It wasn’t that long ago that the 503 horsepower in the Mercedes-AMG C63 S seemed
like an insurmountable output for a small sport sedan. However, Jaguar is about
to blow all competition out of the water with its XE SV Project 8.
Set to debut next month at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of
Speed, the XE SV Project 8 is a follow-up to 2014’s F-Type Project 7 and
destined to become the most powerful Jaguar road car ever built.
Up front sits Jaguar’s ubiquitous 5.0-liter supercharged
V-8, tuned here to deliver 600 horsepower and mated to an all-wheel-drive
system. We're talking BMW M5 and Mercedes-AMG E63 S territory, but the
aluminum-constructed XE is a much lighter car.
The teaser shots reveal a much wider track than in the
regular XE, especially at the rear. You’ll also notice a vented hood, front
splitter, quad-exhaust tips, and a massive rear wing.
Jaguar is yet to reveal more as development, which includes
high-speed testing at the Nürburgring, is ongoing. Handling the development is
the SVO skunk works which will be assembling much of the car by hand.
“The time is right for SVO to produce the most extreme performance
road car in the history of Jaguar,” SVO boss John Edwards said in a statement.
“Our clients worldwide were thrilled by the F-Type Project 7; the new XE SV
Project 8 takes aerodynamics and performance engineering to another level.”
Sadly, only 300 of these babies will be built—for worldwide
consumption. The good news is that the car will likely lead to a
regular-production XE SVR, in the same way that the F-Type Project 7 led to the F-Type
SVR.
Full details on the XE SV Project 8 will be revealed on June
28. The car will then be presented at the United Kingdom’s Goodwood Festival of
Speed which starts the following day. For more coverage on the event, head to our dedicated hub.
source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1110662_jaguar-confirms-600-horsepower-xe-sv-project-8-super-sedan
by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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