Tom Walkinshaw Racing restablished to make new high performance road cars

Fergus Walkinshaw is following in his father’s footsteps. The 32-year-old is the eldest son of Scottish racing driver Tom Walkinshaw and is resurrecting the TWR brand again to pursue bespoke engineering projects.

Established by Walkinshaw senior back in 1975, the TWR team helped develop the championship-winning Jaguar XJS and XJR, with the latter most notably taking the top spot at Le Mans in 1988 and 1990. Those winners were instrumental in the iconic XJ220 (which TWR modified into an XJ220 S, pictured above) and the super cool XJR-15.

“It gives me a great amount of pride that the TWR name will live on for a new generation," Fergus Walkinshaw said. "High-performance engineering runs in the blood of the Walkinshaw family, and ever since the original TWR closed its doors I have longed to find a way to continue the family legacy. Through this new iteration of TWR we can not only celebrate the history and heritage of the original TWR, but also push the boundaries of our projects further than ever before.

“This new generation of TWR is first and foremost an engineering company that will make cars, rather than a car maker doing engineering. And that’s an important distinction. We will make use of cutting-edge technology, combining new expertise with traditional craft to build world-class products that make a statement of what this new TWR is all about. We aim to build some truly impressive and innovative automobiles, unconstrained by the rulebooks and styling demands of OEMs.

“We have scoured the performance and motorsport engineering worlds to assemble an incredibly talented technical team, including some members who were part of the original TWR, which just adds to our depth of knowledge and expertise. It’s from this base that TWR can push forward for a bright new future.”

Walkinshaw hasn't yet revealed his team's first project, so stay tuned for future updates.