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The mental Jaguar XE SV Project 8 high-performance saloon has set a new benchmark around the Nürburgring Nordschleife - making it the fastest four-door sedan in production-intent specification to get round the Green Hell.
The XE SV Project 8 thundered round the 21km circuit in just 7min 21.23sec, shaving 11 seconds off the previous record. This is perhaps no surprise as it is the most extreme performance road-legal Jaguar ever built. It has a 600hp engine that allows it to go from 0-100km/h in around 3.3 seconds and on to a 320km/h top speed. Just 300 units will be sold worldwide, all with six-figure price tags.
Built by Special Vehicle Operations (SVO), Jaguar is naturally cock-a-hoop about Project 8's performance. Mark Stanton, SVO's director, said: "The SVO design and engineering team's mission was to create the most track-focused road-legal Jaguar in history - not only the fastest, but also the most agile. As a result, only the roof and front door skins of Project 8's body are carried-over unaltered from XE and 75 per cent of its mechanical hardware is new. This astonishing Nürburgring Nordschleife record validates the success of such extensive changes."
John Edwards, Jaguar Land Rover's Special Operations managing director, added: "SVO exists to push the boundaries of performance, luxury and all-terrain capability. The hand-assembled XE SV Project 8 takes that principle to the limit, extracting supercar-beating performance from Jaguar's most compact four-door sedan. The Nürburgring Nordschleife record underlines our commitment to deliver the most extreme Jaguar ever to Project 8 clients, who will soon experience this sensational sedan for themselves."
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Watch the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 storming round the Nordschleife in 7min 23sec right here.
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