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When revealed to the public the Jaguar XJ220 immediately became the star attraction at the Birmingham motor show.

The Jaguar XJ220 was named in a similar fashion to the legendary Jaguar XK120 – the 220 in its name relates to the car's intended top speed of 220mph. The XJ220 concept was finished in the early hours of 18 October 1988 - the very day the car was to be shown at the British International Motor Show in Birmingham. In fact, the concept was only approved to be shown publicly one week before its debut. The car still didn’t have any official backing and so the first example had to be built on a shoestring. Jim Randle, the car's designer, called in favours from suppliers to build a concept. The tinkering continued with Group B racing in mind and so eventually the project grew into an all-wheel-drive V12 supercar. To justify the resources this 'Saturday club' consumed, the prototype car had to provide meaningful data for future road and racing cars.

They longed for the days where you could drive to the track in your Jaguar C-Type, win the race and drive home again. The Jaguar XJ220 began as a classic 'after-hours project' by engineers and designers who thought that there was a bit of a gap between the current road car offerings and what was being raced. Here is everything you need to know about the Jaguar XJ220.