Jaguar XJR-7

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Jaguar XJR-7
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Overview
Production1985 - 1987
Designer Lee Dykstra
Body and chassis
Class Racing car
Body style 2-door coupé
Layout Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
Powertrain
Transmission Hewland 5-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2,760 mm (108.7 in) [1]
Length4,750 mm (187 in)
Width1,980 mm (78 in)
Height1,040 mm (40.9 in)
Chronology
Successor Jaguar XJR-9

The Jaguar XJR-7 is a IMSA GTP sports prototype race car, designed, developed, and built by Group 44, for Jaguar with the aim of competing, from 1985, in the IMSA GT Championship. Jaguar XJR-7s contested until 1988, before Jaguar replaced it with the Jaguar XJR-9. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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