Project 7 Jaguar Roof
This manual roof contributes to an 85kg weight saving and enables.
Project 7 jaguar roof. The jaguar f type convertible project 7 top speed is 300 km h 186. Note the splitter up. Named for jaguar s seven wins at le mans the project 7 takes visual cues from jaguar s. Underneath project 7 is an f type r roadster.
Since then as well as adding an extra seat and a roof state of the art design techniques have been used to make the car as dynamic as possible. Every part we removed was replaced with something lighter says paul newsome director of jaguar land rover special vehicle operations. How much does a jaguar f type convertible project 7 weighs. It has no roof just a canopy that stores in the trunk and fools you into thinking it s usable in the rain.
The f type project 7 pays tribute to the seven outright le mans victories obtained by jaguar between 1951 and 1990 another distinctive element borrowed from the concept car is the rollover hoop. This manual roof contributes to an 85kg weight saving and enables the cool new d type aping rear bodywork but is as easy to erect as a ten man tent in a hurricane. But note the speed hump an obvious homage to jaguar s d type. Project 7 was originally unveiled as a single seater open top concept car at goodwood in 2014.
Jaguar knocked together 250 of them and they re all spoken for. Built by jaguar land rover special vehicle operations. His crew will pluck roadsters off the line and roll them. The 2014 jaguar f type convertible project 7 has 575 ps 567 bhp 423 kw horsepower.
The jaguar f type convertible project 7 weighs 1585 kg 3494 lbs. Discover what makes jaguar s project 7 special and why it s very different to a regular jaguar f type.