Jaguar BROADSPEED XJC V12 Racing Coupe / Jaguar V12
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With the re-organisation of British Leyland in 1973, all motor sport activities were centralised. British Leyland increasingly turned to contractors to prepare cars and manage of racing teams. Ralph Broad of Broadspeed had enjoyed a successful run. He had ideas of his own about the possibility of developing the Jaguar V12 engine for a proper racing car and was therefore chosen to spearhead an attempt to bring a Jaguar back into racing, running the XJ12 coupe, XJC for short, in the European Touring Car Championship.
Development began in 1975 and the car was unveiled in March 1976. To stay within the regulations, the cars were substantially modified by Broad and even fitted with a manual gearbox! The cars' debut was the Tourist Trophy race at Silverstone in 1976. Derek Bell led the race for a while, until a driveshaft failed.
The was to be the recurring theme throughout the car's brief career. Always spectacular, often fast but without the reliability, or luck, needed to stay the course or achieve a high finish. The best result was to be a second place for Bell and Andy Rouse at the Nurburgring in 1977. Alas, it was not enough for British Leyland to agree to continue with the project for another season, although Ralph Broad personally never changed his opinion that with further development, the car would have been a winner.
Engine: V12 cyl, 5343cc
Top Speed: 170mph (274km/h)
Power: 560bhp
Coachwork: two-door coupe
Price New: not quoted
Registration Mark: none ( Race car )
Пікірлер: 17
what brutal sound, brilliant...of course the speaker of my phone should be renewed also 😂
@Schlipperschlopper
3 ай бұрын
You just cant use any V12 Jaguar because these engines are made fom material made in India and drop valve seats any 20.000 KM!!!!
Absolutely awesome
Saw these racing at Zandfort purely by luck as we were on the way home from a camping holiday in Spain I think.. Absolutely gorgeous car and ofcourse the sound track. Also to be noted were the Cologne Capris and the Stutgart CSi Batmobile BMs.. One of those hugely remembered diversions. Love it. Best looking Jag ever?
Classic! One of my favorite cars of all time. Would love to find an XJC to build.
B52's, Stranglers, now this! i must subscribe. I saw this race at Silverstone. I had three v12's, had aspirations of copying this.
Funny you should mention the 6r4, my mate has one, we were checking it over yesterday. I wish he had one of these, I remember when I was an apprentice my dream was to buy a Jag and turn it in to a broadspeed replica. I bought a donor car, which turned out to be rather more tired and unreliable than I would have hoped. Needless to say, the project went no further and I have spent the last 40 odd years wishing things had been different. Lovely motor, would love to see / hear it in the flesh.
Lovely car. It would have been amazing if it actually finished a race.
I used to have one of these.
@idpfilm
4 ай бұрын
Awesome - what a car - 5 STARS
@colrhodes377
4 ай бұрын
@idpfilm I now have a recent XJ X351. Not nearly as exciting to drive.
@Schlipperschlopper
3 ай бұрын
they drop valve seats and suck because quality was crap
@simonhanlon7518
2 ай бұрын
Nonsense, only if you overheat them. @@Schlipperschlopper
Would make a nice street car.
Is this the car that i beat at the Knockhill British Sprint Championship 1999 approx? 180 hp mk1 Fiesta.... Driver of the day
@gj91471
Ай бұрын
Ex Broadspeed Engine Guy.... Fast Eddie Griffiths designed my New 200 hp X-flow engine