Jaguar has revealed its latest Special Vehicle Operations
project: the 2018
XE SV Project 8. As a follow up to the 2017 Jaguar F-Type Project 7, the XE
SV Project 8 represents the most powerful roadgoing Jaguar to date.
SVO massaged the brand's familiar 5.0-liter supercharged V-8
engine to produce 592 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque, and with such an
incremental power increase came a rethought design for Jaguar's compact sedan.
Jaguar has released a handful of videos to highlight the process that has gone
into making the XE SV Project 8 a truly special car. Much of the design remains
the same—the car is still instantly recognizable as a Jaguar and an XE—but
minor revisions had to occur to accommodate the XE SV Project 8's hardcore
intentions.
Ian Callum, Design Director, and Wayne Burgess, SVO
Studio Director, both explain the subtle details hiding behind the Project 8.
Not only did Jaguar's skunkworks want the XE SV Project 8 to look extreme, it
wanted the car to be physically extreme. Wider wheels and tires meant the body
had to be built out accordingly. Therefore, the packaging is unique to the XE
SV Project 8. The whole front end of the car has moved forward along with
the headlights.
Then, designers had to fit the necessary aerodynamic bits
with the design to ensure air flowed through and around the car as engineers
desired. It may not sound like a lot, but there are dozens of intricate,
integral details throughout the Project 8. It's clear this was a labor of love
from Jaguar and its Special Vehicle Operations team. Check out the accompanying
videos to dive deeper into what makes the Project 8 purr.
source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1111276_jaguar-discusses-how-the-xe-sv-project-8s-design-came-to-life
by Sean Szymkowski
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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