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Jag's jet car is go!

Sensational C-X75 supercar gets green light for production - 200mph, £700,000 hybrid two-seater hits the road in 2013.

Jaguar C-X75

By Sam Hardy

05th May 2011

It’s the green light for the most exciting Jaguar in decades. The Coventry firm has announced that the stunning C-X75 supercar will go into production – and it has partnered up with Formula One team Williams to do it!

First revealed at last year’s Paris Motor Show to celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary, the C-X75 stole the limelight with its swooping shape and innovative range-extending gas turbine powerplant.

 

However, while a handful of the 250-limited run will boast the incredible turbine system, the rest will feature an all-new 1.6-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine hybrid unit developed by partners Williams. This unit will be related to the engine used by the Williams F1 team from 2013.

"This association with Jaguar Land Rover provides us with an incredible opportunity to work with one of the world's most inconic brands," Williams F1 boss, Sir Frank Williams said. "Williams has always considered itself an engineering company so this project will allow us to create something truly exceptonal."

Complete with electric motors driving each axle and a engine rev limit of 10,000rpm, Project C-X75 will boast incredible performance.

There’s no definite power output as yet but with each electric motor boasting around 400bhp, expect the total output to be in excess of 900bhp.

With a lightweight carbonfibre chassis and ceramic brakes, Jaguar claims the supercar will do 0-60mph in less than three seconds and 0-100mph in less than six seconds with a top speed in excess of 200mph.

That makes it the fastest accelerating Jaguar in history by some margin. As well as being as accelerative as Bugatti’s Veyron, the C-X75 is a whole lot more environmentally friendly.

Jaguar claims that the car can emit just 70g/km of CO2 in certain modes. It will have a zero emission mode where it runs solely on electric power, for 30 miles. Track mode will unleash full power. Jaguar says the C-X75’s engine will act as a range extender, boosting the on-board lithium-ion batteries, which then power the motors. The car will be able to be plugged into the mains too.

The engine will also directly drive the rear wheels. Because of the arrangement of the electric motors, the C-X75 gets a very lightweight four-wheel drive system too. Another benefit is the ability to vector torque to the wheel with most grip.

Add to that a carbonfibe chassis and panels made from the same material, and on paper the C-X75 promises to be nimbler and more powerful than any Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren. Williams will also provide know-how when it comes to lightweight materials such as carbonfibre along with active aerodynamics and other F1-associated technology.

The car is expected to look almost identical to the original concept, which boasts a sweeping shape and a tail inspired by the mighty XJ13 prototype Le Mans racer. Inside, expect a whole host of bespoke fittings with twin screens showing vital information and a Bowers and Wilkins-developed stereo. The C-X75 will go on sale in 2013 with a price tag between £700,000 and £900,000.

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11 Comments

yeah right!!!

April the 1st already?..... lets hope its a bit more reliable than the formula 1 car.......

By wmtmarine on 6 May, 2011, 11:09am

Bill@Warrington

It would be clever to invest this technology into a family car, without the extreem performance of course.

By Lortaybill1 on 6 May, 2011, 1:03pm

English engineering at its best

Once again leading technology from England that has been championed by the automotive industry, there is much more to come in the form of technically advanced engineering, composites, and advanced electronics, at the moment unfortunately only for a few rich people, but eventually this technology will filter down to our affordable road cars.
This state of the art Jaguar will force the competition particularly the Italians, to build their high performance cars to the same exacting quality standards, can they do it? I’m not sure that they can.

By Bobbybev on 6 May, 2011, 3:41pm

The new Jaguar Toff-mobile!

Another elitist car from an elitist brand.
When will Jaguar produce their equivalent of the Audi A1 or the BMW 1 series?
Gas turbine?
Didn't Rover make one back in the 50s?
Look what happen to them.

By toycollector on 6 May, 2011, 8:05pm

Great car, well out of most peoples price range, even the wealthy. I found the story on another website, they also featured the new Porsche Caymen S Black Edition. Not the best looking Porsche but this one looks good.
http://www.planestrainsautomobiles.co.uk/automobiles/the-new-porsche-cayman-s-black-edition-price-and-performance

By Vikki1 on 6 May, 2011, 9:20pm

Great car, well out of most peoples price range, even the wealthy. I found the story on another website, they also featured the new Porsche Caymen S Black Edition. Not the best looking Porsche but this one looks good.
http://www.planestrainsautomobiles.co.uk/automobiles/the-new-porsche-cayman-s-black-edition-price-and-performance

By Vikki1 on 6 May, 2011, 9:20pm

in reply to toycollector:
what's wrong with being an elitist brand? Maybe Jaguar doesn't aspire to be the next Tata or Kia.
The gas turbine is a brilliant idea - simpler than a standard internal conbustion engine, so potentially easier to make and more reliable (jet aircraft do more mileage than your standard family runabout).
I think the main problem with Rover's gas turbine cars was fuel economy - however with this arrangement the engine will be allowed to run at its optimal rev range while it simply charges the battery. In fact I think the four cylinder engine option is a bit of a cop-out. They should play up its uniqueness as much as they can.
Rover's failure had nothing to do with its attempt to explore technology, it was because of its inability to build interesting cars using bog standard technology

By AndyEr on 6 May, 2011, 11:16pm

Looks good and as I am sure that the technology will filter down to the normal cars a great idea

By tr_4_triumph on 9 May, 2011, 5:53am

PHOAWWW

Wow, what a cracker! Nice to see we have still have some engineering left in this country! Do you think Tesco will have Clubcard deals with Jaguar by 2013??

By taaudi on 10 May, 2011, 9:37am

taaudi, you stole the words right out of my mouth! :-) WOW!! This car is nothing and everything.......another wild looking supercar. The very last thing on earth any one would pick it for is a Jaguar though. I suppose everyone remembers the birth of the XF. The 'ultra-sound' showed a princess, and out popped Plane Jane!! "The [production??] car is expected to look almost identical to the original concept". That's to be seen. To be rolling it out in 2013, to all those lucky rich bastards, they must have done a fair bit of work already.

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By barina47 on 11 May, 2011, 9:07am

seriously?

A turbine engine in a car... ? is going to be one hell of a car

By liverpool on 30 June, 2011, 7:37pm

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