{"id":518792,"date":"2010-04-06T20:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/06\/supercar-blasphemy-rare-jaguar-xj220-left-to-wither-in-qatar\/"},"modified":"2010-04-06T20:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T00:57:00","slug":"supercar-blasphemy-rare-jaguar-xj220-left-to-wither-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/518792","title":{"rendered":"Supercar Blasphemy: Rare Jaguar XJ220 left to wither in Qatar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/coupes\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coupe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/jaguar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Jaguar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/middle-east\/\" rel=\"tag\">Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/jaguar-xj220-in-qatar\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/jaguarxj220qatar4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Jaguar XJ220 dies a slow death &#8211; Click above for image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nEver wonder what happens to all those supercars that go to the Persian Gulf? After seeing this images, we kinda wished we hadn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/jaguar\">Jaguar<\/a> XJ220 &#8211; a veritable poster child for the dawn of the modern supercar era, the one-time standard bearer of the 200 MPH Club and one of only 281 produced &#8211; made its way from Coventry to Lebanon, then through a Dubai dealership before finally ending up in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>With only 900 kilometers (560 miles) on the odometer, this big cat has clearly been subjected to more abuse than any supercar lover (or animal rights activist) could possibly stand to see. The neglect, from the pictures at least, doesn&#8217;t look much worse than a good washing could recover, so here&#8217;s hoping.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/jaguar-xj220-in-qatar\/low\/\">Jaguar XJ220 in Qatar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/jaguar-xj220-in-qatar\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/01-jag-xj220-abuse_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/jaguar-xj220-in-qatar\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/02-jag-xj220-abuse_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/jaguar-xj220-in-qatar\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/03-jag-xj220-abuse_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/jaguar-xj220-in-qatar\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/04-jag-xj220-abuse_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/jaguar-xj220-in-qatar\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/05-jag-xj220-abuse_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crankandpiston.com\/?q=node\/901\">crankandpiston.com<\/a> | Reproduced with permission from Phil McGovern]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/06\/supercar-blasphemy-rare-jaguar-xj220-left-to-wither-in-qatar\/\">Supercar Blasphemy: Rare Jaguar XJ220 left to wither in Qatar?<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:57:00 EST.  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After seeing this images, we kinda wished we hadn&#8217;t. 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