Jaguar XJR-15

That interior pic looks like it's a center position driver. I thought the same thing when i first saw it.

 

There's no seat to the right of the driver. Its just massively offset

 

my understanding was that they were built for the race series,were a very nervous car with many areas that could best be said as poor build quality.

 

001 is now at Lamborghini Las Vegas.

http://www.lamborghinilasvegas.com/mainpages/carpage.php?cid=4280C

Priced at $250k or thereabouts.
I was thinking they were in the XJ220 range at about half that.

 

Didn't Roland have one?

 

This #001 car is use to belong to my neighbor,he had the car advertised in Dupont Registry before auctioned @RM.

 

Did you ever get a ride or drive in it, what where your impressions? I always liked them but then as you know im a sucker for the unusual: Vector, Cizeta, XJR15 etc.

 

He did start the engine, it's freakin loud

 

Unsusual... +1

I would like to have a Isdera 108i

 

To spend 250k on the XJR15, you need to be a true enthusiast with a shedload of dosh. The car does have handling issues as its so damn powerful and from what i gather just isnt set up correctly, who knows. For a personal track car, Im sure itll be fast and damn good fun.

For 250k, Id have something else though.

Checked youtube for Clarkson crashing it into the camera car but i couldnt find it, interesting clip I remember. Not as funny as Tiff Needell nearly writing off a Mclaren F1 on a country road though!

 

I remember when Clarkson muttered "What an utter disappointment - it's like being out on a date with Daryll Hannah and finding out she's a vegetarian."

Said it was the worst handling car ever (never mind it was also wet out that day). I have a 1/5 scale model of the XJR in my office, always loved the looks of this car. Someone bought up the body moulds and was going to produce street versions for 1/4 the cost with emissions legal motors. Still hasn't hit yet...

 

In all the XJR-15 videos i've seen, the engine and especially the no-synched gearbox are extremely noisy....look at this BEst Motoring's F40 vs XJR-15 for example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4yo_n2k8cc

It's more noisy than an F40!

 

Wasn't that Martin Brundle? I assume you think of the drive in the slippery and rainy conditions??

 

Okay, I may not have seen it then. I only remember brundle "slipped" for a second on a wet road

 

I'd have one of those over a 220 anyday; it has the right engine, and the right heritage.

Also, parts are not a problem, if maybe somewhat expensive, but we're used to that in exotiland. Although the original builders of the car don't exist anymore (TWR), the rights and tooling, as well as a lot of parts were bought by a gent in the UK with view to provide parts to existing car owners and eventually new cars to those who could be interested. This info stems from a couple of months after the TWR-auction, so I don't know how relevant it still is.

The gent can be traced via jag-lovers.com, do a search in the V-12 engine section for sliding throttles, I remember he chimed in there offering a couple of sets that came out of the TWR bankrupcy. I am sure he can help with a lot more info on these cars as well.
I lost his e-mail, so can't help any more than this.

 

Congrats!!! Enjoy

 

a friend of mine crashed one in the fastmasters series.

edit: it was a 220...different car. my mistake

 

I've always thought the XJR-15 was gorgeous - the supercar that the 220 should have been. Probably one of the most beautiful cars of the modern era, and stylistically, a worthy successor to the ill-fated, but also beautiful XJR-13 (last pic)
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I love the XJR15. How much would one be today?