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may 02, 2018 - Jaguar
Racing legends rate Project 8: Jaguar’s newest star of road and track
- Le Mans 24 Hours race-winners #andywallace and #davyjones join the SV engineering team to test Project 8 as it enters final development phase
- New Project 8 film takes viewers on a high-speed ride around Goodwood Motor Circuit with Wallace and Jones https://youtu.be/4EDF06LwiRk
- Final tests of world’s fastest sports sedan to be held on world's most demanding race circuits, including Portimão, Motorland Aragón and Laguna Seca
- Priced from £149,995 in UK, Project 8 is available to order from #Jaguar Retailers: www.Jaguar.com/about-Jaguar/special-vehicle-operations/project-8.html
(Warwickshire, UK – 2 May 2018) Legendary #Jaguar sports car racers #andywallace and #davyjones joined the Special Vehicle Operations development team at Goodwood Motor Circuit last month, declaring the new #Jaguar #xesvproject8 “absolutely staggering” and “a winner” after testing it on the fast and demanding UK track.
British driver #andywallace won the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race in 1988 driving the #Jaguar XJR-9 and was part of Jaguar’s victorious 1988 and 1991 World Sports Car Championship teams. The Goodwood test was the first time he’d driven the all-wheel-drive track-focused Project 8, which features a 600PS supercharged 5.0-litre V8 powertrain.
Most road-legal cars on track are a massive disappointment, but Project 8 is really something. It’s absolutely staggering how it has been made to feel like a proper #racing car. It keeps wanting you to push harder. It’s not bothered by Goodwood’s undulations, it just hunkers down and feels totally at ease, so you're happy to get on the throttle earlier. It inspires confidence straight away.
ANDY WALLACE
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