 Jaguar had little experience with four @-@ wheel drive systems at the time , having previously only produced rear @-@ wheel drive cars . Randle approached Tony Rolt 's company , FF Developments to design the transmission and four @-@ wheel drive system for the XJ220 , with Rolt 's son Stuart running the project . Tony Rolt was the Technical Director of Ferguson Research , where he was heavily involved in the design of the four @-@ wheel drive system used in the Jensen FF , the first sports car to be fitted with such a transmission . Tony Rolt also had a long involvement with Jaguar , winning the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans with the factory works team driving the Jaguar C @-@ Type . 
