Tom Walkinshaw Racing is backAnd to celebrate, of course, TWR revealed a redesigned, racing-inspired Jaguar XJS coupe they call the Supercat. Considering Walkinshaw’s history of racing Jaguars, is that really a surprise? That said, the TWR team did more than just throw some wide fenders and a body kit on a hot crossbar XJS. No, they brought in Khyzyl Saleem as chief designer and famous British car enthusiast Magnus Walker as a design consultant.
Not that you should ignore motivation. There’s a turbocharged V12 under the hood that TWR says makes more than 600 horsepower. Sadly, this is just a design reveal, so we won’t get full details like how much power the engine actually makes, what displacement it has, whether it’s sourced from Cosworth or just a modified Jaguar engine etc until the full reveal this summer. One feature that is almost certainly not available is the 6-speed manual transmission.
TWR claims it has hired an engineering team from the likes of McLaren, Ferrari, Porsche, Williams, Mercedes F1 and Renault F1 to ensure that the Supercat drives well enough to handle the power increase and we’re sure it Really nice to drive. . We just kept coming back to the design. There’s something about it that’s a little different. LED headlights are perhaps the most serious problem, although that’s nothing new in the world of custom cars.
To be clear, Jalopnik’s official opinion is not that the Supercat is bad. There’s just something about it that doesn’t quite come together. But then again, that’s the problem that many restorers run into when they try to bring a classic into the modern era. Or maybe we’re just a bunch of idiots who don’t know what we’re talking about because Bradley describes it as “sick,” so at least one person on staff is a huge fan.
It doesn’t really matter anyway. TWR only plans to produce 88 units with a starting price of $281,521 at current exchange rates, so even if one of us could afford it, we probably wouldn’t be allocated . However, if you’re interested, you’ll need to send TWR a $12,512 refundable deposit to reserve your spot before deliveries begin in the fourth quarter of this year. And if you do end up getting one, maybe be nice and let Bradley drive your Supercat once it arrives. He will really appreciate that.
