Jaguar\u2019s SVO-developed XE SV Project 8 is now the world\u2019s fastest four-door saloon car, following a production-intent prototype\u2019s record lap of the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife. The incredible time of just 7min 21.23sec is 11 seconds quicker than the previous fastest sedan around the 12.9-mile circuit and puts the 600PS Project 8 ahead of some of the world\u2019s fastest two-door coupes and supercars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark Stanton, SVO Director, said: \u201cThe SVO design and engineering team\u2019s mission was to create the most track-focused road-legal Jaguar in history \u2013 not only the fastest, but also the most agile. As a result, only the roof and front door skins of Project 8\u2019s body are carried-over unaltered from XE and 75 per cent of its mechanical hardware is new. This astonishing N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife record validates the success of such extensive changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John Edwards, Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations Managing Director, added: \u201cSVO exists to push the boundaries of performance, luxury and all-terrain capability. The hand-assembled XE SV Project 8 takes that principle to the limit, extracting supercar-beating performance from Jaguar\u2019s most compact four-door sedan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife record underlines our commitment to deliver the most extreme Jaguar ever to Project 8 clients, who will soon experience this sensational sedan for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Figures are manufacturer\u2019s estimates and subject to final confirmation ahead of production
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Jaguar\u2019s SVO-developed XE SV Project 8 is now the world\u2019s fastest four-door saloon car, following a production-intent prototype\u2019s record lap of the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife. The incredible time of just 7min 21.23sec is 11 seconds quicker than the previous fastest sedan around the 12.9-mile circuit and puts the 600PS Project 8 ahead of some of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_pr_autopilot_social_copy":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":26,"_extra_hide_author_box":"1","_extra_featured_post":"","_partner_post_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotive","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n