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Fresh from winning the European Car of the Year gong, at the New York motor show last week it also won the World Car Design of the Year, the World Green Car prize, and also the overall World Car of the Year award too.

We’ve been here before. In 1991, Jaguar unveiled another groundbreaking car: the production version of the XJ220 – a machine whose sensuous looks were only exceeded by thumping twin-turbo performance. But the car is controversial, not least due to appalling bad timing and ill fortune.

Back in 2012, Andrew Frankel drove the car again, wondering if the history book needed a re-write – here’s his story.

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