TWR has revealed its debut car, with the British company giving an early peek at a limited-production performance monster that looks very special indeed.
Called the Supercat, it is a six-speed manual, supercharged V12-powered Super-GT boasting more than 447kW (600 bhp) and built from the Jaguar XJS platform.
Engineered by a team led by Fergus Walkinshaw, son of the original TWR founder, Tom Walkinshaw, the Supercat looks fabulous, boasting the Jag XJS profile, silhouette and flying buttresses, and looking every bit the successor to the TWR Jags that graced motor racing tracks in the 1980s, including Bathurst.
While the Supercat retains the unmistakable look of the XJS, TWR says that every exterior panel has been re-sculpted in carbon fibre, delivering significant weight saving, drag improvements and rigidity benefits over traditional panel materials.
The company adds that there has been an exhaustive testing, development and tuning program that will deliver ‘for those who desire a truly connected and analogue driving experience.’
With the Supercat not getting its full launch until the middle of the year, there’s lots more detail to come, including on the interior which, TWR says, has been ‘fundamentally re-imagined.’
The Supercat will be strictly limited to 88 individual builds – a number chosen to celebrate the 1988 Le Mans win in the TWR Jaguar XJR-9 – and customers will have full scope for personalisation.
The company says this means pricing will vary depending on specifications chosen, but will start at an indicative price of £225,000 (excluding local taxes).
That’s about $AU427,000.
Deliveries are set to begin this year.
Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (May 2024)
5 June 2024