Jaguar C-X75

Gearhead

Gorgeous!

That design should have been the new Corvette, Larry Shinoda would recognize it even from the grave.

By 3Deuce27 on 16 November, 2010, 6:41am

Bit dissapointed about the lack of supercar sound, I was hoping it would make a futuristic turbine sound like something out of Tron? Maybe it does when the turbines kick in. That is one thing you have to get sorted with the new wave of technology, the whiney zizzing of a milk cart does not set the pulses going like the howl of flat 6 or the growl of a v8,10,12.

Good idea not to power it from thrust out of the back though, hours of fun speeding away from crossing sending pedestrians flying.. Bit dissapointed about the lack of supercar sound, I was hoping it would make a futuristic turbine sound like something out of Tron? Maybe it does when the turbines kick in. That is one thing you have to get sorted with the new wave of technology, the whiney zizzing of a milk cart does not set the pulses going like the howl of flat 6 or the growl of a v8,10,12.

Good idea not to power it from thrust out of the back though, hours of fun speeding away from crossing sending pedestrians flying..

By nickeroo on 16 November, 2010, 7:44am

Bit dissapointed about the lack of supercar sound, I was hoping it would make a futuristic turbine sound like something out of Tron? Maybe it does when the turbines kick in. That is one thing you have to get sorted with the new wave of technology, the whiney zizzing of a milk cart does not set the pulses going like the howl of flat 6 or the growl of a v8,10,12.

Good idea not to power it from thrust out of the back though, hours of fun speeding away from crossing sending pedestrians flying..

By nickeroo on 16 November, 2010, 7:45am

28 g/km?!

Whilst this is an astoundly impressive figure for CO2, I think it possibly highlights a shortcoming of the way the European drive cycle test works! The trouble is, you don't need 800 horsepower to do the drive cycle and it will probably pootle around happily on it's batteries alone, for that test. We need a drive cycle that's more representative of the style in which a vehicle is going to be driven or we'll just be kidding ourselves about carbon reduction!

By molebag on 16 November, 2010, 8:01am

Emmisions farce!

Molebag, you highlight the farce of emmissions tests with hybrids, look at the prius low official emmisions, but in the real world no more economical that a similar sized diesel.

Emmisions tests for Hybrids should be started with flat batteries, so run off the engine, if the batteries charge during the test, then they can be used then, otherwise effectively you are testing the car with 2 fuel tanks but only measuring use from one.

By wh05apk on 16 November, 2010, 12:21pm

Can anyone out there remember the Jet powered Cyclops Rover from the 1950s?
What ever happened to Rover?

By toycollector on 16 November, 2010, 7:34pm

Did He Win The Bet?

To hell with the car, how much did he win by getting the word 'Swooping' three times into an article of less than 700 words. It read like the Falconry Monthly :-)

By mikegrace3 on 16 November, 2010, 7:35pm

From a styling perspective, the worst view is dead ahead at the front....just doesn't work for me. But the side and rear views are stunning, love the proportions!

By Lostash on 16 November, 2010, 8:02pm

Dont get too excited fellas. You only need to remember how the "New Jag" company took to the X-CF [with an axe??] and absolutely dumbed it down to the XF. Concept to reality can be a giant leap!! And not necessarily for the better.

By barina47 on 16 November, 2010, 10:56pm

Er, What???

"...dumbed it down to the XF"??? Shoulda gone to SpecSavers mate :P

Sheesh, I'm heartily sick of people slagging off Jaguar and every other British brand name for that matter!!! Would you rather they had gone the way of Rover?

It's attitudes like this which are responsible for the fact that Britain's major industry is now the service sector. I'm sure some 'smart alec' bigot will wade in with a comment about Jag being owned by an Indian company at some point... So bloody what? THAT doesn't mean the brand ain't British FFS. Jaguar cars are still designed and built in Great Britain by British workers as far as I recall.

Competing in the global market is essential these days, whether we like it or not. And frankly I don't give two hoots where the money is coming from, as long as it helps traditional British brands to continue to design and produce their wares in Britain and keeps them competitive in the global marketplace...

Rant over. Now get back to work and produce something already, and lets hope it isn't just a 'Big Mac' or Starbuck's Frappacino...

By sgtgrash on 17 November, 2010, 4:16am

Oh really?

Lots of British workers happen to work at McDonalds - that doesn't make it British! What's more, pointing out that it's Indian-owned doesn't make someone a bigot - just honest.

For what it's worth, I currently work in a (really) British-owned company ion the automotive secore - and have worked in the British automotive industry all my life. I've seen firms I'd worked for go under. Pie-eyed dreamers who naively think that the British car industry would still exist if only nobody had slagged it off have never made (and never will make) any difference to that! The Jag is a fantastic concept and I wish it well. i'm sure some of its ideas will filter down to real life cars in the next few years. The Indians are to be congratulated on taking a long term view of their investment in the car industry. It's a pity few UK investors are interested in doing likewise.

Making hybrids do the consumption tests on a flat battery would be unfair in the other direction too. They are already hampered because there's no braking involved in the drive cycle so they can't take advantage of their regenerative braking systems. It just needs to be more "real world" all round. That means (I think) not having every car do the same speed. The small sub-1000cc hatchback is almost foot-to-the-boards for some of the test, whereas the light sports car with the big engine can practically do it at tickover! It's quite obvious that both wil lbe driven differently in real life. I'd like to see the test require each car to use "x%" of full power for "y%" of the time in the drive cycle. Electric and hybrids should be allowed to start with a full battery but be recharged from the mains at the prevailing CO2 per kWh rate after the test, and that figure added to their overall CO2 emissions. I think that already happens with pure-electric vehicles anyway.

By molebag on 18 November, 2010, 8:16am

Jaguar C-X75

I hope the CX75 is more than just another prototype as the XJ220 was. Although based on the current pace JLR is moving now & even before it's conception, as a Ford owned business I would see it in production within 18-24 Months. Seems JLR are benefiting from Fords hard work, seems to me Ford USA have got No Vision for the long term. Unlike Fords European Division who at the time could and should of bought it. Oh well let's hope Ford Europe can continue to support the flagging patient in the USA.

By therock31611 on 18 November, 2010, 9:12am

Embarrassment!

Molebag you definitely know your stuff and totallyright too in what you said about JAG, sgtgrash you have been what is commonly known as owned by someone that clearly knows the industry like myself who has worked as Technical Engineer for over 24 years, nicely commented molebag the reality needs to be mentioned for time to time even though people might not want to believe it to be true.

By QuattroABT on 22 November, 2010, 9:33am

Blinkster

Jaguar will always be Jaguar . I've owned English cars starting from the Austin A35 (1949) thro to a larger model with sun roof to MGs to 2 Austin Healeys to finally a XK150SS . Thousands of hours Lovingly (&some cursingly Lucas) spent working on them but enjoying & now retired looking forward to a Jag in our garage again on Vancouver Island. Tata has taken over from Ford & done a remarkable job of carrying on the marque , remembering they have a great heritage to continue.

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By zzjjj89 on 31 December, 2010, 1:28pm

Totally Tron

I was at the LA autoshow when they let this space cat out.
I really hope the new XKR will go in this direction and take wind out of Italian's sails. It's just and incredible piece of sculpture.

By loughallen on 23 January, 2011, 5:42pm

Reporting

AE. Jag/Tat/Williams took you there to look at the physical car no doubt, if all you could do is drive it 20 MPH and experience all that road noise. Makes you wonder about how the real car will turn out. Still the body design is alluring. If it rains there is goign to be a lot of splash however, as the wheels are properly covered. Not that anyone is going to drive a 700,000 quid car in the rain.

I think we are have to understand that this is not a car for the masses. I think it's a demonstration of what is possible, and Arabs with pocket change will buy them up instead of goign to lunch that day. Just keep buying the gas fellows.

By Caribbean on 7 May, 2011, 10:00am

1,600 NM of torque

That must be like sitting in a jet fighter... NO TURBO LAG just seamless power all the way..

By liverpool on 30 June, 2011, 10:06pm