EXCLUSIVE: First Drive of the TWR Supercat Prototype

[@global_nomad.]

somewhat ironic that this video is published on the day jaguar 'rebranded' and deliberatly destroyed its own history

[@floridahummer]

lol, sad but true

[@FlyingDarkLord]

Because of that advert, everyone is talking about Jaguar at the moment!… 🤔 maybe not as silly as they look? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@popsbubbles1242]

@@FlyingDarkLord Well my thoughts were I'm not buying a Jaguar if that is what they are pushing.

[@adamwynyard4065]

@@popsbubbles1242as if you were going to buy one before you saw the advert ! What a bellend

[@popsbubbles1242]

@@adamwynyard4065 Why the insults, are you ok? In what world am I "bellend" for not wanting to rep a Jaguar car, once they decided to go full woketard.

[@rayaston1728]

Oddly, I think Mad Max looks better than the finished article which is a bit OTT for my taste.

[@ThomasDoubting5]

Not intended to hyjack other people's achievements but this is truely pride inducing , what a epic reinvention this is , Bravo 👏👏

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers 👍

[@malcolmbrew8815]

TWR without an XJS would not be TWR. Brilliant.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@watchcommander2012]

Fantastic to see at least someone making an ice jaguar especially after the JLR decision to stop making all ICE jaguars and only have SUV EVs from 2026. Another great British car brand going down the pan!

[@PetrolPed]

Yeah sad to see 😢

[@27lacuna27]

I thought the only car to have been announced is a saloon?

[@guinnessharvey4476]

I love the wheels. I dislike the body kit. But I love the concept

[@chrisodonnell7022]

I dislike the wheels but love the bodykit🤣

[@ces69]

It’s not a body kit, I believe the whole body has been remade in carbon fibre to include those changes! I used to own an original TWR XJS and that did include a bolt on body kit which did apparently increase top speed by 4 mph without any of the additional upgrades!

[@ces69]

@@chrisodonnell7022 The wheels look like they are an updated version of the original Speedline alloys that were fitted to the original TWR XJS back in the 80’s!

[@artgreen6915]

​@@ces69 yes and I can understand larger wheels but I think they've gone an inch too far. The design is fine.

[@ces69]

@ Don’t recall if they mentioned the size but I think my 80’s TWR ran only 16’s which were considered big in those days. Today even small sporty hatches run 18’s! But the larger rim allows much lower profile tyres to be run so the overall rolling radius isn’t much bigger!

[@SWR112]

I think that saying “ If I won the Lottery I wouldn’t tell anybody but there would be signs” 😂 A XJS actually done right 👍Modern systems old school styling 👌

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@15bit62]

I used to live on the estate next to Tom Walkinshaw when i was a kid. Every so often you could hear them winding up some kind of sports car along their private road. They weren't quiet neighbours...

[@PetrolPed]

Nice 👌

[@mrmoss149]

Very cool & unusual to be allowed to see, much less hands on with a "mule". Brilliant.

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@TheMileswin]

This is the Future of Jaguar. Great video & thanks for sharing. I would like to see the 6 litre version.

[@johnbrown3951]

Now that is what you call a car no hybrid powetrain or batteries under the floor, pure unadulterated design incorporated into automotive excellence. The guys behind this should be applauded wherever they go as they have created a masterpiece.

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 👍

[@guy3point14]

Disappointed they didn't put a stick man saint on the bonnet. (Oh come on, we all had that Corgi XJS didn't we?? 😃)

[@PetrolPed]

I certainly did. One of my favourite toys as a kid 👍

[@MauriceRing-t1z]

Brilliant Video fantastic insight to the process of bringing a truly stunning car to life . Now I'm off to do the lottery 🤣🤣

[@mrb3184]

Love the production values on the video Ped. I personally think analogue dials would have fitted the cars design better, but overall a great car.

[@guylambrechts2303]

Have to admit that the design is pretty special. For me, if I could afford one, I'd get a dialed down test mule with the beautiful interior of the final car. Mad Max any time! Great video keeping the final car to the end and showing the 'steps of development' first. Loved it!

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Guy. Glad you liked it 👍

[@dkendr6793]

I like the test mule exterior, too.

[@80six30]

Yes as an Aussie, and a massive Ford fan ( Dick Johnson) back in the day ,those bloody Walkinshaw Jaguars used to give me nightmares. His son Ryan is a team owner over here in the Supercars championship.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@ALG1K]

At the jaguar radford engine plant Coventry I built two 7ltr v12s with 5 valve per cyl warrior heads these made 700 hp on the dynos and one went into an xjs

[@paulhartridge1477]

Fantastic machine, I have already been in touch with TWR ....

[@PetrolPed]

Great 👍

Lovely looking thing, my first boss had an XJS. While waiting for Jaguar to revisit the name this will do nicely.

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@AndrewMcDonald]

Love to see the XJS getting some power. Awesome that they continued with the Jag V12. Great video.

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@owenmcdonald5922]

In addition to all you say in your opening monologue, didn't TWR run Holden V8's in Australia?

[@garethgrundy8087]

TWR is a highly respected Holden & HSV partner here in Australia.

[@andyking2cargarage]

What a great video Pete. Certainly cheered me up and gave me positive vibes about Jaguars, albeit the Supercat is another level and some. Stopped me thinking about the Teletubbies vibe that Jaguar have been sharing for their new EV. Well done TWR and for me that interior is to die for.

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@kevhosell]

Great video- love the detail, but this is the first ever car video I have watched and thought what is the point in this car? It’s a modified XJS. A car that should be preserved or resto modded as in the outside kept the same not completely redesigned. Also don’t think it will appeal to the American market with a manual box. The mule to me looked better than the finished design. Love Jaguars and the Channel. This one not for me I am afraid! Keep producing the great content.

[@jamiep61]

I enjoyed watching the video, the Restomod looks great, I was reading about It today 😊

[@PetrolPed]

I'm so glad!

[@DARKEST_VANTA]

After the new out-of-touch marketing move...😒 This made it even more depressing. Beautiful build

[@PetrolPed]

Yeah. I agree 👍

[@HQBProductions]

Peter…useless information really but I think they might like the registration number TWR 1 which spent many years on various cars owned by a man running a small corner shop near Hilary’s parental home. I saw it on a Rover 827i Sterling for years but now it is on a 2023 Audi 1.5 petrol. I did see it about a year or so ago and still in Bristol but I would think it was sold as the original keeper must have died many years ago . The DVLA will not help with tracing the current holder somebody might know via “social media” etc.🤔🙂🙂🙂R

[@PetrolPed]

That would be cool 😎

[@tonyfarrant1095]

Great scoop you have beaten Harry to it

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@cephasmakuzva]

Ive been to podium place up in Newbury. I know you regularly film The Drive Torque Podcast with Joe Achilles here aswell. I had some great coffee and food and the supercars and art work about the place is very cool. I always knew this place was behind it. I never knew what they do so this video is awesome. They are a very talented team of resto-modders.

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks for this 👍

[@pedrorenard8439]

Love the rear view of it which I guess is all most of us will see of them on the road 😂

[@PetrolPed]

Very true 😂

[@nickjh1968]

Great Video Pete, what an incredible creation!

[@PetrolPed]

Many thanks!

[@kevindunham3669]

So lovely seeing a TWR Jaguar back again nice video Mr P

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@perry1559]

Every time I see an ad for TWR, I can”t help thinking about TVR. Land missiles. Cool cars , too bad they were junk. Fast junk though, and great looking. I saw a few at the big NYC convention, long gone. They also had a Jenson Interceptor. Very cool car

[@davelawrence594]

WOW now that's how too re make an iconic car if i can say re make??😬 Truly absolutely awesome!!!👌🏻 We'll done Pete for bringing this to your channel!!👌🏻👍🏻😃

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Dave 👍

[@davelawrence594]

@PetrolPed No worries pete what an incredible car!!👌🏻👍🏻

[@jamesenglish8639]

I think the marketing department / hierarchy at JLR , need to be watching this . Premium cars have to be 1) good 2) Desired . This is a thing of beauty looks amazing

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@JoshKemponcars]

Fantastic video Pete, really in depth overview and captured perfectly. Great work!

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@andrewjenkins4730]

Best of luck TWR with this Project, so good I want one.

[@PetrolPed]

You and me both!

The mule should have been nicknamed... 'Pablo' I believe he had many.

[@PetrolPed]

😂😂😂

[@shakesnbake]

Great video! What a noise!

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed it is!

[@francoisg3500]

Evening all! Hope everyone is doing well and are having a great week so far.

[@PetrolPed]

Hey there!

[@seancockram237]

Brilliant motor I wish TWR Every Success..

[@CondescendingCowboy]

I kind of really want the body kit in the same vein as The Mule for my XJS... Maybe not the bonnet and front bar, but my god the wide body!

[@brianwhite9725]

Excellent video Pete, one of your best !, fantastic car a little OTT for me but still wonderful, and you got the drop on Harry Metcalfe amazing well done !!

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 👍

[@EffDinero8]

XJS always been "the people's champ" glad someone finally did a proper resto-mod to one. This build should inspire Tata to get Jaguar back on track & create a new production coupe to go up against a BMW 850...

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@Grant.G.Simpson]

that was a clean stock XJS, not seen one for a long time, forgot how good looking they were

[@Tristanbirdyt]

Hello ped Hope you are doing well keep up the great work 🤝

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks, you too!

[@johnjoseph911]

Great content and quite a lift in power! I vividly recall the race wins and the original TWR XJ-S and saloon car looking so weapons grade.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@richardcarter1000]

What a thing. I want one. Not far from me either..

[@jamesstaggs4160]

Fantastic looking car. I've always preferred the XJS over the E Type myself. Only thing I would change is the headlight style from the later models which had a singular look to them as opposed to the split style of the separate high and low beams. Also since I know we all want to take a dig at the "rebranding" of Jaguar I'll say I'm glad someone is still trying to make the best Jaguar they can because looks like Jaguar itself is selling perfume instead of cars.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@robertnightingale4101]

What a great car. The mutant child of the XJS and an Audi UR quattro rally car.👏👏👏❤❤❤

[@GianlucaRobey]

Such a tidy design for the xj , thanks for showing us this Ped

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@boogboog8097]

Fantastic, i really hope these guys make it with their dreams, this resonates so much with petrolheads ❤

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 👍

[@garrymatthews4430]

Pete OOO Pete how did you pull this one , what a drive, thats what the XJS should have been from day one

[@PetrolPed]

Quite an experience 👌

[@BMW7series251]

Beast of a beast!! Magnificent!

[@tinniswood2577]

Always loved the XJS and this one is bloody awesome.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Those lemans silk cut jags were awesome

[@prakashnarismulu3332]

Great design . Details of Ferrari Testarossa and Porsche 959 in those rear hips and ducktail . Awesome

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you like it!

[@davehayes3863]

Great video what a car with incredible people behind it, deserves every success. nailed another one Pete.

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 👍

[@RodMatheson]

Good evening Peddlerz.😊

[@PetrolPed]

Hello there!

[@ces69]

Doesn’t look too dissimilar to the Lister XJS conversions of the 80’s/90’s! I had a TWR but always lusted after one of the Listers which looked much more extreme and had the supercharged 7 litre performance to go with it!

[@DarrenJMHughes]

Evening all peddlers

[@PetrolPed]

Hi 👋

[@Alex.Gurov79]

best video of the TWR Supercat, good to see all the details in detail , the shell looked amazing. What a machine...🤩

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Alex 🙏🏻

[@coupster5464]

Great Vid, Thank you. I was a bit unexcited by the initial images released but the detail added in the vid re the suspension was most interesting.. as a dyed in the wool Jag V12 fan, I reckon there's a great opportunity for someone to start producing centrifugal blower kits.

[@PetrolPed]

The challenge is the amount of work the head needs. You can’t just strap on a supercharger 😢

[@playgt326]

Everything is perfect. But i would change its speedometer, from a 0-200mph (0-320kph) speedometer to a 0-220mph (0-360 in kph), 220mph as the max speed

[@EvanJohn-z2d]

Love the idea and work done But the only thing I don't like are the 4 Porsche Turbo boxes on the thing - Jags are synonymous with CURVES ( I suppose that was 'Mr. Porsche' Magnus Walkers 'genius' idea was it?)

[@pinkchihua]

Great interviews! Nice to have more details

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@evans3304]

Seeing this car has made my day. Externally the car looks great the interior looks amazing the negative point for me was the electronic dash. It stood out like sore thumb maybe if it was recessed into the dash this might help .

[@mlgboy1]

Loving this re-imagining of the XJS in the Supercat, it really is a work of art and huige hats off to Khyzl Saleem, you have ceated a real masterpiece. Although I hope the aerial on the supercat is correctly fitted unlike the aerial on the original XJS in the video which isnt!!! (5.17 in the video) sorry I am a stickler for detail. Well done TWR, with the Supercat, these will sell like hot cakes. I want one!!

[@PetrolPed]

Me too 😂

[@countryside2758]

Beautiful touring car with thrills to suit ones skills

[@PetrolPed]

Couldn't agree more!

[@reinmansmith]

A beautiful car….. exactly what Jaguar should be producing…. I know where my money would be going ifI could afford it 🤩

[@paulboyle6857]

You should have come in a Jag like Harry Metcalf did when he visited!

[@lewishunter]

What a beast, definitely one for the lottery win list, and great vid Pete 👍

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Buddy 👍

[@raybrock6083]

This was great content Mr Ped, beats those EV videos all day long

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@AdamNess-s1s]

Maybe your first look, but we saw it first on "Number 27" YT channel, which probably accounts for ya lower views. You gotta get in earlier fella!!

[@PetrolPed]

I just delayed putting it out after the 0800 embargo to my normal time of 1800. Tricky to know what to do 🤷‍♂️

[@pinkchihua]

@@PetrolPed keep mixing up the thumbnail! This video is so much better than the Number 27. Maybe do a pic of you driving?

[@AdamNess-s1s]

@@pinkchihua I don't disagree, but sadly we are in the minority. As of now, Number 27 35,000 views , Harry's Garage 106,000 views, and that one put out only 15 hrs ago.

[@jorgegomez4608]

Finally the XJS gets the credit it always deserved for best all around GT car jaguar ever had and The most mass produced v12 In the world and especially now Since they won’t be around the XJS will be the last RealJaguar left to carry on The Leaper banner.

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@chrisodonnell7022]

No speed limits were broken here🤣

[@DaleSteel]

Okay ive now watched as you said you did drive it. Which isnt strictly true, nevertheless my question is this, if michelin have worked on this car why had it got P4S on and not the new 5s compound?

[@PetrolPed]

Quite simple really. S5 is still quite a new tyre and is only available in limited sizes. It was available in the size the TWR team needed.

[@GuilNascimento]

How is him driving the vehicle not strictly true? He was the one behind the wheel out on the road i.e. driving the thing..? Were you not hugged as a child to be this bitter?

[@DaleSteel]

@PetrolPed right so the tyre hasn't been designed for that particular car? It seemed implied michelin worked with them but I don't understand what michelin input was other than to supply a tyre LOL. I know some car manufacturers will have a specially designed tyre for the car. I got the impression this was been Implied or was that just my Aspergers ?

[@PetrolPed]

Some OEMs do indeed have tyres designed for them. This is prohibitively expensive for a limited run project like Supercat. Michelin worked with the team to try a range of fitments and helped with the choices around width and profile. Maybe you should listen when you watch and you would have heard this being explained 🤷‍♂️

[@DaleSteel]

@@GuilNascimento Did he drive the vehicle that the video was about? NO! He drove a different car, car looked totally different! Are your eyes painted on?

[@Russell_G]

Good Gravy! That is ......something else......effing amazing!

[@PetrolPed]

Oh yes!

[@jammiedodger7040]

Hopefully this translates in to TWR making great cars in the future using V12’s,V8’s and even I6’s.

[@PetrolPed]

Let’s see 👍

[@Metal05]

Would the K&N filters not be fighting against the heat soak from the exhaust manifold and not pulling in cold air?

[@PetrolPed]

A question for Fergus 😬

[@DnBTiger]

You'd think so, but the bottom of the windscreen on a car is a high pressure area (look at where the air inlet is on 99% of cars for the cabin HVAC.) The reason you get air blown through your interior vents even when the fan is off is because the cold outside air changing direction at the base of the windscreen creates a high pressure area. If you look at a lot of old muscle cars you'll see a bonnet with a raised rear - this isn't to let heat out of the engine bay, it's to let cool air be forced into the engine bay to feed the engine intake. Those K&N filters will be getting fed cool air at slightly above atmospheric pressure

[@fawazsh4831]

Fast and beautiful car that's what I like

[@markwilliamson9027]

Reminds me of some of the Lister jaguar's I believe some if those had superchargers

[@craigpilgrim5793]

Tough, functional, perhaps a little "busy", but organized and masculine. Green and white (TWR colours here in Australia) would look great.

[@PetrolPed]

Sounds great!

[@chrism8705]

That looks great you can see the car in there but the tail mmm 🤔

[@andyhopton]

Great video, growing to like the bodykit and atleast its not got a V6 hybrid in it ;-) I grew up with the Return of the Saint and was one of my favourite cars as a kid

[@PetrolPed]

Me too 👍

[@briangriffiths114]

A superb example of how to modify a car, and I love the design aspect as well as the technical side. But rather than take such a work of art on to our broken and stone chip covered road network, the Mad Max version would be my practical choice.

[@davidbennetto9667]

Omg, I saw the first XJS in London the year it got launched. Earls Court, i believe.. same year, the Porsche 911 Turbo got launched.

[@simonelliott5956]

I love it! They’ve taken a 1970s icon and made it into a 2020’s icon, but with all the power and sophistication of a modern super GT. I watched the TWR cars race when I was a boy and this brings it all back! I want one! Now, I wonder much can I get for a kidney?

[@markhomer6357]

That's a beautiful car ❤

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@JonathanDolling]

That looks absolutely awesome.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@chrisjohnston4400]

Maybe one day old XJSs will be with more than 8 dollars. I love Them but the old XJS to me seem ridiculously cheap. I bought a mint one for 10k. So a mint V12 roadster beautiful to look at drives like nothing else. Really underrated.

[@pedrorenard8439]

Batman: “I will take one in satin black with a black pack”

[@PetrolPed]

On yes 🙌

[@TheFartfish]

And here we have some delicious food for the algorithm ;-)

[@PetrolPed]

Yum 😋

[@nicksmith4361]

Back in the day, early 90s, I had a 911RS2.7, 944turbo and a XJS v12 that I had upgraded to Jaguar Sport spec. There was a long curve on the M40 motorway that at around 100/110 mph in the Jaguar I became a bit nervous but in either of the two Porsches I could keep accelerating to 130/140 or a bit more. Jaguars had the ride comfort but not necessarily the planted on the road feel.

[@PetrolPed]

Nice 👌

[@nealr5466]

Ed sheerans let himself go 😂

[@samieb155]

Evening Peddlers

[@PetrolPed]

Hi 👋

[@bblair2627]

oh my..the noise

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 😮

[@davecoussens9801]

Oh my lordy lord, what a piece of engineering and design, the sound of that Mule car 'Mad Max' was simply glorious. Great video as always Pete , keep them coming and unfortunately RIP Jaguar as we know it 😞

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@colin-hanlon]

Khysyl….someone taller than Pete 😮

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 😂

[@Blasphemism]

Ugh. The earlier design shown first, the one with the concave fenders, is far better than the disaster of a design with the current creased and bulgy fenders. The first design that was featured looks very cool.

[@dkendr6793]

"Be still, my heart."

[@PetrolPed]

👌