2009-10-27 09:27:58 | terry mcgrath writes:

numbered 0002
owners Jaguar Sport then Allen Llyoyd by nov 1994 at which point it was still red
Note: only car built with 1/4 light attached to body not to door

2009-10-28 04:43:57 | Anonymous writes:

Video on youtube of this car - www.youtube.com/watch

2011-01-28 16:20:16 | Bleasie writes:

build date 25th May 1990 but the system will not let you select that year
This car is in fact smaller than all the other 220's

2011-02-05 06:24:53 | Owner writes:

Correction - Richard Hassan (son of Wally Hassan) bought car from Jaguar Sport with a view to racing it in Zhuhai, China and Le Mans. With that in mind, he formed a company with Allen Lloyd and Tom Priestnal (LHP Racing Ltd) whilst still retaining ownership of car. In the event, by the time a deal had been concluded with Jaguar Sport, it was too late to race in Zhuhai and LHP were unable to raise sufficient sponsorship to race at Le Mans even though an entry had been accepted for the 1995 24 Hr Le Mans. Photo shows, from left to right, Priestnal, Lloyd and Hassan.

2011-07-02 03:30:51 | Anonymous writes:

This car was never meant to be road registered hence only 4 numerals on chassis number - 0102 (not O as shown)

2011-09-27 21:15:46 | Anonymous writes:

Car was at auction 9/11
www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19289/lot/215/

Auction description:
Lot No: 215
1990 Jaguar XJ220 Experimental Prototype
Registration no. to be advised
Chassis no. SAJJEAEX7AXXPO102
Engine no. XY002

Estimate: £160,000 - 180,000, € 180,000 - 210,000

Footnote:
Charged by its partner Jaguar with the task of turning the XJ220 concept car into a production reality, Tom Walkinshaw's JaguarSport company built a handful of pre-production prototypes commencing with chassis numbers 'XPO101' and 'XPO102', the latter car, which is offered here, being the sole survivor of the pair.
The words 'supercar' and 'sensational' are often to be found in conjunction, and no more justifiably so than in the case of Jaguar's fabulous XJ220. Worthy successor to the multiple Le Mans-winning C-Type and D-Type Jaguars of the 1950s, the XJ220 grabbed the headlines, just as its illustrious forebears had done in previous decades, when it burst upon an astonished world at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 1991. A limited production run of a minimum of 220 and a maximum of 350 cars, combined with an eventual VAT-inclusive price tag of nearly £403,000, only served to further ensure the XJ220's exclusivity. In the event, approximately 270 examples had been built when production ended in 1994.
Planning for Jaguar's proposed 200mph supercar had begun in the mid-1980s - design proceeding mainly in the project team's spare time! - and finally bore fruit when the Keith Helfet-styled concept car was exhibited at the UK Motor Show in 1988. Encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive feedback, Jaguar decided to press ahead with this most challenging project. The XJ220 survived Jaguar's take-over by Ford the following year but when it eventually entered production in 1992 was a very different beast. Gone was the show car's 6.2-litre V12 engine, replaced by a Cosworth-designed, 3.5-litre, twin-turbo V6 as used in the contemporary XJR-11 sports-racer, while other casualties of the need to simplify the design for production included the original's four-wheel drive and adaptive suspension.
In the summer of 1990, the first two experimental prototypes were completed incorporating JaguarSport's design changes. Although they retained the overall appearance of the show car, they were shorter, narrower and prettier than later cars built. Lichtenstein-based specialist Max Heidegger had been commissioned to develop and manufacture a number of engines for the Jaguar sports-racing programme, and in the summer of 1990 the first two experimental prototypes (both right-hand drive) were completed using de-tuned race engines built by Heidegger Racing: 'XY001' and 'XY002'. With the turbo boost and cam timing coming on song simultaneously at around 4,000rpm, it was thought that this was all a little too exiting for a road car! Subsequent production models were built using another derivative of the JV6 engine, built in house, which shared no common components with the race engine.
Chassis number 'XPO101', having been used for handling, brake development and general durability testing, was finally laid to rest when it was used for front and rear impact pre-certification (crash testing) in May 1991. Factory documentation of test schedules and press releases shows that 'XPO102' was initially used predominantly for high-speed trials, achieving 186mph at Bruntingthorpe in September 1990, and also for reliability testing, completing a 24-hour high-speed test at Millbrook in October '90. Later on its main duties were tyre testing and brake homologation.
There are major 'updates' recorded: in October 1990, December 1990 and March 1991, when it is believed that the colour was changed from original silver to red. 'XPO102' was also used as part of the display at the official opening of JaguarSport's new Bloxham factory, with photographs existing of both the late Princess Diana and Tom Walkinshaw inspecting it.
Its development role at an end, 'XPO102' was made ready to go into Tom Walkinshaw's private collection. However, having fallen out with TWR, Jaguar took possession of the car and put it into storage. In 1994 Richard Hassan - son of famed Jaguar engineer Walter - was looking for a car suitable for a forthcoming race in China and purchased 'XPO102' from the factory. In the event, the car could not be got ready in time so instead it was decided to enter the car in the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours. Although its entry was accepted, the anticipated sponsorship was not forthcoming so the car was withdrawn and put back into storage. To cut a long and convoluted story short, a few years later an attempt was made to export 'XPO102' to the USA, unbeknown to Richard Hassan, and after a protracted legal battle lasting many years the car was eventually sold. Having passed through the hands of a couple of collectors, it was purchased by the current enthusiast vendor in 2008.
Reassuringly, the current custodian entrusted marque specialists JD Classics to re-commission and extensively overhaul 'XPO102' after its many years of storage and inactivity at a cost approaching £70,000, including making the car, which had never been registered, street legal. The only faults notified concern the air conditioning, which is not working, and an untrustworthy fuel gauge.
Road registered and first MoT'd in 2009, it has covered a nominal 250 miles since and comes with Swansea V5C document and MoT to June 2012. Some of those miles were completed at North Weald aerodrome in Essex for an article that appeared in Jaguar World Monthly magazine (May 2010 edition). Journalist Paul Walton succeeded in winding 'XPO102' up to an indicated 150mph despite the limited space available, and found that its combination of 500-plus horsepower in a lightweight chassis made for breathtaking acceleration. 'It accelerates hard and fast, pushing me further and further back until I'm almost sitting on the engine. I shift it into second and the acceleration continues unabated... By third I'm nudging 100mph yet the car feels as if it's hardly trying and the speed continues to rise rapidly. Yet to drive it feels no different than (sic) it does at 50mph, feeling securely planted to the track.' Reassuringly, it was also found that the brakes were well up to the job of restraining the Jaguar's stupendous performance. He concluded: 'It truly is a spectacular car.'
'XPO102' is an historically important link in the development of the XJ220. Uniquely, smaller and prettier than the production car, it is 18cm shorter, 15cm narrower, singularly powered by the Heidegger race-developed engine, and is the only XJ220 built with dogleg, wide-opening doors. It has exceptionally well documented provenance and, above all, is original except for the provision of a handbrake. Accompanying documentation includes test data and schedule; correspondence from the factory, Abbey Panels, marque authority Paul Skilleter and Jaguar Technical Director Jim Randle; sundry restoration invoices; facsimile service manuals; period photographs taken in testing in the UK and at the Nürburgring; and others with Princess Diana at the Bloxham facility.

2011-10-18 15:48:33 | Anonymous writes:

Car now offered at:
www.autocherish.com/classic/detail.asp

Sellers description:
1990 JAGUAR XJ220 EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE
Earliest surviving XJ220 in existence, many unique features, Prototype Chassis No. 2
Year : 1990
Chassis No: XP0102
Engine: 3.5 LITRE
Transmission: MANUAL 5 SPEED
For Sale By Tender - Closing Date 8th December 2011.

'XPO102' is an historically important link in the development of the XJ220. Uniquely, smaller and prettier than the production car. It has exceptionally well documented provenance and, above all, is original except for the provision of a handbrake (a pre-requisite for it's MOT and subsequent road registration).

2011-11-22 22:02:48 | Tom writes:

Car for sale on E- Bay - So sad. But they have posted the Princess Dianne photos:

www.ebay.com.au/itm/JAGUAR-XJ220-PROTOTYPE-FASCINATING-DOCUMENTED-HISTORY-/11076 ...

2011-12-11 12:14:36 | Anonymous writes:

Why sad? Ebay has a huge worldwide audience and if they are serious about selling then I would have thought the more people seeing it the better.

2012-04-17 03:34:22 | Anonymous writes:

The photo shown at the top is not the same car!

2013-07-14 18:15:48 | paul writes:

Car to return to auction 7/13
www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/24-07-2013-ThePavilionGardens-1343/1990JaguarX ...

Auction description:
Sale Date: 24th July 2013
Lot Number: 34
1990 Jaguar XJ220 Developmental Prototype
Reg Number: H984PVW
Chassis Number: SAJJEAEX7AXXP0102
Engine Number: XY002
Cc: 3500
Body Colour: Red
Trim Colour: Grey
MOT ExpiryDate: T.B.A.

Completed on 7th September 1990 and often helmed by Le Mans winner Andy Wallace, the car on offer - Prototype 002 - was cited in various Jaguar press releases as being responsible for two XJ220 developmental milestones: `in September 1990 Prototype 002 achieved 186mph at the Bruntingthorpe circuit. The following month the same car successfully completed 24 hour durability tests at the Millbrook proving ground'. Handwritten notes on file from Kelvin Nevitt (a long serving Jaguar manager) reveal that 002 played an important role in high-speed endurance, transmission durability, ride / handling and Bridgestone tyre testing. Subject to three updates and a colour change from Silver to Red whilst being evaluated, the two-seater was present at the Nurburgring in September 1991 when its sister car - Prototype 005 - set a new production car lap record of 7 minutes 46 seconds (which stood until 2000). Among the cars personally inspected by HRH Princess Diana during the official opening of JaguarSport's Bloxham facility a month later, 002 was mothballed thereafter.

Doubtless inspired by the Jaguar XJ220C that took GT class honours at the 1993 Le Mans 24-hours, Allen Lloyd (of Lloyd's chemists), Richard Hassan (son of legendary engineer Walter Hassan) and Tom Priestnall (of restorer / race preparer Renascence Cars) formed LHP Racing with a view to fielding a team of cars in selected BPR GT and BRDC GT events not to mention the 1995 Le Mans 24-hours. Richard Hassan negotiated the purchase of two XJ220s from Jaguar: Prototype 002 and a later production specification car that had been crashed on a demo run at Goodwood. Sadly, the hoped for sponsorship money was not forthcoming and Allen Lloyd soon distanced himself from the stillborn project. The damaged car was subsequently broken for spares and 002 put into storage at Renascence Cars which is a pity because it may have had quite some potential as a racer. Some 18cms shorter, 15cms narrower and circa 180kg lighter than its production siblings, the Prototype also had the advantage of a twin-turbo Heidegger V6 race engine (closely related to the unit in TWR's XJR-11 Group C cars). Variously described as being of 3.2-litre or 3.5-litre capacity and allied to a five-speed FF Developments transaxle, the compact powerplant was set-up to come on song at 4,000rpm and had considerable tuning potential.

Tom Priestnall's sale of 002 to American collector / restorer Anthony Parkinson without Richard Hassan's knowledge prompted a lengthy legal battle that ran from 1999-2005. The upside of the litigation being (i) a letter from C.G. Vacy-Ash Esq - Director of Legal Affairs for Jaguar Cars Ltd - stating that `we claim no interest in this vehicle' and (ii) inspection reports from both Robert Loades of Abbey Panels and Jim Randle which support the car's true identity / provenance. Sold on with clear title after the High Court's final ruling, 002 has been in the current ownership since November 2007. Entrusted to renowned marque specialist J.D. Classics a year later, the Jaguar was extensively recommissioned with attention being paid to its engine, gearbox, suspension, brakes and electrics etc. Documented via numerous photographs, the work took 791 man hours and £69,690.05 to complete. Road registered with the assistance of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust during late May 2009, the Prototype has been the subject of feature articles in Jaguar World and the July 2013 issue of Classic & Sportscar. Highly original, 002 boasts the same chassis, red livery, engine/gearbox, dashboard, Betron Foray seats and Dymo labelling with which it ended its testing duties. An important part of the Jaguar XJ220 story, this unique prototype (001 was crash tested and then recycled into the Ford GT90 Concept car) is offered for sale with large history file and V5C Registration Document.

2013-08-09 09:49:02 | pauls writes:

Sells for just £72,800. An XJ220 prototype has sold for a bargain £72,800 at auction on the 24 July. The 1990 Jaguar XJ220 with chassis number '002' sold for £100,000 less than its estimate at H&H Auctions.