old but funny - XJ220 Jaguar as seen on Top Gear

[legrandefromage]

It really was an old Jaguar test car for the 220.

Imagine meeting this at the lights...

Anyway, here it is at Goodwood:

 

[Carge]

Very amusing - saw it t'other night.

As is drove up - I thought the wheels were odd for a Transit - they reminded me of something..... couldn't quite place them until they mentioned XJ220!

 

[Neil]

They did it in the mid 90s with a Transit shell and an F1 engine - I think around 94, because I think it had some Benetton colouring on it.

 

[FMJ]

They ran that up the hill at Goodwood last year.

They did it in the mid 90s with a Transit shell and an F1 engine - I think around 94, because I think it had some Benetton colouring on it.

I think you're referring to the Renault Espace F1? Has a 750hp Williams-Renault V10 in it (yes, that's Mr. Prost behind the wheel).

 

[legrandefromage]

They ran that up the hill at Goodwood last year.

They did it in the mid 90s with a Transit shell and an F1 engine - I think around 94, because I think it had some Benetton colouring on it.

I think you're referring to the Renault Espace F1? Has a 750hp Williams-Renault V10 in it (yes, that's Mr. Prost behind the wheel).

Yeah, so? The transits got a roof rack.

Ner.

 

[FMJ]

Yeah, so? The transits got a roof rack.

But no 20,000 RPM redline.

 

[Neil]

They ran that up the hill at Goodwood last year.

They did it in the mid 90s with a Transit shell and an F1 engine - I think around 94, because I think it had some Benetton colouring on it.

I think you're referring to the Renault Espace F1? Has a 750hp Williams-Renault V10 in it (yes, that's Mr. Prost behind the wheel).

No, I'm definitely thinking of a Transit.

Might have seen it a few years later on Top Gear.

Definitely had some blue on it, like the colours Benetton ran in 94, when they were running with Ford engines - which is, I think, the era it came from.

edit: think it might have been called the Ford Supervan 3 / MK III.

 

[alistair]

They did it in the mid 90s with a Transit shell and an F1 engine - I think around 94, because I think it had some Benetton colouring on it.

Are you thinking of super van 3?http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/pic/2037/Ford-Supervan-3_1.html

 

[JohnH]

It really was an old Jaguar test car for the 220

I knew something was going on with the van that Hammond climbed into when I saw all of the gauges along the dashboard...

think it might have been called the Ford Supervan 3 / MK III

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=ford+s ... 7&bih=1083

 

[Neil]

They did it in the mid 90s with a Transit shell and an F1 engine - I think around 94, because I think it had some Benetton colouring on it.

Are you thinking of super van 3?http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/pic/2037/Ford-Supervan-3_1.html

That's the one - originally with a 94 F1 Ford engine and Benetton running gear.

From what I've just read via google, the F1 engine and running gear were retired, and it now runs under different steam, so to speak.