1 of 5 in US/300 Worldwide – 2019 Jaguar XE SV Project 8?!

img_1881-1Another “didn’t know these were a thing” unicorns.  Looks like a street legal Jaguar race car, and understand it’s the fastest Jaguar street-legal car they’ve ever put on the road.  The beast has a 592hp V-8 (never in an XE before), sub-4 0-60mph, and claimed 200mph top speed.  Check out this Motor Trend review.  Splitters and diffusers and wings and everything but a roll cage!

The dealer told me its one of five in the US (and I can find only four others for sale around the country as of this writing so maybe so!).  Personally eyeballed this at the Jaguar dealer in Chantilly, Virginia for sale for $188,495.  Posting here because A) in three years I hope to find one on a CarMax lot for $75,000 B) I was actually at the Jaguar dealer to test drive a used Mercedes S65 prior to requesting a CarMax transfer of a similar S65, and C) it’s just too damned cool not to share!  Here’s the odd thing.  I eyeballed the blue model and yet online here’s the listing for an identical car at the dealership – it’s a Valencia Orange Ultra Metallic model.  Hmmm….perhaps the blue one is already gone and replaced?

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