The very rare Tornado Jag

The very rare Tornado Jag

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John_S4x4

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1,352 posts

264 months

Tuesday 8th August 2006
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Ebay item 160016057405

Anybody want to tell me more about these cars ? I only thought they were rumors, until I saw this Ebay advert. Anybody seen one in the flesh or driven one ? Was there any other versions too (say an earlier 'Harrier' version) ?

It looks like a very nice car, although it has suffered a HUGE depreciation in value from new !

apache

39,731 posts

291 months

Tuesday 8th August 2006
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl


phew, £92k?!! nice Q car though

a8hex

5,830 posts

230 months

Tuesday 8th August 2006
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To my mind it looks like they've tried to turn an X300 back into an XJ40.

Nice engine though, but 12.5K is a lot to pay just for the engine.

NormanD

3,208 posts

235 months

Sunday 13th August 2006
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Have a word with Chas at Racing Green. 01252 544888

apache

39,731 posts

291 months

Sunday 13th August 2006
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why?

Phil Hopkins

17,111 posts

224 months

Sunday 13th August 2006
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That's stunning.

triple7

4,015 posts

244 months

Sunday 13th August 2006
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apache said:
why?


He designed it!

melhook

199 posts

222 months

Saturday 26th August 2006
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I have driven one of these, not sure which one, but it was a bit of an animal at the time. Shame they only made two of them. Wonder what it will go for on E-bay. I heard a rumour that jaguar used borrow cars from Paramount, and see what tweeks they had done. I even remember seeing mods on Paramount cars, they some years later they creeped into production Jags.

joesnow

1,533 posts

234 months

Tuesday 29th August 2006
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We had a turbo technics XJR (XJ40) which is very similar, but the older model.

The Engine was a 4.0 twin turbo, uprated injectors, exhaust system + extras putting out about 380bhp, the engine was wonderful and it was very fast - unfortunately the body work was getting rough, and as a business vehicle it was a bit shabby. We considered putting the engine into our S2 Etype that needed engine work at the time, but the car went to a friend who uses it at weekends.