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The Jaguar XJ220 LM Race Car is a fictional race car produced by Jaguar. It first appeared in Gran Turismo 2 and has been featured in all subsequent mainline games up to Gran Turismo 6.

In-game description[]

"Jaguar's road-going Group C car, which held the highest top-speed record for a production car in its day."

In 1988, Jaguar showed a prototype of a new exotic sports car at the Birmingham Motor Show. It was called the XJ220, and the car would see production a few years later, becoming one of the fastest machines on the planet. The "220" in its name was a reference to the car's claimed top speed of 220 mph (354 km/h).

The production of the XJ220 was the result of a joint venture with Jaguar Sports and TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing). TWR developed the Jaguar Group C race car, and was in charge of its racing team at the time.

Under the sleek hood of the prototype car was a naturally-aspirated V12, but the production model came powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 that produced 542 BHP at 7000 rpm, making it more powerful than the twelve-cylinder. And because it was lighter, the car's handling saw dramatic improvements. The chassis was composed of an aluminum honeycomb and carbon Kevlar composite, which made the entire car very lightweight.

In 1993, Jaguar entered a race-prepped XJ220 in the GT-class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The driving duties were shared by David Coulthard, David Brabham, and John Nielsen. They took 1st in class. But a month later, the XJ220 was disqualified from that race due to an exhaust gas violation, and its victory was nullified.

Acquisition[]

Game Buy From Location Credits Win From Event
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec --- --- Professional GT World Championship
Gran Turismo 4 --- --- Pan Euro Championship
Gran Turismo PSP Jaguar Dealership 1,750,000 ---
Gran Turismo 5 Used Car Dealership 1,955,718 ---
Gran Turismo 6 Jaguar Dealership 1,450,000 ---

Trivia[]

  • This car makes the same power figures as its road version at 542 BHP and 474.91 lb-ft. This would suggest that the engine is unmodified in the race car besides the custom transmission.
  • While the XJ220 LM Race Car is a fictional car, it (alongside the GT2 racing modification for the road-going XJ220) is heavily based on a 1995 or 1996 Jaguar XJ220-N also built by TWR, that made limited participation in the British GT Championship and BPR Global GT Series. While the livery is almost an exact copy of the Don Law Racing #22 XJ220 that made limited participation in British GT races. The two cars are visually nearly identical, save for the LM Race Car missing some sponsor logos and having a different racing number.
    • In Gran Turismo, the car is heavier than it's real world counterpart. In real life the car was only 1,050-1,100kg,[1] but it weighs 1,320kg in GT3 and 1,180kg in later titles.
  • Hot Wheels released a scale-model version of the car as part of the Gran Turismo Series line of die-cast cars. The Hot Wheels incarnation of this car features Champion logos which are not seen in the games.
  • In Gran Turismo 7, parts available for the road-going XJ220 in GT Auto can be used in conjunction with the Livery Editor to accurately replicate this car.

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