Jaguar Just Levelled Up With A 1000m Double Helix Drift

Jaguar has taken two hot versions of the XE to the world-famous Pendine Sands to create an impressive double helix drift along the beach
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Jaguar loves a drift. Its rear-driven V8s and V6s have been smoking rear tyres for decades, but now the brand has conjured up something especially impressive – with all-wheel drive XE saloons.

It took the SV Project 8 and the XE 300 Sport, both based on the same chassis, to Pendine Sands in Wales, where in ages past British land speed records used to be set. Speed wasn’t the focus for the two ballistic big cats, though; this time it was all about getting sideways.

Jaguar Just Levelled Up With A 1000m Double Helix Drift

The two cars drifted simultaneously and along mirror-image paths down the beach, creating a double helix shape that measured a full kilometre long. Naturally one car was slightly behind the other to prevent an embarrassing smash.

The Project 8 has been busy. Last month it set a class record at Laguna Seca, after doing the same (with a few caveats) at the Nurburgring earlier in the year. The XE 300 Sport hasn’t been idle either. The 2.0-litre four-cylinder sports saloon recently found its way to the disused Circuit de Charade F1 track in France and set a production saloon lap record.

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Anonymous

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10/18/2018 - 05:59 |
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UnknownCat13

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This isn’t YouTube

10/18/2018 - 09:56 |
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Anonymous

For a second I thought Jaguar made 2 Toyota Hilux’s drift 1km…

10/18/2018 - 06:01 |
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peter 15

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How cool would that be though? That would be quite entertaining.

11/27/2018 - 18:22 |
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Kenji (Oldsmobile Fan) (GoldWing Enthusiast) (wheel nut)

That has to be the coolest thing an automaker has done since Toyota uk did an initial D parody with the new GT86

10/18/2018 - 06:02 |
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Awesome

10/18/2018 - 06:20 |
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maurotehsilva

Now this is art!!

10/18/2018 - 06:22 |
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Anonymous

Set a lap record at a disused racetrack. So im guessing the last saloon there was 20 years ago? Colour me impressed

10/18/2018 - 07:14 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

apparently top gear has been there with the stig breaking multiple lap records in the early 2010s, however none of them were in a saloon(the closest to a saloon was a C7 RS6 wagon)

10/18/2018 - 13:04 |
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Anonymous

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10/18/2018 - 08:18 |
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Anonymous

Jezza did it years ago…

10/18/2018 - 08:18 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

The big fish in it’s natural habitat!

10/18/2018 - 10:33 |
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Anonymous

Also is this what Jlr do when their sales are down? They stop production and decide to p’ss about with some of their cars. Like the svr up a chinese stair case

10/18/2018 - 08:20 |
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Ben Anderson 1

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It’s called marketing.

10/21/2018 - 16:33 |
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ModernChaos

“drifting”

10/18/2018 - 11:39 |
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🤣🤣🤣

10/18/2018 - 18:22 |
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Controlled oversteer = drifting. Just because it’s not as flashy as a crappy Anime doesn’t change what it is.

10/21/2018 - 16:32 |
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