@@darrellshaw9696 I know ;-0) but those of us who knew already - very famous fact about a legendary car - saved 16mins ;-0) Blooming Jaguar! If they'd stuck to the 12cyl, maybe we'd be on the 3rd/4th generation by now.
I like 1st gen Acura NSX more. The XJ220 was on display in Prague for a while,And it's Price was ... for the lack of a more adequate term ... insane 24 million CZK at the time, translating to 500 000 £ in the 90ies due to the exchange rate. Which Is, again, totally insane. And yes, IT was already confirmed IT would never get thé V12 And would be stuck with V6 instead. Ridiculous.
I saw it there too! I was most impressed by how it had a perfectly normal looking interior wrapped in the most amazing body shell. Still too big to be a proper supercar though, over 2 feet longer than the McLaren F1.
This seems like a sophisticated AI voice narrating text. "XJ two-hundred-twenty", every time. Yet "blah blah em em shorter", every time. What person would talk like that, even if they're british?
Jaguar's engineers chose the fastest option, which was the V6. Lighter, compact, just as powerful. They only forgot that the customers are more interested in bragging rights and acoustic sensations than actual speed. Your comment has it the wrong way around.
The problem was there were a lot of people thinking they could flip the car at the time it was first shown - but by the time the car came out the economy had gone into recession - the fact that the specs of the car changed just gave them an excuse to get out of purchasing it.
I drove it at the Melbourne Motor Show because I was asked to move it so I took it for a drive it was the fastest car I had ever driven and I was super impressed because it was so fast and it looked so good it outshone every other car in the show and made
All good, but if you're going to use AI to do the reading, make sure you review before posting. This car was not known as the "two hundred and twenty." It was known as the XJ 2-20. I can't believe how irritating it is to hear two hundred and twenty repeatedly. Sorry, this one is not going to get a like from me simply because you couldn't be bothered to check your material.
Jeez, i get it, but was the information other than that accurate? Yes, so it's not a complete fail. This isn't easy. And going back to change, it could be hard depending on the program. I'm sure next time he will be more careful.
A friend once owned an XJS V12 and when we had to drive back to the city, I told him that I was going to take his car and he could drive mine. I left a few minutes after him and caught up with him and got a shock when I looked at the speedo ... it accelerated like shit out of a shanghai. The XJS and E-type were two of my favourite cars in the Jag range.
It would have been a hit had they stuck with the original concept of natural breathing 6 liter V12 and AWD! Instead they went with a non-jaguar turbo V6 from a Rally car!
Should’ve had a V12, should’ve been AWD, and should’ve had active aero. I can’t believe the decision makers don’t get that. It’s like Honda with the NSX. If you’re going to take on Ferrari, you better bring a V8!
Keep Making more videos pal; and for the ai voiceover, i thought it was a real voice at first! Point is, if you cannot afford a real person to do the dubs, Just continue with this for the moment. I support you
Interesting fact regarding "Alcans bonded aluminum". Alcan was a Canadian mining company and aluminum manufacturer founded in 1902. Alcan use to manufacture aluminum hulls for boats using their bonded aluminum process in the late 60's up to the early 70's.
@@huzcer Saying "The Porsche Nine Hundred and Fifty Nine" suggests the narrator may have only recently become acquainted with the car. It's a shame, because the production value of the video, and the level of research that went into the scripting, is better than 90% of TH-cam car videos.
For my money, one of - if not the - most beautiful supercar ever. I remember seeing one in Stratstone's of Mayfair on a rotating table and I'd just go in and stare at it. 30yrs + on and I'd say it's aged remarkably well...
Spot on. Now THAT was a timeless design, and much better "proportions", although I never was a fan of the driver's seat in the middle. It also should have been 10% or so bigger. But the styling is marvellous
So the bait was an AWD 12 cylinder supercar with scissor doors, and the switch was a RWD 6 cylinder car with regular doors - and Jaguar wonders why they didn't sell? The key to success is to promise a lot and deliver little - right? RIGHT?
Such a beautiful and iconic car! If only Jaguar would keep an V12 or at least V8 with AWD - that would be an epic car... It is amazing to see that sometimes car companys ignore the engine size, its sound and awd options.
I really enjoyed your video mate, I bet you could make a great video on the F40 V F50. Looking forward to watching it in the future if you do it, all the best mate.
I remember the debut of the car very well. All was good until they swapped out the V12 and went with the turbo V6. It was a huge letdown. Everybody wanted a Silk Cut Jaguar which of course had the V12.
JLR is switching to EV completely. I doubt, aside from specialist racing vehicles, that we will ever see their new internal combustion engines. Depending on how the transition to EV goes, who knows what the Jaguar will become or will it survive this transition in decades to come. I choose to remain hopeful :)
@@lukabilic6081 you never know :) I think they'll come to the same conclusion as the other companies, that EVs just don't sell and have many issues, despite legislators thinking it's best. If anything, I could see hydogen and hydrogen/ICE hybrids happening.
I just looked up the '92 model, in excellent condition it is valued at 689,000 (Hagerty Jan-Jun 2023 price guide). I remember the magazine articles at the time, how they showed all the innovations in the design, one of was all wheel drive, which I see from this, never made it into production. I enjoyed this video and glad it wasn't narrated by AI or if it was, it was a good version. AI probably would have pronounced it XJ two,two, zero and I didn't hear any of the typical AI mispronunciations. I'm going to go check out the Leno assessment of the car.
Soon Jaguar will be History. Tata own the brand and have stated no more petrol engines after 2030 and only electric self igniting firebombs to be produced in Poland.
I've been thinking that they should use the bodystyle with a few updates to things like the squared tail-lights, updated engine technological advancements such as superchargers, etc., update interior functionality for comfort and immersion in a sort of symbiotic feeling like being "one" with the car...if they keep the bodystyle with a few tweaks in more modern design to rear lights and more refined interior design and use updated tech methods for the engine and keep it mid-engine it would probably do really well provided the economy recovers and they offer it in a vast array of colors as well as developing additional body modifications for functionality variables...more reliablity for higher pricepoints are generally required if a company hopes to make a generous profit from such a product. Superchargers, twin turbos cumulative spool boosting (one lower end start the other at mid rpm to high) for example...V-8, V-6, V-10, V or W12 and the same for 16s with quad turbo options, and possible additional electric motors on front end for build up acceleration improvement in 0-60mph.
With all due respect to all supercars.... Porsche 959 may even look ugly to some people... but it is undoubtedly the most influential supercar ever to come out of an assembly line.
I sat in one once on a tour of the Jaguar factory. I'm 6' 2" tall and the roof is so low I could not sit upright in the car and had to lean my head/neck at 45 degrees just to get into the drivers seat. It would be impossible for anyone of my height to drive this car. You would need to be approx 5' 6" or less to fit into the drivers seat on this car without your head touching the roof.
It didn't sell because in those days a V6 with turbo was not acceptable as an engine for flagship top of the line car. It felt as a let down, even if it had enough Power and top speed.
The xj220 disappointment has stayed in the memory of jaguar so long it caused Jaguar to shelve the spectacular cx75 concept. A car that would have been a boon to jaguar and boosting the brands prestige. Jaguar is a shell of itself today. So sad
People have forgotten just how savage the recession was in the early 90's. Massive defaulting on mortgages with corresponding reposessions by the banks, business closing down and high interest rates. People think the current 5.25% is high 😂😂 back then I was paying 13% on my mortgage.
..I only ever saw 2 of these on the road here in SoCal. Both silver, so it could have been the same car twice. But, Once I was behind one of them and looking up the rear of the car, what struck me was that the car was almost empty from the rear wheels back. I must say that it sounded wonderful and looked great too........
@@user-md6eq1fc4g I can take a minute of it on a good day. Between garbage AI videos and people who think a machine sounds better than they do, it's not looking promising. 😩
The 1990s were a rough period economically and genuine customers for such cars were very rare (more speculators than real purchasers). Even the McLaren F1 failed to meet its sales targets. With respect to the XJ220, there were a huge number of problems. The major initial problem was clearly the V12. It has always been a low efficiency boat anchor. At its best, the V12 engine was producing under 60 bhp per litre in road format (less than a MGB engine which was designed in the 1950s). What were they even thinking announcing this car with this engine ? It was at this point that the XJ220 should have stopped.
It was launched at an unfortunate time, and people failed to pay up on their pre-orders. But also, its too big for most roads in the UK lol. Most beautiful car ever made though
@@AutoSapienYT Sorry to complain about the AI narration, it was just bugging me. Your video is great though - very informative, and well put together. Well done. I just subscribed 🙂👍
I was in contact with Jim Randle during 2006 and 2007 and he confirmed and added more detail to what I thought went wrong - Jaguar showed a V12-powered supercar and then delivered a V6 AND, beside that, they brought out the Jaguar XJR-15 at almost the same time as the XJ220 which just confused consumers. Jim added that Tom Walkinshaw basically tricked Jaguar engineers into abandoning the V12 in favour of a V6 because he was secretly developing his own car at the time with the V12 in it - yes - the XJR-15 was Tom Walkinshaw's baby and he essentially sabotaged the XJ220 project for selfish reasons. How would you feel if you were promised a world-beating V12 Ferrari and, after leaving a chunky deposit and waiting for it to be developed, you found out the 12 had been scrapped in favour of a V6? And that is precisely how Jaguar customers felt - CHEATED. Supercars of this calibre need at least 12 cylinders.
Hers the thing, awd jag was not experienced with, so better they did simpler rwd. Motor the v12s probably were great sounding but heavy and slower than a berserker rally var turbo v6... So probably this is a better car than the original concept would of been.. But ppl wanted bigger more complex for a supercar.... But I'm gonna say this was better than the one they were designing
Promised an all wheel drive V12, deliverd a 2WD V6. Still very good but not exactly what it said on the tin and then there was the XJR15 a 2WD V12 which muddied the water for a slightly cheaper price.
The disappointment and disgust I felt when they announced the V6 instead of the V12, was similar to the ruining of Game of Thrones with the appaling final series. Both had the potential to be amazing, but were self sabotaged at the final hurdle.
the repeated use of same old same old video footage, that is fairly irrelevant to anything being said makes this a good candidate for a RADIO programme................. actually not EVEN radio
Ugh, I hate these AI voices people from foreign countries use. Just use your natural voice even if you have an accent. You obviously know English so that’s not a problem.
No one called it the "Two Hundred and Twenty". It was the Two Twenty. Such a fundamental error in your intro. This video is over-dramatised attention seeking crap.
Compared to eb12 i rather buy jaguar xj220 bcoz it was the rival of best car of all time McLaren f1 and it's still look elegant now days eb12 look so ugly af
Most of the footage of mechanical parts in this video are not the car being discussed, and there is no mention of this anywhere. This is a misleading video.
Those were the days that wedge designs were out, and everything had to be round. I can't judge the technical performances nor the comfort of the interior (but who makes such silly mistakes as doors that don't open sufficiently ?), however, I can't say I'm in love with the design of the car. It's "not bad", but it leaves me lukewarm at best, depending on which colour the car got (I wasn't a fan of the Bugatti either). The Jag simply looked too long for a production model, it probably rarely fitted a parking lot. The design simply lacks that "timeless" quality of the best designed cars. It looks "terribly" 1990's, while for example the somewhat forgotten "baby Countach", the Bravo still looks modern 50 years after its introduction. A combination of straight lines and curves, some pinch lines here and there without overdoing it work better than this "everything round" approach. I'd give the design not more than a 7/10, the Bravo 8,5 to 9, just like the McLaren F1
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less background sounds maybe?
@@BasVossen hmmm
less AI BS voiceover 'style'
People Didn’t buy it , because Originally it was shown with a V12 engine, NOT a V6
Correct
That’s 1 of the points of the vid, but thanks for the info in case I missed it. 🙃
Bingo.
Imagine turning down a 10/10 supermodel because you were told she had ten toes but is actually missing a few.
@@darrellshaw9696 I know ;-0) but those of us who knew already - very famous fact about a legendary car - saved 16mins ;-0) Blooming Jaguar! If they'd stuck to the 12cyl, maybe we'd be on the 3rd/4th generation by now.
I went to see the XJ 2200 at the NEC in Birmingham UK. It was & still is in my opinion the most beautiful cars ever.
I agree, She looks SeggsyTbh
I too was there. The XJ220 still looks amazing today.
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I like 1st gen Acura NSX more. The XJ220 was on display in Prague for a while,And it's Price was ... for the lack of a more adequate term ... insane 24 million CZK at the time, translating to 500 000 £ in the 90ies due to the exchange rate. Which Is, again, totally insane. And yes, IT was already confirmed IT would never get thé V12 And would be stuck with V6 instead.
Ridiculous.
I saw it there too! I was most impressed by how it had a perfectly normal looking interior wrapped in the most amazing body shell. Still too big to be a proper supercar though, over 2 feet longer than the McLaren F1.
This seems like a sophisticated AI voice narrating text. "XJ two-hundred-twenty", every time. Yet "blah blah em em shorter", every time. What person would talk like that, even if they're british?
And HP pronounced gee pee
every-time i hear AI voice i block the channel
And a shit load of unrelated footage, wtf has Elon Musk got to Jag in the 1980's 🤯
really sorry about it
the entire video and narration was probably AI generated
I would buy it now. It's still one of the most beautiful cars ever produced.
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I guess it’s simple ? You may win a race using a V-6 but you’re drinking the Champagne in car using a V-12.
true lol
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Jaguar's engineers chose the fastest option, which was the V6. Lighter, compact, just as powerful. They only forgot that the customers are more interested in bragging rights and acoustic sensations than actual speed. Your comment has it the wrong way around.
Half the cylinders.
Half the drive wheels.
Half the wheels that steer.
Id be half pissed.
true
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The problem was there were a lot of people thinking they could flip the car at the time it was first shown - but by the time the car came out the economy had gone into recession - the fact that the specs of the car changed just gave them an excuse to get out of purchasing it.
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I drove it at the Melbourne Motor Show because I was asked to move it so I took it for a drive it was the fastest car I had ever driven and I was super impressed because it was so fast and it looked so good it outshone every other car in the show and made
She was faster 🔥
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All good, but if you're going to use AI to do the reading, make sure you review before posting. This car was not known as the "two hundred and twenty." It was known as the XJ 2-20. I can't believe how irritating it is to hear two hundred and twenty repeatedly.
Sorry, this one is not going to get a like from me simply because you couldn't be bothered to check your material.
Came here to say the same!
i am sorrry!!!
Jeez, i get it, but was the information other than that accurate? Yes, so it's not a complete fail. This isn't easy. And going back to change, it could be hard depending on the program. I'm sure next time he will be more careful.
@@therealsyxx ok suggest me a good title for the video
Also porsche ninehuandred-fifty-six
I would say it’s a very beautiful car and still looks very beautiful today.
I agree
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A friend once owned an XJS V12 and when we had to drive back to the city, I told him that I was going to take his car and he could drive mine. I left a few minutes after him and caught up with him and got a shock when I looked at the speedo ... it accelerated like shit out of a shanghai. The XJS and E-type were two of my favourite cars in the Jag range.
It would have been a hit had they stuck with the original concept of natural breathing 6 liter V12 and AWD! Instead they went with a non-jaguar turbo V6 from a Rally car!
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Should’ve had a V12, should’ve been AWD, and should’ve had active aero.
I can’t believe the decision makers don’t get that.
It’s like Honda with the NSX.
If you’re going to take on Ferrari, you better bring a V8!
It's British and it's a Jaguar: already has 2 strikes against it.
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Keep Making more videos pal; and for the ai voiceover, i thought it was a real voice at first! Point is, if you cannot afford a real person to do the dubs, Just continue with this for the moment. I support you
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Ha ha, not likely Elon Fan Boi, this random assembly of clips to an AI voice shite is exactly what we don't need more of.
*Auto SAPIEN should refer to the car the way the REST of us HUMANS do... as the X JAY TWO TWENTY.*
@@AutoSapienYTnarrate the videos yourself. I’ve watched some of your content but the poorly pronounced commentary has stopped me watching anymore.
Interesting fact regarding "Alcans bonded aluminum". Alcan was a Canadian mining company and aluminum manufacturer founded in 1902. Alcan use to manufacture aluminum hulls for boats using their bonded aluminum process in the late 60's up to the early 70's.
Hmmm interesting 😲🤔
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*10:55** The video would be 5 minutes shorter, if "he" didn't keep saying TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY.*
lol.
🤣
em-em
Another AI narrated video with those weird little AI mistakes.
Wth dude 😭 I am real
"Em em," is not how you pronounce "millimeter," in a presentation.
People need to ditch this new trend of robotic sounding AI narrators...
@@AutoSapienYT saying "GP" instead of "HP" (which was printed on screen actually) several times sounded very amateurish to be honest.
@@huzcer Saying "The Porsche Nine Hundred and Fifty Nine" suggests the narrator may have only recently become acquainted with the car. It's a shame, because the production value of the video, and the level of research that went into the scripting, is better than 90% of TH-cam car videos.
@@StuartGarlick Or the English language. Like an AI.
I would have buyed it if I had money as I simply love the xj220 in terms of design and practicality
I always like the XJ220, now I like the cx75
Wow nice!
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For my money, one of - if not the - most beautiful supercar ever. I remember seeing one in Stratstone's of Mayfair on a rotating table and I'd just go in and stare at it. 30yrs + on and I'd say it's aged remarkably well...
Yeah true, everyone likes the looks of the car 🔥
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The arrival of the Mclaren F1 made the XJ220 out of date.
True
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Spot on. Now THAT was a timeless design, and much better "proportions", although I never was a fan of the driver's seat in the middle. It also should have been 10% or so bigger. But the styling is marvellous
Very nice video.Informative well directed .Hope to see new content soon.
sure, its on the way :)
So the bait was an AWD 12 cylinder supercar with scissor doors, and the switch was a RWD 6 cylinder car with regular doors - and Jaguar wonders why they didn't sell? The key to success is to promise a lot and deliver little - right? RIGHT?
yes
I have always loved the XJ220 ever since it was in Need for Speed 2.
Wow gamer dude 😎
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Such a beautiful and iconic car! If only Jaguar would keep an V12 or at least V8 with AWD - that would be an epic car... It is amazing to see that sometimes car companys ignore the engine size, its sound and awd options.
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A scary car. Because it had Jag quality.
Lol
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The car's design is timeless, it still looks fantastic today. Jag might not have reliability down at the time, but they sure know how to design cars.
true,
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Seeing one in real life they are absolutely stunning. A true British masterpiece
Yeah she looks good 🔥
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I really enjoyed your video mate, I bet you could make a great video on the F40 V F50. Looking forward to watching it in the future if you do it, all the best mate.
Thanks For watching the end 🙏,
Will surely think the topic you shared
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I remember the debut of the car very well. All was good until they swapped out the V12 and went with the turbo V6. It was a huge letdown. Everybody wanted a Silk Cut Jaguar which of course had the V12.
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Elon Musk has no place in this video.
Amen...
I thought that was odd too.
Who's reading this? Find someone who knows cars to read copy about cars.
With the re-commitment to IC engines by European car companies, I hope that Jaguar makes a V12 supercar someday
Maybe
JLR is switching to EV completely. I doubt, aside from specialist racing vehicles, that we will ever see their new internal combustion engines. Depending on how the transition to EV goes, who knows what the Jaguar will become or will it survive this transition in decades to come. I choose to remain hopeful :)
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@@lukabilic6081 you never know :) I think they'll come to the same conclusion as the other companies, that EVs just don't sell and have many issues, despite legislators thinking it's best. If anything, I could see hydogen and hydrogen/ICE hybrids happening.
I just looked up the '92 model, in excellent condition it is valued at 689,000 (Hagerty Jan-Jun 2023 price guide). I remember the magazine articles at the time, how they showed all the innovations in the design, one of was all wheel drive, which I see from this, never made it into production. I enjoyed this video and glad it wasn't narrated by AI or if it was, it was a good version. AI probably would have pronounced it XJ two,two, zero and I didn't hear any of the typical AI mispronunciations. I'm going to go check out the Leno assessment of the car.
sorry for the mispronunciations,
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That car was awesome. That year it came out ESPN had ex NASCAR racers and even Paul Newman raced em in summer that year.
Soon Jaguar will be History. Tata own the brand and have stated no more petrol engines after 2030 and only electric self igniting firebombs to be produced in Poland.
I've been thinking that they should use the bodystyle with a few updates to things like the squared tail-lights, updated engine technological
advancements such as superchargers, etc., update interior functionality for comfort and immersion in a sort of symbiotic feeling like being "one" with the car...if they keep the bodystyle with a few tweaks in more modern design to rear lights and more refined interior design and use updated tech methods for the engine and keep it mid-engine it would probably do really well provided the economy recovers and they offer it in a vast array of colors as well as developing additional body modifications for functionality variables...more reliablity for higher pricepoints are generally required if a company hopes to make a generous profit from such a product. Superchargers, twin turbos cumulative spool boosting (one lower end start the other at mid rpm to high) for example...V-8, V-6, V-10, V or W12 and the same for 16s with quad turbo options, and possible additional electric motors on front end for build up acceleration improvement in 0-60mph.
Sadly our any feedback can't do anything now
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With all due respect to all supercars.... Porsche 959 may even look ugly to some people... but it is undoubtedly the most influential supercar ever to come out of an assembly line.
I sat in one once on a tour of the Jaguar factory. I'm 6' 2" tall and the roof is so low I could not sit upright in the car and had to lean my head/neck at 45 degrees just to get into the drivers seat. It would be impossible for anyone of my height to drive this car. You would need to be approx 5' 6" or less to fit into the drivers seat on this car without your head touching the roof.
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It didn't sell because in those days a V6 with turbo was not acceptable as an engine for flagship top of the line car. It felt as a let down, even if it had enough Power and top speed.
The xj220 disappointment has stayed in the memory of jaguar so long it caused Jaguar to shelve the spectacular cx75 concept. A car that would have been a boon to jaguar and boosting the brands prestige. Jaguar is a shell of itself today. So sad
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The promising a V12,and then delivering a a V6 was what killed this car,even tho the V6 idea was well ahead of its time and had plenty of power.
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7:22: customers were certainly NOT ''expecting a banger''. in those days 'banger' meant a pile of junk. FOOL
220 not 2 hundred 20. That was cringe
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I ordered this car but did NOT receive it, probably because my blank check bounced at 220 mph!!!
bruhh
What is the name of the car? Is that the XJ220? or is it an XJ220. I think it is an XJ220... Maybe an XJ220...
NO ALL WRONG, ITS A JAGUAR 🐆
two hundred twenty.................... SAKES it was NEVER, REPEAT NEVER called that. FOOLS
😭😭😭
What's wrong with the narrator. He speaks English, with an English accent. However, he speaks with an American dialect. How strange and confusing.
its an ai narrator , ai has issues with numbers
Removing the emissions made it faster he says 🤸🤸🤸🤸🤸 well no shaaaaaaatttt
How can a V12 to a V6 be considered anything but a serious let down?
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People have forgotten just how savage the recession was in the early 90's. Massive defaulting on mortgages with corresponding reposessions by the banks, business closing down and high interest rates. People think the current 5.25% is high 😂😂 back then I was paying 13% on my mortgage.
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*13:40** Auto SAPIEN should refer to the car the way the REST of us HUMANS do... as the X JAY TWO TWENTY.*
Shame the XJ220 ended up in the shadows of the McLaren F1. The XJ220 should have gotten a V12.
True
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Pity about the commentary. Reading gp instead of hp. Really strange
It's Ai brother, from the next it will be a real human voice
@@AutoSapienYTI could do that.
That is a most beautiful car, by the first supercar makers,and of series one xj six.
she's so fucking beautifull
..I only ever saw 2 of these on the road here in SoCal. Both silver, so it could have been the same car twice. But, Once I was behind one of them and looking up the rear of the car, what struck me was that the car was almost empty from the rear wheels back. I must say that it sounded wonderful and looked great too........
True, she looked gorgeous
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One of the best looking supercars exept for the wheels.
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I just can't stand robo voices. Call it a prejudice if you like.
there will be a real human voice in the next video
I had to turn it off 🤷🏻♂️
@@user-md6eq1fc4g I can take a minute of it on a good day. Between garbage AI videos and people who think a machine sounds better than they do, it's not looking promising. 😩
So what stops them bringing it again in market if it was so good.
The car had many problems, watch the video till the end you'll find out,
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It was gorgeous!
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The 1990s were a rough period economically and genuine customers for such cars were very rare (more speculators than real purchasers).
Even the McLaren F1 failed to meet its sales targets.
With respect to the XJ220, there were a huge number of problems.
The major initial problem was clearly the V12. It has always been a low efficiency boat anchor. At its best, the V12 engine was producing under 60 bhp per litre in road format (less than a MGB engine which was designed in the 1950s). What were they even thinking announcing this car with this engine ?
It was at this point that the XJ220 should have stopped.
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Gran video sigue así ❤
It was launched at an unfortunate time, and people failed to pay up on their pre-orders. But also, its too big for most roads in the UK lol. Most beautiful car ever made though
she's fat lol!
And BMW x5s and Ford f150s are so slimline.
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Poxy AI narration - It wasn't called the "XJTwoHundredTwenty" 🙄
I will hire a voice actor soon😭😭😭
@@AutoSapienYT Sorry to complain about the AI narration, it was just bugging me. Your video is great though - very informative, and well put together. Well done. I just subscribed 🙂👍
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And then they made a supercar everybody wanted, it was even featured in a Bond film, but it never went into production... Jaguar C-X75 😤😤😤
I was in contact with Jim Randle during 2006 and 2007 and he confirmed and added more detail to what I thought went wrong - Jaguar showed a V12-powered supercar and then delivered a V6 AND, beside that, they brought out the Jaguar XJR-15 at almost the same time as the XJ220 which just confused consumers.
Jim added that Tom Walkinshaw basically tricked Jaguar engineers into abandoning the V12 in favour of a V6 because he was secretly developing his own car at the time with the V12 in it - yes - the XJR-15 was Tom Walkinshaw's baby and he essentially sabotaged the XJ220 project for selfish reasons.
How would you feel if you were promised a world-beating V12 Ferrari and, after leaving a chunky deposit and waiting for it to be developed, you found out the 12 had been scrapped in favour of a V6? And that is precisely how Jaguar customers felt - CHEATED.
Supercars of this calibre need at least 12 cylinders.
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So unfair this channel got no subscribers. Come on guys,
Bro you're gem
Hers the thing, awd jag was not experienced with, so better they did simpler rwd. Motor the v12s probably were great sounding but heavy and slower than a berserker rally var turbo v6...
So probably this is a better car than the original concept would of been.. But ppl wanted bigger more complex for a supercar....
But I'm gonna say this was better than the one they were designing
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Why do these videos always show tons of cars having absolutely nothing to do with the video?
Promised an all wheel drive V12, deliverd a 2WD V6. Still very good but not exactly what it said on the tin and then there was the XJR15 a 2WD V12 which muddied the water for a slightly cheaper price.
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It must be about time for a Jaguar XJ320. Bugatti have had it their way for long enough.
...just give it to me - I like it.
sounded like a robot voice 🤖
sorry for the mispronunciations,
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Sometimes threre´s a engine sound in the background (sounds like an accelerating car) - What is that?!?!?!
The disappointment and disgust I felt when they announced the V6 instead of the V12, was similar to the ruining of Game of Thrones with the appaling final series. Both had the potential to be amazing, but were self sabotaged at the final hurdle.
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Nobody ever calls it the "two hundred twenty" and repeating it wrongly through the video detracts from the story
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Great content. AI voice messes up the F40 amd Porsche HP figures, calling them "GP"
Yeah my mistake
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Porsche Is actually pronounced without the 'e' at the end. It should be read 'Porsch'.
As soon as I heard Two Hundred Twenty I was out.
bro pls don't😭
Absolutely AWESOME CAR ❤😮 and fast as a rocket 🚀 😮
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the repeated use of same old same old video footage, that is fairly irrelevant to anything being said makes this a good candidate for a RADIO programme................. actually not EVEN radio
The v12 engine often had soft camshafts as a common fault.
Really?
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Ugh, I hate these AI voices people from foreign countries use. Just use your natural voice even if you have an accent. You obviously know English so that’s not a problem.
3:06 WHYYYYYY? 😭😭😭
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No one called it the "Two Hundred and Twenty". It was the Two Twenty. Such a fundamental error in your intro. This video is over-dramatised attention seeking crap.
Compared to eb12 i rather buy jaguar xj220 bcoz it was the rival of best car of all time McLaren f1 and it's still look elegant now days eb12 look so ugly af
Is this video's voice-over AI or does the narrator juts not know how to say XJ220 or XK120 ?
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TWR were also a poor business partner because Tom Walkinshaw was never fully behind the XJ220 and favoured the TWR designed XJR15.
Hmmm interesting, i missed this fact
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AI NARRATOR RUINS THIS
ik, there won't be ai narrator from the next video
Most of the footage of mechanical parts in this video are not the car being discussed, and there is no mention of this anywhere. This is a misleading video.
no its not T_T,
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I know a v12 was promised but what they were able to squeeze out of the tt v6 at that time was fuckin legendary. I still would have accepted.
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14:15: pic clearly shows a car factory in the NINETEEN FIFTIES. i hereby challenge anyone to provide the relevance of fifties footage.
Those were the days that wedge designs were out, and everything had to be round.
I can't judge the technical performances nor the comfort of the interior (but who makes such silly mistakes as doors that don't open sufficiently ?), however, I can't say I'm in love with the design of the car. It's "not bad", but it leaves me lukewarm at best, depending on which colour the car got (I wasn't a fan of the Bugatti either). The Jag simply looked too long for a production model, it probably rarely fitted a parking lot. The design simply lacks that "timeless" quality of the best designed cars. It looks "terribly" 1990's, while for example the somewhat forgotten "baby Countach", the Bravo still looks modern 50 years after its introduction. A combination of straight lines and curves, some pinch lines here and there without overdoing it work better than this "everything round" approach. I'd give the design not more than a 7/10, the Bravo 8,5 to 9, just like the McLaren F1
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It was a Jaguar, say no more .
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I love jaguars BUT they still betray customers.
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Jaguar XJ200 is my dream car.
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when you build a supercar after so much garbage you get what people think is a garbage supercar no matter what.
Faxx
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