Jaguar's Project 8: 4-door hand-built sedan that can top 200 miles per hour

The Valencia orange car based made its track debut this weekend at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Inside Jaguar, they call their latest supercar a “crazy idea.” But the concept is simple and as old as racing itself: Take the lightest body possible and match it with the most powerful V8 available. What you get is Project 8, the latest product from the company’s three-year-old Special Vehicle Operations unit.

The Valencia orange car based on the XE body made its track debut this weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed outside London, racing up a 1.16 mile hillclimb alongside Lamborghini, McLaren, Porsche, Koenigsegg, and others among the fastest production vehicles anywhere. Jaguar says the 592-horsepower sedan can top