If you’re the happy owner of a traditional Jaguar XJ220 supercar then there’s some excellent news. Your automobile is about to increase in value and you will be able to drive it more often.
The fastest Jaguar ever developed failed to make the preferred impact when it first went on sale in 1992, however 24 years on, it is ending up being a serious collectable, even in the US, where it has actually been legal to import from 2014.
However, it has one huge problem. There are no remaining tires for it. One burnout a lot of or one leak and it’s all over.
Now Bridgestone, the business that made the initial run of bespoke rubber for the vehicle announced that it’s put a group together to make brand-new rubber that can meet the car’s ferocious needs.
“It’s crucial to keep such iconic vehicles running today,” stated Christophe de Valroger, Vice President Consumer OE at Bridgestone’s Europe. “Technology has moved on significantly in the last 25 years and our company believe we will be able to produce a tire that will keep the smile on the face of the lover motorists of the XJ220.”
The project group, that includes the automobile’s first chief development engineer and test driver, is proceeding promptly and Bridgestone is aiming to have new tires all set in early 2017 in time for the XJ220’s 25th birthday.
