The Jaguar XJR-6 is a Group C sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by TWR, with the aim of competing, from 1985, in the World Sportscar Championship. A total of six Jaguar XJR-6s were built and they contested in the World Sportscar Championship until 1986, before Jaguar replaced them with the Jaguar XJR-8.[1][2]
Development history
Following their success with the Jaguar XJS in the European Touring Car Championship, Tom Walkinshaw Racing were recruited by Jaguar to develop a Group C race car. Designer Tony Southgate drew on his work with the Ford C100 and came up with a revolutionary (for Group C) carbon-fibre monocoque incorporating ground-effect venturi.[3] Power came from the Jaguar V12 engine, enlarged to 6.2 litres and fitted with a TWR/Zytec fuel-injection system which developed 660 bhp.