(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Jaguar's SVO-developed XE SV Project 8 is now the world's fastest four-door saloon car, following a production-intent prototype's record lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
The incredible time of just 7 min 21.23 sec 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's fastest two-door coupes and supercars.
Mark Stanton, SVO director, said, 'The SVO design and engineering team's mission was to create the most track-focused road-legal Jaguar in history, which is not only the fastest but also the most agile. As a result, only the roof and front door skins of Project 8's body are carried-over unaltered from XE and 75 per cent of its mechanical hardware is new.
'This astonishing Nürburgring Nordschleife record validates the success of such extensive changes.'
John Edwards, Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations managing director, said, 'SVO 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's most compact four-door sedan.
'The Nürburgring 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.'
Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) is a specialist team of Jaguar Land Rover designers, engineers and technicians who are dedicated to enhancing the performance, luxury and capability attributes of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.
Jaguar's heritage of elegant design and breathtaking performance has excited and delighted the world for more than 80 years.
Today's world-class Jaguar family embodies the Art of Performance.
Not only that, it will grow again in 2018 with the all-electric I-PACE performance SUV, joining the remarkable, much admired and award-winning XE, XF and XJ saloons, the dramatic F-TYPE sports car, the F-PACE performance crossover, the fastest-selling Jaguar ever, and the all-new E-PACE compact performance SUV.
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