{"id":81615,"date":"2009-12-14T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/14\/race-spec-jaguar-xf-touring-car-debuts-at-kyalami-superstars\/"},"modified":"2009-12-14T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T21:31:00","slug":"race-spec-jaguar-xf-touring-car-debuts-at-kyalami-superstars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/81615","title":{"rendered":"Race-spec Jaguar XF touring car debuts at Kyalami Superstars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Motorsports<\/a>, Sedan<\/a>, Europe<\/a>, Jaguar<\/a>, Specialty<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nFerlito Motors Jaguar XF Superstars touring car – Click above for image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nWe can thank the Italians for some of the most enticing race machinery ever to grace tarmac. But in this case, the Italians have taken a British saloon and transformed it for track duty.<\/p>\n

This racing version of the Jaguar XF made its debut this past weekend at South Africa’s Kyalami circuit, where the Superstars Series held its season finale. The Italian touring car series pits all manner of specially-prepared machinery – ranging from Chevrolet Luminas and Chrysler 300s to Audi RS4s and the Maserati Quattroporte we reported on earlier<\/a> – against each other at circuits around Italy, with one round this season held abroad. While you may not recognize any names from the current roster of drivers, the handicapped former CART Champion and F1 driver Alex Zanardi is set to race for BMW in the Italian series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Few details are available on the new Jag touring car’s specifications, but it was prepared by Italian racing garage Ferlito Motors to replace an aging machine based on the old S-Type. For its race debut, the new XF racer finished 12th – dead last of the cars that finished the race, but at least it finished. Follow the jump for the press release and check out the (unfortunately low-res) images in the gallery below.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Ferlito Motors Jaguar XF Superstars touring car<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Superstars Series]<\/p>\n

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