# "Leaving a Big Cat to Die" - abandoned Jag XJ220 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 6, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861 "2010-04-06T10:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/1 "2010-04-06T10:15:39Z")
> **[Lotus Type 132 SUV teased ahead of March 29 reveal](https://www.crankandpiston.com/?q=node%2F901)** > > The new Type 132 SUV is a key model to underpin Lotus's financial security, and it's set for a reveal later this month > I had heard through the grapevine about this car, however nothing could prepare me for the shock when the pictures landed in my inbox. The Jaguar XJ220 was the poster child of the 80/90’s for me. It was the ultimate expression of the Supercar generation and I loved it! > > I think growing up in a small collection of houses on the outskirts of Coventry may have helped…Within a stones throw of my parents house there were Jaguar Engineers and Marketing folk that were connected to, or influencing what was happening with projects such as the XJ220. I can still remember vividly meeting Martin Brundle on the Jaguar stand and then being shown around the XJ220 Concept car in 1988 at the Birmingham Motorshow. In fact I still even have the PR material and photography tucked away in a box gathering dust somewhere. Geek I know! > > Born from a skunk works group called “The Saturday Club” and lead by Jaguar’s chief-engineer, Jim Randle, work began on what was planned to be the next step on from the monumentally sexy XJ13. From the early beginnings of this project the intention was to create a vehicle capable of exceeding 320 km/h (200 mph) and sure enough it did. 217mph around the bank of Nardo with Martin Brundle behind the wheel. Huge news back in the day believe me! > > However, mix in a product offering that although did what it promised, was wildly different to the original proposition and a nasty financial recession the Big Cat struggled to gain traction. Customers/Investors where seen running away from their commitments and Jaguar were left holding the ball. > > However it is no where near as sad as this story…Now I could tell you the believed owner of the car, however I would either get in trouble or maybe even disappear so you will have to suffice with some sketchy info and imagine the rest. > > The car was last seen in Beirut six years after being sold to said customer by the Jaguar Dealer in Dubai. Looking stunning in its Le Mans Blue, good friend and the man behind the camera, Mick has a thing for these beasts too and keeps records of the 220’s that he works on. When this one popped up in Qatar he initially believed it was a car that he hadn’t seen before…that was until he swung the door open and immediately recognised the number… > > So in 6 years it has gone from a stunning example to this…battered and looking very sorry for itself. If I told you it only has 900Kms on the clock it would hurt even more wouldn’t it!? > > We will hopefully keep you posted as and when we get more details… > > Phil ![http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar4.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/0/304ef782f351a9c69a295c4c8040841c819f0dcb.jpeg) I always thought that these cars were the epitome of _gorgeous_. That is animal abuse. ---
**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/2 "2010-04-06T10:27:06Z")
god i hate people with too much money. ---
**Author:** ![5cott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/5cott/32/5737_2.png) [@5cott](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/5cott)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/3 "2010-04-06T10:27:24Z")
Sad face is saaaaaaaaaaaaad. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/4 "2010-04-06T10:39:55Z")
Am I missing something, or do I just not get it? It’s dirty… wash it, wax it and buff it. I don’t see flat tires or dead animals inside, cigarette burn marks or someone living out of it. Clearly, I’m missing something other than the dusty, dirty surface. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/5 "2010-04-06T10:40:57Z")
Talk about a car that defined it’s times…these were really cool… ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/6 "2010-04-06T10:49:15Z")
Very dated. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/7 "2010-04-06T10:53:03Z")
Eh, it’s innovative but I wouldn’t want one. ---
**Author:** ![a\_ahmed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/a_ahmed/32/5411_2.png) [@a\_ahmed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/a_ahmed)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/8 "2010-04-06T11:06:07Z")
Well two things to think of 1. Sand storms are common and cars get dirty. Not all neighbourhoods are high class with tower buildings and fully built roads. Some are newer neighbourhoods that don’t get completed for years but people still live there (eg; raw cement unpainted houses, unpaved roads). 2. This author wrote now 2010 and states this was sitting for 6 years. I am not sure how he can know for sure but 4 years ago in 2006, Israel destroyed Beirut. The owner could be maimed or dead or really not interested in enjoying his car when he lost alot of property or other such crap. Surprised such a car even survived the bombing. And in the end honestly it looks like there was a sandstorm, that’s sometimes normal and well the cars need to be washed end of story. Cars are meant to be driven… and this is now a 20 something year old car. Although not Lebanon but Beijing… sand storms do this shit: ![http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/57348452.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD3D6E8E24F8AD364CF3C67EB98E0A2168A2AC08CB482A9CAA80D5697B907F1B93](http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/57348452.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD3D6E8E24F8AD364CF3C67EB98E0A2168A2AC08CB482A9CAA80D5697B907F1B93) ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/9 "2010-04-06T13:12:39Z")
Looks a lot like the car from “The Wraith” ---
**Author:** ![a\_ahmed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/a_ahmed/32/5411_2.png) [@a\_ahmed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/a_ahmed)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/10 "2010-04-06T13:16:47Z")
Man I got to watch that movie lol… for the LONGEST time I was wondering what it is called, I was still a kid when I first saw parts of it so this one part of the movie freaked me out and parents turned it off LOL… thanks for reminding me _jots down to do list_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/11 "2010-04-06T13:42:18Z")
might as well post more pics: ![http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar1.jpg](http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar1.jpg) ![http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar5.jpg](http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar5.jpg) ![http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar3.jpg](http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar3.jpg) ![http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar10.jpg](http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar10.jpg) And i guess what it is supposed to look like: ![http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar11.jpg](http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv349/crankandpiston/contributors/mick/JaguarXJ220Qatar11.jpg) sounds like the camera man knew who the previous owner was. What are these cars wirth these days? Looks like a solid weekends worth of cleaning & PDR with a tune up and then you can drive thing thing… ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/12 "2010-04-06T13:49:26Z")
pretty sweet… ---
**Author:** ![a\_ahmed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/a_ahmed/32/5411_2.png) [@a\_ahmed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/a_ahmed)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/13 "2010-04-06T14:13:51Z")
lol off topic BUT… I am watching the wraith right now if anyone else wants to go to watch movies online (google it). The wraith car is actually a dodge ms4 interceptor turbo (what a name) totally sexy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/14 "2010-04-12T19:32:13Z")
> [@bing](#): > > sounds like the camera man knew who the previous owner was. What are these cars **wirth** these days? /picard ---
**Author:** ![Ciaran](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ciaran/32/5612_2.png) [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/15 "2010-04-12T19:54:54Z")
fuck that thing is longggg but yeah, it hardly looks like its left for dead, its just dirty. who cares ---
**Author:** ![Hoogie82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hoogie82](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hoogie82)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/leaving-a-big-cat-to-die-abandoned-jag-xj220/152861/16 "2010-04-13T18:34:38Z")
Dude you found my car…!