XJ220 Wing Mirrors...

Hedge · 8 May 2009 at 10:17

I just found an old model car in my bedroom which Ive had since I was a kid.

Ive never realised the wing mirrors on the XJ220 arent symmetrical, One is mounted on the passenger door, and the other is on the driver side front wing.

It was like this on the model and I thought it was a fault, but ive googled images and it confirms this.

Whats the reason behind this. is it the width of the car or something?

paradigm · 8 May 2009 at 10:40

I'd imagine that its for visibility reasons.

rpstewart · 8 May 2009 at 10:46

Aye, if you put the passenger side mirror in the same place as the driver's side it would be obscured by the A pillar.

I suppose the question then becomes why is the driver's side one further forward?

Hedge · 8 May 2009 at 10:47

suppose that makes sense, haha

im really dense at times like.

Im looking through the model car i have and its the window frame thing obscuring the view (i know theres a name for the frame but im slow lol)

kiteloopy · 8 May 2009 at 11:09

one of my favourite cars.....ummm.

JRS · 8 May 2009 at 11:25

kiteloopy said:
one of my favourite cars.....ummm.

Lovely looking thing. Pity it ended up with what was effectively the Metro 6R4's motor rather than a nice big V12....

Kevin Clark · 8 May 2009 at 12:46

It's in the current issue of EVO in an old vs new comparison against a Lambo LP640 if you're interested.

• Escort RS Cosworth v Focus RS
• Aston Vantage 600 v Mercedes SL Black
• Lotus Elise SC v Tesla Roadster
• E30 M3 v E92 M3
• Peugeot 205 GTI v Abarth 500 Esseesse
• Jaguar XJ220 v Lamborghini LP640
• Lotus Carlton v VXR8 Bathurst S
• Caterham Levante v Caparo T1

Coco · 8 May 2009 at 13:08

JRS said:
Lovely looking thing. Pity it ended up with what was effectively the Metro 6R4's motor rather than a nice big V12....

Very true, with it not matching the pre-build spec list it but only seemed a disapointment for many. The recession hit the XJ220 hard with many orders lost.

I love that wing-mirror fact, proper pub petrolhead ammo!

olv · 8 May 2009 at 14:19

Gumball XJ220 looks cool:

JRS · 8 May 2009 at 15:07

God damn that looks good....

bledd · 8 May 2009 at 16:53

i have that in Scalextric

and an F40

cost me about 6 months pocket money

PinkFloyd · 8 May 2009 at 17:20

bledd. said:
i have that in Scalextric and an F40

cost me about 6 months pocket money

I have that set!

Jez · 8 May 2009 at 17:22

XJ220 is just the winnest car ever, does anyone know how many were built?

bledd · 8 May 2009 at 17:47

not trying to be a knob end.. but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XJ220 281

Hedge · 8 May 2009 at 19:16

just for anyone that is unsure what this is all about...

http://www.subito.net/xx96/cars/images/Jaguar_XJ220_06.jpg - door

http://www.thecarfinders.co.uk/images/jaguar_xj220.jpg - wing

Seems daft to me!

Bri · 8 May 2009 at 19:25

Never, ever noticed, they are not even the same shape, looks a bit poo from the front!!!

pinkaardvark · 9 May 2009 at 00:07

Well it was a bit of a mad dash parts bin lash up, so they probably just never noticed in the factory lol.

Lethagized · 9 May 2009 at 01:48

I remember the unveiling of this at the birmingham motorshow. I've also noticed that it has rear lights off an old rover 200/400 series

agw_01 · 9 May 2009 at 02:11

RobRX-7 said:
I've also noticed that it has rear lights off an old rover 200/400 series

I'd never noticed that before! I did think that the rear lights looked a bit 'dated' however.

Does that mean my Rover 400 is infact a Jaguar XJ220 as it shares parts?

Probably the reason why they called it the XJ220, after the Rover 220

"andy" · 9 May 2009 at 02:57

PinkFloyd said:
I have that set!

me too

one of the best ones there was