The Jaguar XJ220's silhouette might’ve been a bedroom wall mainstay, but the car itself wasn’t quite the article promised. A twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 evolved from the MG Metro 6R4 was a ...

Sketched out by Professor Jim Randall, who headed Jaguar's engineering department in the 1980s, the XJ220 was imagined as a slippery, rear-engined V12 beast with ground effects and four-wheel drive.

In September 2016, Bridgestone promised a treat for Jaguar XJ220 lovers everywhere as it was working with U.K.-based Don Law Racing to develop a new set of tires for the XJ220.

This is the very first XJ220 S, built using spare parts from the Le Mans cars, including single-piece carbon fibre front and rear clamshells, revised springs and dampers and a claimed 700 PS.

Jay Leno pays tribute in this latest video. Originally envisioned with a V12 engine and all-wheel drive, the XJ220 ultimately surfaced with a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 driving the rear wheels alone.

From four- to rear-wheel-drive, from an orchestral V12 to the raspiness of a twin-turbocharged V6, Jaguar let its public down by not going forward with the engineering marvel the XJ220 was ...

And even 30 years later, Jaguar's supercar can still cross the 200-mph barrier. Top Gear, during a recent test between three legendary Nineties supercars, put the XJ220 to the test on a closed runway.

A 1995 Jaguar XJ220 with just 9,600 miles on the odometer is expected to get command about a quarter million dollars at the Silverstone Auction set for July 31-Aug. 1.

In the end, Jaguar sold just 281 of the XJ220's planned 350-car run. Already absorbing a loss on the stock XJ220, Jaguar faced multiple obstacles to make the XJ220S road-legal in the United States.

Boutsen thinks the V6 and rear drive are preferable because they keep the car lighter. Granted, he's selling this XJ220, so he has a reason to tout the machine's virtues.

Anyway you spin it, the XJ220 story is a sad one. Buoyed by a spate of motorsports successes, Jaguar began to create plans for an unprecedented hypercar that would wrest the speed crown from the ...

Some say that the beloved Jaguar XJ220 could have been so much more. Originally promised with a V12, rear-steer, and natural aspiration, it was then sold with a twin-turbocharged six-cylinder and ...