Wednesday 20th August 2003

SCV8: Jag Shakes down at Silverstone

V8 Saloon Series gets into shape

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[tuffer]

First run by a modern day Jag, TOSH, they were being used in some German race series I saw on Eurosport before the wife made me get rid of Sky!! Seem to remeber they did quite well to.

[Racefan_uk]

And yet the Jaguar you would have seen in the V8 Star Championship, for that would have been the series you'd have seen on tv, would have been an S-Type body shell, not and X-Type.

However, for Rouse to say that the X-type was great to drive is a bit over the top. It is, after all, a space frame chassis with a V8 under the bonnet. The only X-type bit is the shell, and it does sod all for the handling and driving.

[PetrolTed]

On the positive side, I really hope this series gets off the ground. V8, fat man racing is the perfect antidote to the BTCC hot hatch series.

[robinoz]

This is similar of the V8 series over here in southern hemisphere although mainly Australia. The cars have a different (race) V8 engine to the road cars (5.0 instead of 5.7 in the case of the holden).

Surely it would be good to see manufactureres using a rear wheel V8 based on a road car though. MG now have the V8 RWD beast BUT bloody Honda for Ted's sake is a joke!

Race em on Sunday, sell em on Monday. You'd be disappointed walking into the showroom's of most entrants from what I have seen.

[PetrolTed]

You never know - it may cultivate demand for more V8 road cars.

[GregE240]

Aren't there enough Fat man V8 road cars already?

A8, Merc E/S, Lexoid, Jag S/XJ

They're all at it, Ted.

[PetrolTed]

I want to see the MG, the Holden etc. I want to see Ford producing affordable V8s and those engines finding their way into Mk 2 Escorts!

[jamesc]

PetrolTed said:

I want to see the MG, the Holden etc. I want to see Ford producing affordable V8s and those engines finding their way into Mk 2 Escorts!

The most sensible thing you have said!!!!!



Only joking!

[tuffer]

Racefan_uk said:

And yet the Jaguar you would have seen in the V8 Star Championship, for that would have been the series you'd have seen on tv, would have been an S-Type body shell, not and X-Type. However, for Rouse to say that the X-type was great to drive is a bit over the top. It is, after all, a space frame chassis with a V8 under the bonnet. The only X-type bit is the shell, and it does sod all for the handling and driving.

So the S type what not a "modern day" Jag?