Whoa this is going fast...
First some admin stuff. Girly, the Maseratti I chose should be in the Exotic Category.
Team Barnes will take one of our all time favs, in the
90s category, the
Jaguar XJ220.
The production version of the car was first shown to the public in October 1991 after undergoing significant changes. The most obvious of which was a completely different
drivetrain and the elimination of the scissor doors. TWR was charged with producing the car and had several goals/rules in producing the car: the car would be
rear wheel drive instead of all wheel drive; turbocharged
V6 instead of the big
V12; and performance goals of over 200 mph (320 km/h), 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.8 seconds, and the lightest weight possible.
The 6.2 L V12 had been judged too difficult to get past increasingly strict emission regulations and there were also reportedly some design problems caused by the size of the power plant. It was replaced with a
Tom Walkinshaw-developed 3.5 L V6 based on the engine used in the
Rover Metro 6R4 rally car and fitted with twin Garrett T3
turbochargers, generating 542 bhp (404 kW; 550 PS) of maximum power at 7000 rpm and 476 lb·ft (645 N·m) of torque at 4500 rpm. This engine was the first V6 in Jaguar's history, and was the first to use
forced induction. In spite of the smaller displacement and half the number of cylinders, the engine produced more power than the V12 would have. However, potential customers judged the exhaust note to be harsh and the
lag from the turbos to be an annoyance. Also missing from the production version of the car was the
Ferguson all wheel drive – the production car had only rear driven wheels, through a conventional
transaxle – and the
ABS.
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