In the desert of Dubai on a segment of the road in the 2.81 kilometer race was held, in which competed XJR and a man with a jetpack-wing.
Behind the wheel of «charged» sedan Jaguar XJR was ex-pilot of «Formula 1» Martin Brundle and carbon jetpack (wingspan — two meters), «piloted» the former Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy, who has already earned the self-explanatory saying nickname «jet man».
As for Jaguar, it is equipped with a 5-liter 8-cylinder supercharged engine 550 hp, which is aggregated with 8-step «automatic». XJR overcomes the first hundred in 4.6 seconds and its top speed is limited to 280 kilometers per hour.
It is up to this limit and dispersed Brundle, but Rossi with a knapsack behind raced at speeds of 313 kilometers per hour.
