1993 Jaguar XJ220 - Jay Leno's Garage 

It is imo one of the most beautiful looking cars ever made.

When I think of Jaguar, this is the car that always comes up to mind

i’ve got a supercharged XE S and i can sorta hear the same exhaust snarl. i’m happy to own such a cool car by an iconic brand.

Doug DeMuro told me it has quirks and features.

Fantastic car........designed and made in Coventry UK, by a top design and manufacturing team of Descartes Design & Abbey Panels along with Jaguar Sport, most of the panels were hand made by top class craftsmen and women. The design team had some of the most talented design engineers with many years of experience, and the under structure of which was not mentioned was designed by the team from Descartes Design. The whole team was smaller than 1 dept you would see in most car companies today. Some of the top engineers named herewith Dan Parry Williams - Steve Currie - Kevin Pickett - Roger Quinton - Mike Fitzgerald - Steve Richards - Ross Jackson - Ian Balderson, these are but a few of the top names from the team,who had a significant part to play in this masterpeice.

You can tell this car knows it's time to be driven. Like a race horse that's finally been turned out of the stables and into the fields.

This was my favourite Need For Speed 2 car. But with the wine red color :)

Most beautiful production car ever.

I love that car, always have. Never knew about the V-12 dilemma.

Jay's all over the road driving it.

There's a beautiful red one for sale right now. It would make a nice addition to anyone's Jaguar section of the garage! Sure wish I had " Leno money" so it could be in mine.

That car is unbelievable.

Such a beautiful machine. For me, it's NSX(the older ones) then the XJ220 for the best looking cars I've ever seen. I'd have to put the F50 in there too.

Most of these had no abs, no power steering and no airbag, dodgy asf when you take into consideration the power but what an absolute beaut 😍

I've seen an xj200 irl many years ago in a Ferrari store (don't ask) and yes, the sheer size of that car dwarfed any other ones around.

God I want that car so badly!!! But I can only have in my dreams and video games

I miss the headlights demo :)

I automatically hear Aquila 303 when I see this car and the Countach.

90s sports cars are the best looking

The dent in the back hurts me

why does it have a '03 Hummer H2 steering wheel though... lol

So, did they ever fix the tire situation?

Does anyone know what kind of watch the owner has on at 12:16 , mad bling!

Is that a DENT on the tailgate at 1:00 ??

I am not sure how anyone could consider a car with a top speed of 220mph as underpowered...

I've got a Jaguar section of my garage. There are no vehicles in it.

A 500+ hp V6...in the early 90's?!? Wow, talk about being ahead of it's time.

i aspire to one day also say "today we are in the jaguar section of the garage"

Jaguar truly make some 10/10s sometimes throughout the years. This XJ being one. What a beauty. Inside and out. And has aged incredibly well.

28 minutes video on a Mustang and only 12 on a gem like this? come on!

The owner seems like a cool guy. Not your typical snob d-bag dude. And I respect the fact that he doesn't treat a truly great car like a trailer queen.

I remember rocking it in Need For Speed 2!

"As you can see were in the Jaguar section of the garage" the most understated flex ever...

Very underrated car by enthusiasts, always wanted one of these

another amazing video!! If i may make a suggest, I would love to see a re-do of your McLaren F1 videos. Now that you are posting in HD and such it would be awesome to see such an amazing car looked at once again.

Jay literally just said "as you can see, we're in the jaguar section of the garage" I had to pause the video for a moment to both laugh at and reflect upon the preposterousness of that statement. Fucking awesome. I hope one day my garage has sections.

Come on Jaguar just make the CX-75 please!

"that's a Kardashian rear end" lmao

Kudos to Phillip and Jay, the car owner is a gentleman, no interruptions, no spouting off, just a good guy car enthusiast. he tells Jay, "you can borrow it".

The owner had a cool relaxing personality

I love 90's supercars, they just have some kinda strange noble "just right" vibe to them.. they are not over designed, no useless fancyness, no over the top stuff, but on the other hand they are noticeably more advanced and smoother then the 80's supercars, and they still dont have the electronic drive assist stuff yet which came in in the 00's, so they are a joy to drive.

This car screams 90's in all the good ways. Such great lines, beautiful to look at.

Anyone notice that dent on the back of the car where the Jaguar logo is?

Who else remembers this car in Need For Speed :D

This was mine and my best friends favorite car. He was later killed by a drunk driver in his early 20's and when he was buried, we buried him with a Maisto model of this car. He was a good guy and a huge fan of this car.

I remember seeing this XJ220 in Silver at the 1992 MotorShow in Birmingham, U.K. aged 13...I had to politely push my way through the crowd to see it! It's very luxurious compared to the Ferrari F40, Diablo and McLaren F1! 😀👌

Man cars are such pieces of art

Consistently the best car videos on RU-vid

My dream supercar from the 1990s. I fell in love with the aesthetics of this thing when I was a kid and I STILL haven't see one...

Amazing that a 23 year old car can still look so futuristic!

And just think, all these hypercars today, over 900bhp in some of them, don't even reach 217mph. This thing did it with only 540hp. An amazing feat. Maybe we haven't come as far as we'd like to think sometimes...

I remember racing this car in Need for Speed 2 back in the mid 90s on PS1. :)

Need For Speed II SE introduced me to this car. Also had a Maisto diecast of it. Was my favorite dream car as a kid in the 90s.

the XJ220 has always been one of my favorite Jaguars. Beautiful car.

540 HP. From a 3.5L V6. IN 1993?!! That's *way* ahead of its time. Unbelievable!

This Jaguar XJ220 has a better sounding V6 than the F1 V6's

Holy crap how the interior has dated, but my goodness is the exterior design timeless.

I am more likely to say "I am in the garage section of my jaguar" than I am ever likely to say "I am in the jaguar section of my garage"

The problem with the interior is that it used bits from the Ford parts bin, like the air vents and temperature matrix, so in Europe it looked a bit like a Ford Escort. Someone who could afford one of these had probably never seen the inside of a Ford Escort before, but journalists who'd review everything could see the similarities, maybe that is why the interior had a bad press.

This was the fastest production car in it's time indeed.. in terms of top speed. It's in the Guinness World Record Book of 1993 :)

Fun fact: that guy's watch costs more than a pre-2008 XJ220

LOL that turbo is the same size I have it in my semi, a 14 liter Detroit Diesel engine

8:51 - Such a nice guy! Jay can borrow my 2004 Honda Civic anytime as well! Just so i can hang out in his garage. LOL

I've always stated the xj220 is one of the best looking cars ever and so many people doubted the car saying it wasn't great how can you not love it? the sound of that sounds better then any v6 I have ever heard and it's still the world's fastest v6 and I mean cmon you gotta admit a twin turbo v6 making that much power back in the day is simply staggering still one of my favorite cars ever I remember seeing it race against the Lamborghini calá on need for speed se in that deep purple

I think the design has aged very, very well. It is a magnificent looking car! Thanks to Jay and the owner for sharing these!

Damn I miss the 90's...such an epic time

"it's a kardashian from the back. it's a big rear end." -Jay Leno

Jay, you never disappoint. This car is perfect.

I remember getting this in a hot wheels set when I was younger. Can't wait to pass it down to my future kid.

11:42 is that a secret freemason handshake?

these are over 1 million dollers now wish i bought one for $100 000 back in the day

Was that left exhaust flaming @ 10:36?

Glad to hear it runs as good as I always dreamed it would. Since I was born in 92, I never had any reservations about V6 vs V12. This car just floated in the ether of racing games and posters but I never really knew much about it. I had no idea it held such astonishing racing pedigree (10 year Nuremberg ring record!). I really enjoyed seeing it be driven and getting a good look at the interior. Now off to put this car through its paces in Forza 6 haha.

DUDE, so cool to see this car on here. It's one of my all time favorites. I love it.

a car this rare was going for just 80k??

I'm remember the test review like it was yesterday. They removed the cats and got the XJ up to 217 from 212mph on Nardo's test track. Scrub, due to the banking, taken into consideration; they estimated that on a straight piece of road it would do 223mph. Jaguar has always been a bit creative with its performance figures but I'm willing to give this the benefit of the doubt... :o)

I agree, its one of the most beautiful car shapes made imo. So smooth....

9:16 fucking hell the guy has an FP Journe Tourbillon ... god that guy has some big money!!

I'm definitely not a jag fan but under no circumstances should a car be compared to a kardashian

Top Gears Tiff Needell made an interesting point about the top speed test being done at Nardo, with that 217mph figure equating to 223mph on a straight road.

It is just so beautiful , especially in that color

Never a truer word said Jay, " I should of bought one when they were $80,000." Superb piece of British engineering and styling.

For a car that wide, they're sitting really close together.

The Fastest Car in 90s 1. MC LAREN F1 2. JAGUAR XJ220 TWIN TURBO 3. BUGATTI EB110 4. Vector W8 5. Lamborghini Diablo GT One of King Racer in 90s

Its a beautiful piece of art ' in true Jaaag tradition ... Future big bucks

v6s are underated take the 87 gnx for example.........HEY JAY YOU REALLY NEED TO DO A VID ON A GNX

This is always on my "to buy" list in every racing game I play. A must have

They should make a 2019 xj220

When people throw shade on the interior, I think they forget that automotive interiors were fairly atrocious from about 1970-ish to about 2010-ish and this is clean, simple, and gives you what you need!!

I enjoyed the passion for this car that was shown from Jay and the owner.

This was one of my many favorites when I was a kid in the early 90's. Always loved the shaping of this car.

Loved tht car on NFS2

the xj220 was the first road car to have diffusers on the bottom of the car i love the xj220 i will trade my 07 yaris for one anyday !

You know you're wealthy when you can visit the "Jaguar section" of your garage.

3.5 litre V6, 542bhp, 220mph. …And in the past American's have made 7 litre V8's that only produced 200hp xD This car, along with countless others (too many to name) is living proof that there are hundred's of replacements for displacement.

This has that DISTINCT "90'S look" to it. (You know the "rounded edges", lots of lines, and big overhanging butt like the Fast and Furious vehicles.) I've always hated the 90's head/taillights lol, they always look like a grid. But this JAG looks AMAZING! It truly looks like a modern supercar, way ahead of it's time.

I think one of the main reasons the car was looked down upon is brand integrity - the V6 engine in the car was derived from the unit used in the Rover Metro 6R4 rally car - which was engineered by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (now called Walkinshaw Performance) which also engineered the XJ-220. So a lot of potential buyers were upset that not only was it not a V12, it wasn't even originally a Jaguar engine at all. It would be like Ferrari deciding to use a turbocharged V6 from a Toyota Camry in one of their cars instead of a Ferrari V12. That would definitely piss off a lot of people. People who understand engineering would have absolutely no problem that the design was changed and that a turbocharged V6 and rear wheel drive were found to be a better solution to an all wheel drive V12. I love cars and I love V12 engines but I also want a car to have the best power plant for that car in particular. Originally Jaguar designed the car around a streetable version of its 7 litre V12 which was being used in the XJR-9 racing car. So the hype around the XJ-220 was built up around the fact that it was basically going to be a street version of the XJR-9, which dominated sports car racing in the late 80's. TWR and Jaguar did actually make something closer to a street version of the XJR-9 in the early 90's - called the XJR-15, with the V12 - but it is extremely rare.

This was the first car I fell in love with as a kid, In my opinion its the first hyper car!

Twin turbo 3.5 V6 with a top speed around 217. Why does that sound familiar?

Is that little dimple under the rear spoiler, from backing into a post or something?