The Jaguar XJR-12 is a sports-prototype race car built by the Jaguar Cars-backed Tom Walkinshaw Racing team for both Group C and IMSA Camel GTP. The XJR-12 is famous for winning the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
Weighing 900 kg and powered by a 7.0 L 60 degree SOHC V12 developing 730 horsepower / 545 kW @ 7000 rpm, and 579 ft lbf / 785 N·m @ 5500 rpm, the XJR-12 could hit 368 km/h / 229 mph.
During the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, the XJR-12 covered 4,882.4 km at an average speed of 204.036 km/h / 126.782 mph with a maximum trap speed of 353 km/h / 219 mph.
"For the 1991 and 1992 seasons, engine specialist Allan Scott enhanced the V12, boring it out to a 7.4-litre specification producing 750 hp for IMSA and Group C competition.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Drivers Car # Class Laps Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkingshaw Racing Alain Ferté David Leslie Martin Brundle 1 C1 220 DNF DNF Jan Lammers Andy Wallace Franz Konrad 2 355 2nd 2nd John Nielsen Price Cobb Martin Brundle 3 359 1st 1st Davy Jones Michel Ferté Eliseo Salazar 4 282 DNF DNF Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkingshaw Racing Derek Warwick John Nielsen Andy Wallace 33 Category 2 356 4th 4th Bob Wollek Teo Fabi Kenny Acheson 34 358 3rd 3rd Davy Jones Raul Boesel Michel Ferté 35 360 2nd 2nd
See also Jaguar XJR sportscars
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