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Jaguar sets sedan Nurburgring record
With a supercharged 5.0 engine, the Project 8 becomes the fastest four-door car around the iconic German circuit
01 August 2019 - 05:07
The Jaguar Special Vehicle Operations-developed XE SV Project 8 has set the fastest Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time for a four-door production car again: 7min 18.361sec.
This new officially verified time on the 20.6km lap is 2.9 seconds faster than Project 8’s previous benchmark set in November 2017 and seven seconds faster than any other four-door production car has achieved...
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