When it was first made, the XJ220 was the fastest factory car in the world. However, it is now just a well-known supercar. This one has very few miles on it and looks beautiful in Le Mans Blue. There’s nothing too scary about driving every day, even though it’s pretty fast. When Jaguar’s first XK120 was introduced immediately after World War II, it quickly became the fastest production car in the world. After over five decades of Porsche and Ferrari competing for the fastest car, the XK220 regained the lead by hitting speeds slightly above 212 mph and later 217 mph. The F40 from Maranello and the 959 from Stuttgart are both unquestionably famous cars from their eras, but Jaguar’s world-beating car is sometimes forgotten. It shouldn’t be. This 1993 Jaguar XJ220 boasts very low mileage and an eye-catching Le Mans Blue finish. It came from a strange yet perfect place: it was smuggled into Los Angeles illegally and featured on an episode of Jay Leno’s Garage after spending twelve years in a Tokyo skyscraper. The car has only 5,000 miles on it, and Jaguar’s heritage operations confirmed that it is real. Some might say that British Racing Green is the XJ220’s signature color, but Le Mans Blue honors Jaguar’s history in France’s most famous endurance race and looks equally great here. In the 1950s, Jaguar’s D-types were the fastest cars at the Circuit de la Sarthe. In 1988, the V-12 engines powered XJR-9 claimed victory at the Le Mans race, the same year the XJ220 prototype was unveiled.
