Jaguar C-X16 sports car 2011 at Frankfurt motor show

When could be a concept automobile not a thought car? When it’s a ‘production concept’, to use Jaguar’s oft-repeated description at the revealing of the new Jaguar C-X16 coupe at the Frankfurt motor show nowadays.

Officially the two-seat, supercharged V6 coupe hasn’t got the inexperienced light-weight. Unofficially this is often the R version of a production automobile that is nearly sure to be in showrooms in 2013.
Interviewing the bosses behind the Jaguar C-X16 concept automobile

‘For technical feasibility, we have a tendency to currently recognize where we have a tendency to stand,’ Jaguar’s world whole director Adrian Hallmark told automobile on-line. in keeping with Hallmark, each component – from aspect impact safety to a nose that meets pedestrian protection – conforms with production automobile rules. except for carbonfibre seats that are too skinny to accommodate aspect airbags. For now.

‘We may have cliniced it quietly, however we’ve chosen to indicate it loudly at Frankfurt,’ said Hallmark. ‘The whole world has been speculating that Car Jaguar’s progressing to build a Boxster competitor. No, we have a tendency to aren't progressing to build a £35,000 sports automobile.’ Instead the C-X16 is gunning for base 911s.
Jag C-X16: target 911

‘It’s as fast as a 911, it’s priced between Cayman and 911. we'll attack the market that we have a tendency to don’t with the XK,’ said Hallmark. Set to price from £55,000 to £75,000, the C-X16 could be a very little shorter and wider than the [997] 911 Carrera – and it's fractionally quicker.

The 375bhp supercharged V6 will power the C-X16 from standstill to 62mph in four.4sec. Hallmark says the automobile would feel way more darty and agile than the grand touring character of Jaguar’s existing XK.
The hybrid bit

The concept’s drivetrain incorporates a KERS-style electrical motor, that delivers a 173lb ft slug of torque for 10-second overtaking bursts. due to Jaguar’s trademark aluminium monocoque construction, the C-X16 weighs 1600kg, with the KERS system adding up to 150kg of that mass. Combined fuel consumption could be a claimed 41mpg.

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