Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Its Jaguar’s 75th anniversary and to mark this momentous occasion, Jaguar design has decided to go completely out of the box to dazzle the people. Enter Jaguar C-X75 - One look at this futuristic concept and you know without the shadow of a doubt – Jag is back
The latest Jaguar electric super-car concept, which has been inspired by an airplane, is an aluminium-spaceframed, 780bhp, 1600Nm, torque vectored, jet powered, four-wheel drive, capable of doing a top speed of 328kph and 0-100kph in a mere 3.4 seconds; All this at just 28grams of CO2 per kilometer.
In the back of this Jaguar instead of finding the engine, we see two miniature 94 bhp torpedo gas turbines which power the four electric motors, one attached to each wheel of the car. Each of these electric motors produce about 195 bhp and are independently controlled for improved traction.
Theoretically, on a 6 hour charge, the C-X75 can run 109 kilometers solely on electricity. The turbines can be used thereafter to charge the lithium ion batteries and extend the range of the car by 901 kilometers. What is truly amazing though is that these turbines can be fed almost any fuel known to man from diesel and petrol to natural gas, LPG, etc.
The exteriors of the C-X75 incorporate 'vertical control surfaces' on the rear corners, which engage at high speeds to add substantially to the stability. Also the cooling vents are placed in the front grill and open only when necessary.
The resemblance of the interiors to an aircraft is uncanny. For instance the car starts by the flick of switches on the roof and the door opens by pulling an ejector handle placed between the driver’s legs!
To say that the C-X75 adds a new vertical in the futuristic, low emission, renewably-fueled, aero-modeled, jet aged transportation is an understatement. What makes this Jag special is the fact that the designers at Jaguar were given complete freedom to experiment and perfect - to dream and implement. The C-X75 is not just a design revolution, neither is it only a technology drift or a futuristic fantasy, it is frankly much, much more.
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