This is 1 of just 5 of it’s kind ever created for the entire world, and it’s the 1993 TWR Jaguar XJ220 S, chassis 803, finished in ‘Bright Yellow’ over a ‘Smoke Grey’ interior. The standard XJ220 model was produced under a subsidiary known as ‘JaguarSport’, and ever since the cars debut at the Birmingham Auto Show in 1988, it still remains to be one of the most intriguing cars to this day. The XJ220 was originally planned to used a V12 engine developed by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR), however, once production began, the cars were equipped with a twin-turbocharged V6 instead. Ultimately, due to the change in the powertrain from concept to production, amongst a few other factors, only around 281 or so examples of the XJ220 were built and sold in the entire world. We’ve covered nearly every variant of the XJ220 model in great detail on @rarecarsonly, however, this car shown here is in a category of it’s own. As far as the “S” variant of the XJ220 goes, TWR completed 9 total cars, but only 5 of those were made as road-going models. So that makes the XJ220 S, 1 of only 5 of its kind in the world. This car, chassis 803 began it’s life on January 28th of 1993, the day it was built. Notably, the XJ220 S features one-piece carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer front and rear bodywork from the factory. The ‘S’ serves as a road-going version of the XJ220-C, and due to this, the car features a stripped down race-orientated interior with kevlar seats. The 5 XJ220 S examples were nicknamed ‘The Opal Fruit Cars’ by a number of TWR engineers, and the original colors were Red, Green, Yellow, Blue and Orange.
How many made? Approximately 297 chassis were manufactured (291 known completed cars). This car is a 1 of 5.
Engine: the standard XJ220 is powered by a 3.5 L (3,498 cc) twin-turbocharged Jaguar JRV-6 V6 that produces 542hp, however, for the ‘S’ variant, the engines are tuned to 690hp.
Debut: 1988 British International Motor Show
Top Speed: n/a
0-60mph: n/a
Photo Credit: @larst997_myoldcarpics (Oldtimer Grand Prix, Nürburgring, 1994)
Research: @rarecarsonly