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Old 01-23-2004, 03:21 PM   #16
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The real reason is because of the recession in the beginning of the years 1990. .
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Old 01-23-2004, 07:14 PM   #17
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if it had a v12 that performed, it woulda sold like hot cakes
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Old 01-24-2004, 01:22 AM   #18
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The Xj220 was set to have a V12, but TWR decided to go with a V6. 271 cars were built and they were so damn expensive they had trouble selling them, and some were sold at a discount. Another big reason they didnt sell so well is they were never sold in the US. That killed alot of sales. Another reason is the economy was going in to a slump.
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Old 01-24-2004, 04:26 AM   #19
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Thanks to all, now I know a lot of things about this car
Also if I never liked it so much
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Old 01-24-2004, 06:23 AM   #20
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They have ugly ugly stock wheels :-/.
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Old 01-24-2004, 03:46 PM   #21
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because it's jaguar
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Old 01-24-2004, 04:08 PM   #22
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In 1994 a McLaren senior said that if people continues to ask them for trading an XJ220 for an F1, they would have more XJ220 to sell than F1 ...
It should have had a V12 and it arrives in the wrong period, McLaren missed his target of 300 cars and Bugatti made a bankrupt...
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Old 01-24-2004, 04:11 PM   #23
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I think the big reason was because the supercar market which was booming, went down the drain, and like yg60m said, it was supposed to have a derivative of the Le Mans winning V-12, but instead it had a rally turbo V6 (even though the TTV6 was more powerful in road trim).
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Old 01-26-2004, 10:09 AM   #24
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A very nice comprehensive story from Charis Whitcombe can be read on
http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/maga...0.asp?id=11445
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