It's not only the BMW M3 Touring and the Mercedes-AMG C 63 Estate that should be very afraid of the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 Sportbrake, but also the Audi RS 4 Avant. But is this model real?
That would be a serious no, as it came to life at the hands of jlord8 on Instagram, who used photo-editing to turn the super sedan into a beastly station wagon. Mind you, if you know a thing or two about the Jaguar XE SV Project 8, you know it's far more than the typical sports model, as it was developed as a track-ready beast.
Signed by Jaguar Land Rover's SVO Division, which is known for creating some very extreme machines, the XE SV Project 8 came out seven years ago. It is an ultra-fast sedan whose production was capped at 300 units, and the automaker introduced three different versions. The first one retained all seats, the track-focused car had a rear-seat delete and sticky tires, and the Touring retained all seats and made do without the rear wing for a cleaner look.
Photo: Jaguar
Thus, it's far from being the typical company car as most of the XE copies out there, and as you already know, it doesn't feature a low-revving four-pot. Far from it, as a large 5.0-liter engine lies under the hood. The gasoline burner is a supercharged V8 connected to an 8-speed transmission and all-wheel drive. This model is good for 592 horsepower (600 ps/441 kW) and 516 pound-foot (700 Nm) of torque. Naught to sixty-two (0-100 kph) takes 3.5s, and it runs out of breath at 200 mph or 322 kilometers per hour.
Jaguar's XE SV Project 8 can put its rivals in their corners, and besides the special configuration and punchy V8 motor, it features a few upgrades on the outside, like the adjustable splitter, a carbon fiber hood, front and rear bumpers made of the same lightweight material, a flat underbody panel, and 20-inch forged aluminum wheels. The suspension underwent a few revisions of its own; it has an electronic active differential and carbon ceramic brakes, and it is one extreme beast.
As a result, you can imagine what a hypothetical station wagon version of this model would be like, as it would give its owner numerous reasons to hit the local racetrack after dropping the kids at school and prior to the usual grocery run. The estate version imagined by this rendering artist keeps it simple as it applies the long roof and spacious cargo area recipe to the dreamy sedan. Speaking of dreamy, it would be an awesome station wagon, and we would've loved to see it happening. It's too bad that Jag decided there's no room in its lineup for one.
After a series of unfortunate events put an end to Cristian's dream of entering a custom built & tuned old-school Dacia into a rally competition, he moved on to drive press cars and write for a living. He's worked for several automotive online journals and now he's back at autoevolution after his first tour in the mid-2000s. Full profile
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