Jaguar C-X75. Williams F1 Grand Prix team will assist the production version of Jaguar C-X75 amazing concept that was greeted with delighted reaction when unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in September last year.
Maximum of 250 will be built, with production starting in late 2013 and the closing two years later. Prices will be between € 700,000 and £ 900,000 depending on local taxes.
The car will be done "in the Jaguar factory in the West Midlands, but the Williams F1 will use the expertise in carbon fiber body construction, active aerodynamics, hybrid powertrains and battery technology to give to the project.
However, the technology was not ready in time for the production version of the C-X75, hybrid four-wheel-drive.
Not just any hybrid, though. Small capacity engine in the heart of the powertrain will be based on next-generation turbocharged Formula One, and there will be a high-power electric motors on each axis.
Jaguar will not cite the strength in this stage, but says the car will be designed to blast from 0-60mph in less than three seconds, 0-100 mph in less than six and the top speed of 200 mph. However, emissions will be at the same level as in the small family car hybrid "word. Jaguar CO2 target of 'less than 99g/km.
The car will be 30 miles electric power alone and would like a song mode, when both active suspension and active aerodynamics to be operational.
carbon-ceramic brakes as standard, along with a torque-vectoring system to help the car hold the line on the corner fast.
The entire mechanical package will be unveiled in the autumn - possibly at the Frankfurt Motor Show - but the names will remain secret until near the launch date. The only certainty is that it will be called C-X75.
Jaguar Brand Director Adrian Hallmark said the cars redefine performance and durability.
"Never before has the company launched such an ambitious, world-beating vehicle program," said Carl-Peter Forster, CEO of Tata Motors, the parent company Jaguar.
"This is the future of Jaguar. Opportunities for innovation, such as the UK is part of the reason for Tata Motors invested in Jaguar, and it was nice that products such as C-X75 can become a reality."