Jake Lingeman on 1/31/2012 for AUTOWEEK

The first time a Jaguar XJ220 supercar reached a customer’s hands was 1992. President George H.W. Bush was in office, and space shuttle Endeavor took its maiden flight. The XJ220 cost that first customer $846,000, and that was 20 years ago.

Read that AUTOWEEK.com article

Also, check out AUTOWEEK’s August 30, 1993 drive story of the car by Denise McCluggage, available as links to two single-page images from the bottom of that AUTOWEEK.com article.

But before you do, take a back-to-the-future repose by checking out this short film which has more twists and turns than Pikes Peak Highway: AUTOWEEK’s take on Desire