Jaguar’s most powerful production car unleashed

Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has revealed what’s claimed to be the “most powerful, agile and extreme performance Jaguar ever”.

The new XE SV Project 8 super saloon boasts a 5.0-litre V8 engine producing a massive 592bhp.

A thinly-disguised prototype version of the Project 8 has been undergoing its debut test at the gruelling Nürburgring Nordschleife.

It’s the second Collectors’ Edition vehicle from SVO, following the Jaguar F-Type Project 7 in 2014.

The monster XE will be hand-Built at SVO’s Technical Centre in Coventry (not alongside regular XEs in Solihull) and just 300 cars will be made.