Jaguar XE Sv Project 8 has lapped Nurburgring Nordschleife and beaten the previous record of the fastest four door car lap, by 11 seconds
By Kedar Vaidya
November 29, 2017
Yet another lap record broken, and set in 2017. While many performance car makers and enthusiasts have pushed hard this year to set a record at the most glorious raceway, Nurburgring Nordschleife, here’s the latest entrant to the all of Fame: THE JAGUAR XE SV PROJECT 8
- The Jaguar XE Sv Project 8 has wiped 11 seconds off the previous fastest four door car’s lap record.
- 441 kW Jaguar XE SV Project 8 laps Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 min 21.2 s – the fastest ever time by a four-door sedan in production-intent specification
- Most extreme performance road-legal Jaguar – designed, engineered and hand-assembled by SVO – is capable of 0-97 km/h in 3.3 s and a top speed of 322 km/h*
- Production limited to 300 units for sale worldwide, priced from £149 995 in Register interest at www.jaguar.com/about-jaguar/special-vehicle-operations/project-8.html
Jaguar’s SVO-developed XE SV Project 8 is now the world’s fastest four-door car, following a production-intent prototype’s record lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The incredible time of 7 min 21.2 s is nearly 11 s quicker than the previous fastest sedan around the legendary 20.7 km German circuit and puts the 441 kW Project 8 ahead of some of the world’s fastest two-door coupés and supercars.
Mark Stanton, SVO 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 percent of its mechanical hardware is new. This astonishing Nürburgring Nordschleife record validates the success of such extensive changes.”
John Edwards, Jaguar Land Rover 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.”
Its an exciting time to be alive, ain’t it?
