recently, Special Operations launched the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 and F - Type Project 7, the Range Rover SV Coupe, and the reborn Lightweight E-Type, XKSS, and D - Type.
Racing driver Vincent Radermecker needed a mere 7 minutes, 21.23 seconds to move the «production - intent prototype»
XE SV from the start line to the finish.
Jaguar unveiled today that
the XE SV Project 8, its high - performance four - door based on the compact XE, has set a new record on the German track known as the «Green Hell.»
Speaking of V8's, let us remind you what
the XE SV can do with its big, front - mounted lump.
Built in left - hand drive configuration only, the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 will make its world debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 29 - July 2).
Coventry has as a new model to call the most extreme leaping cat in the brand's history: meet the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8.
Jaguar's press release is certainly not short of superlatives, and for good reason:
the XE SV Project 8 is the most powerful, agile, and extreme performance Jaguar road car ever made.
Jaguar's SVO division designed, engineered and will assemble every can manually because
the XE SV Project 8 is also a Collector's Edition.
The new Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 — Jaguar's most potent road car ever — has won the Michelin Supercar Paddock Showstopper Trophy at Goodwood FoS.
The world of fast sedans is about to get a whole lot quicker, as the Cat Badge is gearing up to release its highly impressive
XE SV Project 8.
Jaguar just dropped details on its latest SVO - tuned monster,
the XE SV Project 8, an eight - cylinder, AWD, four - door cruise missile jam - packed with go - fast stuff.
The Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 is set to make its first public debut later this week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The Coventry - based carmaker has quoted a # 149,995 (Rs 1.29 crores) for
the XE SV Project 8.
This is where a car like
the XE SV Project 8 comes into the picture, and if you haven't been a fan of SVO's work in the past, then you will be once you see what this juiced - up XE compact sedan is fully capable of.
Part of it isn't Jaguar's fault because a car like
the XE SV Project 8 doesn't illicit the same level of awe as the J50 and the Centenerio.
Jaguar revealed today, ahead of the Los Angeles International Auto Show, that its ultra-hardcore
XE SV Project 8 sedan has shattered the Nurburgring lap record for sedans.
The SV Coupé is a so - called Collector's Edition, in a similar vein to the 2017 Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 and 2014 F - Type Project 7 — in the sense that the car will have a limited production run.
Jaguar didn't hold anything back when it built
the XE SV Project 8.
Reliability and daily - driving considerations that are front - and - center in mass - market cars are less of a concern in something as specialized as
the XE SV Project 8.
Jaguar is only going to build 300 of
the XE SV Project 8 sedans.
Land Rover is showing off a production preview of the Discovery SVC at the Frankfurt motor show where it will share the brand stand with the Rover Sport SVR, Range Rover SVAutobiography Dynamic, Jaguar F - TYPE SVR and Jaguar
XE SV Project 8.
Dubbed
XE SV Project 8, this sedan will serve up 600 hp to those who can handle it.
The Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 will be available next year in the U.S., and we'll get just 300 of them.
Jaguar claims
its XE SV Project 8 crushed a Nürburgring sedan lap record.
Those after the most ostentatious XE on sale are pointed towards
the XE SV Project 8, with its huge bumpers and massive rear wing.
When it comes to answer for the high - performance Jaguar XE, there is no one other than
XE SV Project 8.
The Stelvio's record stands to this day even though the Giulia's was surpassed a short time later by a Jaguar
XE SV Project 8.
Since its public debut at last July's Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Jaguar
XE SV Project 8 has undergone numerous enhancements to ensure it remains the fastest and most thrilling of all road - legal four - door sedans.
Inside
the XE SV Project 8 is a little more restrained, but not by much.
North American car enthusiasts will have their chance to get their first look at
the XE SV Project 8 super sedan during Monterey Car Week on August 17.