Team TOP Marques is taking the base Jaguar XJ 220 and bringing forward their version of the tuner variant, the 1:18 Jaguar XJ220 S TWR. The original car was developed by TWR Motorsports. More on the tuner car below. TOP Marques is expected to fine tune the current working sample even more. Definitely a neat project!
About the Jaguar XJ220 S TWR Tuner… “In January of 1993, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) and Jaguar Sport launched the XJ220C to compete in the GT class (Group N) of FIA motor sport. At the same time, they announced the XJ220S, a limited-production, road-going version, to comply with homologation requirements. It was easily the most radical supercar in Britain.
Although the standard XJ220 was clothed in a lightweight aluminum body, TWR’s version replaced every panel, expect the doors, with carbon fibre. In doing so they added a front splitter, wider sills and an adjustable rear spoiler that gave the car an imposing edge and made the standard XJ220 look docile.
Overhauled out to 680 bhp, TWR took the twin-turbo V6 to its limits. Combined with a weight reduction that removed the stereo, air conditioning and heavy seats, the car could accelerate to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and reach 228 mph. Only nine TWR XJ220s were completed and six of these were made as road-going S models. Almost all of the six cars have changed colours at least once and many made it over to America after Vik Keuylian, of Keuylian Motorcars, imported several.”
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This XJ220S model looks great. Hopefully Top Marques will correct the design issues that were apparent with their first release of the XJ220 model last year.
I also hope that they do some race liveried versions like the TWR #50 car that won its category at LeMans, but was subsequently disqualified. Also, the Martini liveried #11 race car would look great!
What ever happened to this model??
Not sure, possibly cancelled.