For $236, you can take a thrilling ride around the Nürburgring in the passenger seat of a high-performance Jaguar.
The British automaker has been offering the service, known
as the Jaguar Race Taxi,
since about 2012, initially with the XJ Supersport only and later with
the F-Type
SVRas well.
Now Jaguar has replaced the XJ Supersport with the even
faster XJR575, a
575-horsepower super sedan capable of accelerating to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds and
reaching a top speed of 186 mph.
The $236 price of admission may seem expensive, especially
considering you only get a single lap, but there's a professional driver behind
the wheel meaning the lap will be much faster than what you're ever likely to
experience on your own. Some of the drivers are veterans of the 24 Hours of
Nürburgring, so you know the laps are going to be very fast. Jaguar mentions
cornering forces of up to 1.2 g.
And with the XJR575, the admission is for three people, so
while it may be slower than the F-Type SVR, which hits 60 mph in 3.5 seconds
and tops out at 200 mph, it offers more bang for the buck, since the F-Type SVR
can only take a single passenger.
We should point out that the price of the admission also
includes a video of the lap with data overlays such as lap time and position,
speed, and lateral forces.
source: https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1116627_jaguar-xjr575-registers-for-ring-taxi-duty#image=7
by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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