XJR; first sedan with a supercharged v-8?
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After hanging out one afternoon, a few of my car buddies were talking cars and sharing how they are all very excited and hyped up over the new Dodge Charger and Challenger Hellcat, a factory issue Musclecar/musclesedan producing over 700hp from a supercharged Hemi. I jokingly chimed in, "well respect its roots, pun intended, but the XJR is the Grandfather of the Charger Hellcat, being an earlier 4 door sedan car with a supercharged V-8.
That snowballed into questioning what was the earliest and earlier 4 door sedans that did feature a supercharged V-8, RWD platform and to which some of us believed the XJR to be amongst the first.
I know the 37' Cord Supercharged 812 Had a supercharged v-8 but that was in a FWD platform, and in turn does not follow the typical muscle car/muscle sedan formula, and found several other sedans with superchargers on six cylinder engines but again not a single one that had a supercharged v-8 in a rear wheel drive car.
It would be cool to think the XJR to be the first, but i find that hard to believe.
So, does anyone know of any earlier car or cars, or was the XJR indeed the first RWD sedan to have a supercharged V-8?
That snowballed into questioning what was the earliest and earlier 4 door sedans that did feature a supercharged V-8, RWD platform and to which some of us believed the XJR to be amongst the first.
I know the 37' Cord Supercharged 812 Had a supercharged v-8 but that was in a FWD platform, and in turn does not follow the typical muscle car/muscle sedan formula, and found several other sedans with superchargers on six cylinder engines but again not a single one that had a supercharged v-8 in a rear wheel drive car.
It would be cool to think the XJR to be the first, but i find that hard to believe.
So, does anyone know of any earlier car or cars, or was the XJR indeed the first RWD sedan to have a supercharged V-8?
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At least the 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk:
1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk Supercharger story
Studebaker Golden Hawk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blower Bentleys
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Mercedes SSK
Supercharged engines by Mercedes (from 1916) | Daimler > Company > Tradition > Special Topics
1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk Supercharger story
Studebaker Golden Hawk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blower Bentleys
Bentley 4½ Litre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mercedes SSK
Supercharged engines by Mercedes (from 1916) | Daimler > Company > Tradition > Special Topics
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So while supercharging has been around for decades with many cars having them fitted, so far I have come up with a plethora of supercharged coupes, or two doors, but not a single one I have come across was built as a four door sedan, or saloon.
No to be picky or difficult plums, but all three cars you have listed and linked are all coupes or two doors, while supercharged, they are not sedans.
No to be picky or difficult plums, but all three cars you have listed and linked are all coupes or two doors, while supercharged, they are not sedans.
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Haha, fair enough!
I truly love all cars and all different types of engines and motors but I was curious if the X308 XJR was the first of its kind! Its kinda cool to think of the XJR as a bit of a departure from the way it was done before, and if it was done before, it would be quite nice to draw that line and see how the technology and development progressed over time.
I love tracing the lineage for different ideas and concepts in the automotive realm, finding out where ideas were sourced, and where and when they were perfected is always a fascination to a car nerd like myself!
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So while supercharging has been around for decades with many cars having them fitted, so far I have come up with a plethora of supercharged coupes, or two doors, but not a single one I have come across was built as a four door sedan, or saloon.
No to be picky or difficult plums, but all three cars you have listed and linked are all coupes or two doors, while supercharged, they are not sedans.
No to be picky or difficult plums, but all three cars you have listed and linked are all coupes or two doors, while supercharged, they are not sedans.
But at a total of 3 can hardly be called production cars.
As far as I can make out they were made in 1996, so a close call with the X308.
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Aston Martin, did 3 Vantage special type 1`s that had 4 doors and twin supercharged 5.3 V8 engines as a special order for a customer.
But at a total of 3 can hardly be called production cars.
As far as I can make out they were made in 1996, so a close call with the X308.
But at a total of 3 can hardly be called production cars.
As far as I can make out they were made in 1996, so a close call with the X308.
A very rare and exclusive car, and not really a production model in my opinion, as a coach built car for some very special, well, wealthy customers! But man, a 600hp Aston Martin 4-door is way cool in my books!
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Indeed! First Four door, rear wheel drive sedan with a supercharged v-8!
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I forgot to write the word "production". The XJR was the fastest production sedan (saloon) in the world.
At the time of the XJR launch, the Carlton was long no more in production (produced 90-92 only) and the E60 AMG was only an option (on special order). I don't think Jaguar made the "fastest production saloon in the world" statement without first making sure it was correct.
At the time of the XJR launch, the Carlton was long no more in production (produced 90-92 only) and the E60 AMG was only an option (on special order). I don't think Jaguar made the "fastest production saloon in the world" statement without first making sure it was correct.
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