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Jaguar XJR-6

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The Jaguar XJR-6 was a Group C sports prototype race car designed, developed and built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing to compete from 1985 in the World Sportscar Championship. TWR was recruited by Jaguar after its success with the XJS in the European Touring Car Championship. Designer Tony Southgate drew on his Ford C100 work for a carbon-fibre monocoque with ground-effect venturi tunnels, and the Jaguar V12 was enlarged to 6.2 litres with fuel injection to give 660 bhp. It made its debut late in 1985 at the 1000 Kilometres of Mosport, finishing third, and in 1986 under Silk Cut sponsorship it won at Silverstone. Six were built, and Jaguar replaced them with the XJR-8 after the 1986 season.

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Year
1985 1
Engine Class
Piston 1
Status
Out of production 1
Units Built
6 1
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Body Style
Racing car 1
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Tom Walkinshaw Racing

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designed, developed and built by TWR

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United Kingdom

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is a British sports car and luxury vehicle brand owned by Tata Motors
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1. Jaguar XJR-6 (Wikipedia)
  • Race history
    The XJR-6 made its debut late in the 1985 season at the 1000 Kilometres of Mosport in Canada.
  • Lead
    A total of six Jaguar XJR-6s were built and they contested in the World Sportscar Championship until 1986, before Jaguar replaced them with the Jaguar XJR-8.
  • Lead, body style
    The Jaguar XJR-6 is a Group C sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by TWR, with the aim of competing, from 1985, in the World Sportscar Championship.
  • Development history
    Power came from the Jaguar V12 engine, enlarged to 6.2 litres and fitted with a TWR/Zytec fuel-injection system which developed 660 bhp.
  • Lead, units built
    A total of six Jaguar XJR-6s were built
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is a British sports car and luxury vehicle brand owned by Tata Motors
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