The Jaguar E-Pace Barrel Roll Stunt Is Both Bonkers And Beautiful
We were fairly certain Jaguar wouldn’t be able to top the ludicrous, record-breaking loop-the-loop it completed with the F-Pace SUV a couple of years ago, but we’ve been proven wrong. Very wrong.
To get people talking about its new E-Pace crossover, Jaguar decided to put renowned stunt driver Terry Grant behind the wheel, and point him in the direction of a specially-built, computer-modelled ramp in London’s Excel convention centre.
Jaguar says Excel is one of “only a handful of venues” in the country big enough to allow for the 160-metre run up that was needed to achieve the right speed, as well as being big enough to accommodate a the necessary run-off.
The jump measured 15.3 metres in length, clocking the Guinness World Record for the “Furthest Barrel Roll in a Production Vehicle”. During the 270-degree maneuvre, Grant was subjected to 5.5g.
As for the car, no models are especially quick, but the E-Pace is crammed full of tech, looks rather handsome and seems to be surprisingly spacious considering its compact dimensions. We suspect Jaguar will sell a fair few…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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GTA players be like
Oh cool stunt jump complete, 49 more to go.
Calculating the jump be like
So that’s why 150 prototypes were destroyed…
Don Joewon Song is that you? 😂
Absolute madness!! #Jaguar
What’s the big deal? I was doing these in my Lykan Hypersport ages ago.
Would be 2 times longer with a volvo
An article about Jaguar that doesn’t mention the word Ingenium? What is this madness!?
Ok, this car is slightly less dull and boring now…