Super sports car ekhiqizwa Jaguar phakathi kuka-1992 no-1994, ukukhiqizwa kwawo akuzange kudlule amayunithi 275, Jaguar XJ220 kwaba omunye onobuhle ezingaqondakali kakhulu, kodwa futhi emangalisa kakhulu, brand British. Iqiniso lokuthi yazishaya isifuba ngesihloko semoto ye-serial eshesha kakhulu esikhathini esiningi saleso sikhathi kungase kube nokuthile ngakho.
Ihlome nge-V6 engu-3.5 litre twin-turbo kaphethroli, amandla angu-550 hp, isekelwa u-gearbox onamagiya amahlanu oshintshwayo kanye namasondo angemuva, iXJ220 ikwazile ukufika ejubaneni lika-341.7 km/h. Irekhodi elamvumela ukuthi agcine isicoco ayezomlahlekela kuphela ngo-1994, kweyanamuhla edume kakhulu (futhi ebiza kakhulu!) McLaren F1.
Noma kunjalo, futhi phakathi kwezenzo ezizuziwe, ngo-1991 irekhodi le-lap esheshayo kwisekethe yaseJalimane yaseNürburgring, ngesikhathi esiyi-7min 46.36s. Isikhathi kuyaphikiswana, njengoba kwaba prototype hhayi uchungechunge imoto, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi kwakuzohlala njengoba brand ukubulawa iminyaka engu-10, okungukuthi, kuze 2001.
Hudula umjaho no-Jeremy Clarkson esondweni
Eminyakeni engaphezu kwe-25 ngemva kokwethulwa kwemodeli, uJeremy Clarkson nontanga yakhe bafuna ukunikeza i-XJ220 ukuqashelwa okufanele, ukuyibuyisela esivivinyweni, ohlelweni lwabo olusha "I-Grand Tour". Kodwa kulokhu, ngokumelene nenye yezimbangi zayo ngaleso sikhathi, i-Bugatti EB110, omunye umshini omangalisayo - 3.5 V12, ama-turbos amane, i-560 hp, i-gearbox ye-6-speed manual kanye ne-wheel drive.Ihanjiswe emjahweni wokuhudula "ongeniswe kusukela kuma-90s", ividiyo ibonisa ukuthi, naphezu kweminyaka yayo, i-Jaguar XJ220 isekhona ukuze… iqonde!
Umjaho wokudonsa ofanelekile wama-90s. I-Jaguar XJ220 vs Bugatti EB 110 Super Sport. #TheGrandTour pic.twitter.com/ZmLzSwOpQC
— The Grand Tour (@thegrandtour) Februwari 5, 2018
Kukhona iJaguar XJ220 ethengiswayo
Ngamayunithi angama-275 kuphela akhiqizwayo, akuzona zonke izinsuku lapho lawa "makati amakhulu" avela khona ukudayiswa. Kodwa kukhona oyedwa, ocishe abe msulwa, ofuna umnikazi omusha. Kuphela uma: iseMiami, e-USA… futhi ibiza cishe ama-euro ayingxenye yesigidi.
Idethi yokukhiqiza ngo-1992 - okungukuthi, ingenye yamayunithi okuqala alethiwe - le XJ220 ayinamakhilomitha angaphezu kuka-1,931 emboziwe, okubangele imihuzuko emincane embalwa kanye nokuboleka kwelinye lamaphaneli. Ngaphandle kwalokho, i-American Road & Track iyathuthuka, iyinhlese, ngisho nesahluko sikamakhenikha.
Ukuqinisekisa isimo esihle semoto, umdayisi uyatholakala ukuze ayise imoto endaweni yokusebenzela yaseMelika ekhethekile kulo modeli, ukuze ihlolwe futhi ibhande lesikhathi libuyekezwe, kanye nokuhlanzwa kwamathangi. Konke lokhu, ngaphambi kokukunikeza umnikazi omusha.
Unentshisekelo futhi uyatholakala ngokwezimali ukuze uthole umdlalo wangempela wakudala we-super sports? I-XJ220 idayiswa abakwaHemmings ngenani eliphansi 424 638 ama-euro (kuyaxoxiswana, ukunaka!). Ungakwazi ukuza ukuzolingisa uJeremy Clarkson...
