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01 JAGUAR F-PACE SVR

“WE PUT AN ENORMOUS V8 in it” That’s Ross Restell, the lead vehicle dynamics engineer for the F-Pace SVR, summarising what he and the rest of Jaguar Land Rover’s SVO team did to create Jag’s first-ever tilt at a hi-po SUV. A former head engineer at Lotus, he’s got clout when it comes to making cars go fast.

Standing next to him at the Jaguar F-Pace SVR’s international launch in Southern France was Jamal Hameedi, former chief engineer at Ford’s performance skunkworks. You might know him as the force behind the Blue Oval’s coolest rigs, including – but not limited to – the F-150 Raptor, Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Focus

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