Pamene tidayesa mitundu iwiri ya Jaguar XE SV Project 8 yokhayo ku Circuit de Portimão, tinalibe kukayika: ndi gehena wa makina. Zimakumbukira kuyesa kwamphamvu kwa Guilherme Costa, pamsewu ndi kuzungulira, pamayendedwe amalingaliro aku Britain awa.
Jaguar adagwirizana ndi anzathu a Motor Trend kuyesa kuphwanya mbiri ya saloon yothamanga kwambiri ku Laguna Seca Circuit. Pa gudumu panali dalaivala Randy Pobst, yemwe mu 2015 anali ataswa kale mbiri yoyendetsa Cadillac CTS-V.
Jaguar XE SV Project 8 idakwanitsa kumaliza mzere wa 1:39.65, pafupifupi sekondi imodzi yocheperako kuposa Cadillac CTS-V (1:38.52), yemwe anali ndi mbiri yakale. Ndi nthawi yolemba iyi, malingaliro a Jaguar ndi yachangu pa Laguna Seca kuposa mitundu ngati BMW M5 yatsopano, Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio kapena Mercedes-AMG C63 S.
Kumbukirani apa nthawi yopambana yomwe Guilherme akupereka moni kwa woyendetsa ndege yemwe amatenga malo opangira hanger, pamtunda wopitilira 260 km/h pa Circuit ya Portimão. Mwamuna wa Alentejo ali ndi zida za misomali?