Jaguar XKR GT. RSR Racing. Paul Gentilozzi

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The super sexy new JaguarRSR racing car made its European debut a couple of weeks back at the 2010 Autosport International at the NEC in Birmingham, UK. Sadly we couldn’t be there as it clashed with the Dubai 24hrs…much to our frustration as we would have loved to have been there.

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The Michigan-based RSR team were approached by Jaguar to help create a race car to compete in GT2 racing in 2010. The Jaguar engineering and design teams, based in Coventry, have jointly developed the car from a standard road-going XKR with the RSR team and have turned it into a truly superb looking machine.

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The car will uses the standard Jaguar XKR lightweight aluminium monocoque together with additional steel reinforcements and safety structure developed in house by RSR. The 5.0-litre V-8 engine boasts 550 horsepower at 7000 rpm and a maximum speed of 180mph….Perfect!

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Jaguar XKR GT2 – technical highlights
CHASSIS Jaguar XKR bonded and riveted Aluminium monocoque, with RSR steel
reinforcements and safety structure.
ENGINE Jaguar AJ133 5.0 Litre V-8
TYRES Yokohama racing slicks
ENGINE MANAGEMENT Bosch
DATA ACQUISITION Motec
SPARK PLUGS Bosch
BRAKES Brembo 6 Piston Front Calipers on 380mm discs / 4 Piston Rear Calipers
on 350mm discs
SHOCK ABSORBERS Ohlins DR4
TRANSMISSION 6 speed Hewland CST Transverse Sequential Transaxle
WHEELS BBS 18” 3 piece
WEIGHT 1245 kg / 2744 lbs
LENGTH 4790 mm / 188.5 inches
WIDTH 1996 mm / 78.5 inches
HORSEPOWER Approximately 550
RPM 7000
MAX. SPEED 180 MPH

I for one can’t wait for the start of the 2010 ALMS season to see and hear this Jag taking on the might of Porsche, Ferrari and Corvette in the GT2 class.