XJ220

The 213 mph Jaguar

The XJ220 held the production-car speed record with a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6, not the V12 depositors expected. Low production, its racing-derived powertrain and Keith Helfet's shape define the collector case.

Market value · road

$431K$579K

Typical $474K · 39 sales · +24% vs ’19–’20

$256K$1.2M
Open Market & Price

Market value · road

$431K$579K

Typical $474K · 39 sales · +24% vs ’19–’20

$256K$1.2M
’04’26
Market history · in the terminal
Open Market & Price
Top speed
343 km/h (213 mph · factory figure)
Power
550 PS (3.5L twin-turbo V6)
0 to 60
under 4.0 s (factory claim)
Transmission
5-speed (manual · rear-wheel drive)
Weight
1'470 kg (factory published)
Torque
644 Nm (475 lb ft)

Market & Price

The price and the proof

A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.

Records: 45 documented road sales on file · 2004–2026; estimate band $431K–$579K · good road cars. recorded sale prices · mixed hammer and premium-inclusive basis.

HCN:XJ220Live model
$473'65437.9% · 12M
$250K$500K$750K$1M$1.3M20182020202220242026CovidRate shockS&P 500
Model curve · anchored to 45 documented salesnot investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarks45 documented anchors · last sale this month

Compound annual growth

WindowThis car*S&P 500Gold
1Y+37.9%+18.8%+21.9%
5Y+0.9%+11.4%+17.6%
10Y+4.1%+13.3%+11.8%

*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends

Deepest drawdown · model window

This car*-71.1%Nov 2022Jul 2025 · not recovered
S&P 500-50.8%Oct 2007Mar 2009 · recovered Mar 2013
Gold-39.3%Sep 2011Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2020

Forecast ladder · model quantiles

HorizonP10P50P90
+6M$395K$480K$582K
+12M$372K$486K$634K
+24M$342K$498K$726K

Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice

Transaction ledger · documented sales

45 of 45 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record

Public results moved from $478'750 in 2019 to $582'500 in 2025, with a $687'000 concours-car outlier in 2022.

Price range · road · openConfidence · mediumSix documented RM Sotheby's sales from 2019 to 2025 anchor the band. Mileage, originality and recent specialist recommissioning explain much of the spread; private transactions are not observed.

Floor

$431K

Typical

$474K

Ceiling

$579K

Estimate band for good road cars. 39 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.

$251K$431K$474K$579K$1.2M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.

Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Good, documented road cars; excludes XJ220 S and XJ220 C competition derivatives.

The wider market · Jaguar at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors1,681 lots · 2003–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line

Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.

Displayed auction totals are recorded as prices including buyer's premium.

Overview

A Saturday project became a production record-holder

Chief engineer Jim Randle sketched the central tub in cardboard in December 1984. A small after-hours group, later called the Saturday Club, developed the idea with supplier help; Jaguar unveiled Keith Helfet's V12, four-wheel-drive concept at Birmingham on 18 October 1988.

Demand forced a feasibility study. Jaguar approved production in late 1989 and worked with Tom Walkinshaw Racing through JaguarSport. TWR's compact JRV-6 replaced the V12, drive went only to the rear wheels and the aluminium production body became shorter than the concept.

The first customer car was completed in June 1992 at £470'000. Production ended in 1994. Jaguar states 275 cars; its own heritage trust states 281, a useful warning against treating any XJ220 production total as undisputed.

Engine
3'498 cc V6
Built
275 · factory count
Designer
Keith Helfet
Drive
Rear-wheel drive
New price
£470'000
Assembly
Bloxham, Oxfordshire

Reference

Technical specifications

Powertrain

Engine
JRV-6 90° V63'498 cc, all-alloy, twin turbocharged
Lineage
TWR XJR-10 and XJR-11racing-derived; related to the Metro 6R4 unit
Power
550 PS542 bhp; factory rating
Torque
644 Nm475 lb ft; factory rating
Gearbox
5-speed manualAP Racing twin-plate clutch
Layout
Rear-mid enginerear-wheel drive

Structure and running gear

Structure
Bonded aluminium honeycombaluminium body panels
Suspension
Independent double wishbonesfront and rear, with coil springs
Brakes
AP Racing discsfour-piston callipers
Rear tyres
345/35 ZR18Bridgestone Expedia, factory-developed
Wheelbase
2'640 mm
Weight
1'470 kgJaguar's published figure

The records

0mph

Factory top-speed figure

fastest production car when launched

0

Built

Jaguar factory count; JDHT states 281

£0

Retail price

first customer car, June 1992

HICON BID

Buying interest, silently.

A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Jaguar XJ220 file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.

Sign in

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The vault

Open a file on yours.

You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.

The variants

One badge, 2 executions

The register separates the XJ220 into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.

Jaguar XJ220 XJ220 — reference silhouetteXJ22001
Reference in preparationXJ220 S02

2 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard

The cars

The XJ220 register

Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.

14 documented · public records

The hands

The people behind the car

The people whose work shaped the Jaguar XJ220.

No free period portrait on record

Jim Randle

Chief engineer and project originator

Conceived the XJ220 as a Group B-capable road and competition car and led the after-hours team behind the 1988 concept.

No free period portrait on record

Keith Helfet

Exterior designer

Jaguar's senior sports-car designer drew the aluminium body and carried its proportions from concept to production.

Tom Walkinshaw

Production and engineering partner

TWR worked with Jaguar through JaguarSport, supplied the racing-derived V6 programme and built the production car at Bloxham.

Andy Wallace

High-speed test driver

Recorded 213 mph in pre-production chassis 004 during the Fort Stockton high-speed test programme.