604-hp Lister-Jaguar XJS 7.0 Le Mans coupe powerslides to auction - Autoweek
The Jaguar XJ220 inevitably comes to mind when someone mentions a Jaguar supercar, but there were a couple of other machines produced in the 1980s and 1990s that were capable of 200 mph speeds and boasted a horsepower output north of 400 hp. One... Lister is a name familiar to racing fans all over the world, though few recall that in the late 1980s the company teamed up with BLE Automotive and WP Automotive to tune the XJS, which was already getting a bit long in the tooth, into something... Some 90 XJS models would be tuned by Lister and its partners starting in 1986, with the cars being sold as Lister-Jaguars. The Lister-Jaguar XJS 7. 0 Le Mans coupes produced 604 hp and were reportedly capable of topping 200 mph. This particular example started out life as a 1990 XJS V12 coupe, but then received a factory 6. 0-liter Mk III specification upgrade in March of 1992. The car would be upgraded again to 7. 0-liter Le Mans specification sometime thereafter at... Finished in metallic blue over a parchment blue piped interior, this example now shows a claimed 43,850 miles. Source: autoweek.com
