The F-Tempo SVR Version 1988 is proscribed to 394 examples
Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar is marking 34 years since its outright win on the 24 hours at Le Mans, in 1988, with a limited-edition F-Tempo SUV, known as the Version 1988.
This being the SVR model of the F-Tempo, it’s powered by a 550-horsepower, supercharged V8 engine. Identical to the SVR I drove (and adored) in 2021, the brand new Version 1988 mannequin accelerates to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds and has a prime pace of 178 mph.
Paying homage to the Jaguar racers of 1988 (and their iconic purple, white and gold coloration scheme with Silk Minimize promoting), the F-Tempo SVR Version 1988 options distinctive ‘midnight amethyst’ paint, champagne gold cast, 22-inch alloy wheels and ‘sundown gold’ accents.
This model of the SVR comes from the identical division at Jaguar Land Rover accountable for the Jaguar F-Kind Heritage 60 Version and the Land Rover Defender V8 Bond Version.
The automotive is completed in distinctive purple paint, with gold alloy wheels and inside particulars
Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar says it’s going to construct 394 examples for the F-Tempo Version 1988, which is one for each lap accomplished by the XJR-9 pushed to victory at Le Mans by Jan Lammers, Johnny Dumfries and Andy Wallace. Of the 5 vehicles Jaguar entered, two retired and the remaining three completed first, fourth and sixteenth. The profitable automotive lined a distance of three,313 miles.
Contrasting the sundown gold badging and different particulars are glass black finishes to the door mirror caps, brake calipers, wheel middle caps and the letter R of the automotive’s SVR badging. The inside options open-pore carbon fiber finishers, ebony leather-based upholstery and unique sundown gold satin detailing throughout the dashboard, steering wheel, gear shift paddles and seats, that are each heated and cooled.
The automotive is priced from $111,150 within the US and £101,550 within the UK
Jaguar Land Rover
The automotive can have its first public reveal at this 12 months’s 24 hours of Le Mans on 8-12 June, adopted by its dynamic debut on the Goodwood Pageant of Pace on 23-26 June. It’s priced from $111,150 within the US and £101,550 within the UK.
Richard Woolley, inventive director of Jaguar’s Particular Automobile Operations, mentioned: “The Midnight Amethyst Gloss paintwork seems black till its amethyst undertones are revealed in vivid sunshine, emphasizing the SVR’s dynamic exterior. To attain this dramatic Extremely Metallic Gloss end, we assessed greater than 40 variations to create the specified depth of coloration.”
