1/15/2024 0 Comments Jaguar c x17![]() Jaguar hasn’t mentioned V-8 applications, which makes sense since the automaker is turning away from big engines.īoth rear- and all-wheel drive is also compatible with iQ. It has also been designed to incorporate innovative efficiency technologies such as diesel, plug-in hybrid and even battery-powered electric powertrains.įurthermore, Jaguar is developing new four-cylinder gas and diesel engines for its iQ platform, while performance fans will be happy to hear that the automaker’s supercharged V-6 engine from the F-Type sports car will also fit. Derived from the Premium Lightweight Architecture that underpins the larger Range Rover SUV, the iQ is a scalable vehicle platform designed not only to be light but also extremely stiff. The key to both models will be the iQ platform. Jaguar C-X17 concept, 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show Given the automaker’s naming cadence, the new sedan is likely to be called the XQ while the crossover should get the Q-Type moniker. What the vehicles will be called is still up in the air, though we know Jaguar has registered “XQ” and “Q-Type” with the European Union's trademark agency. The production version of the C-X17 will follow soon after. We’ve already spied this small sedan, which Jaguar tells us will be launched in 2015. ![]() ![]() It's the first to be built on the company's new aluminium monocoque structure for smaller cars, which carries the codename “iQ” and will also spawn a small sedan meant to compete head to head with the BMW 3-Series and erase forever the memories of the less-than-stellar X-Type sedan that failed at the same goal a decade ago. Now we're just back from the concept's reveal on the eve of the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, and have photos and more details of this new and radically different kind of Jaguar-which previews a production vehicle coming in the next couple of years. And then there were none.Yesterday, photos of the Jaguar C-X17 crossover concept leaked onto the web. Not only does it make sense from a “Jaguar has to sell more metal to stay in business” standpoint, but the days it was blasphemy for a car company to build SUVs are long, long past. (V-8s should stick around for the next several years, but whether one will slot into the Jag crossover is an unknown.) All-wheel drive is, of course, included, and we’d expect that system to join the rest of the underpinnings in being oriented towards on-road sportiness, not off-roading.Įven without full details, however, we’re more than comfortable saying that Jaguar would do well to launch a production version of the C-X17 as soon as is possible. There’s no discussion of powertrains for this particular vehicle, but Jaguar is describing its future as being one of supercharged V-6 and forced-induction four-cylinder engines, all of which would be appropriate for a vehicle this size. Perhaps it’s because we’ve had two years to daydream since Jaguar executives first mentioned a crossover, but overall we had been expecting something more, well, interesting.īeyond the usual concept-car fluff, Jaguar has very little to say about the C-X17. There is, at least, much to like in the F-type–style taillights. That’s not to say it’s an unattractive car, but the side profile could be from Mazda or a number of other automakers, and the gaping air intakes below the headlights only make the front look taller than it needs to. The fascia unmistakably comes from Ian Callum’s pen, with a nose that is meant to evoke the XJ’s, but the rest of the C-X17’s design is unexceptional. ![]() Although the company is coy about whether that’s actually going to happen, but we have the impression that this crossover is a done deal.īuilt on new, flexible all-aluminum architecture that’ll be used to underpin future Jaguars, the C-X17 is about the size of the Audi Q5 and the BMW X3. The C-X17 concept car, which debuts at the Frankfurt auto show looks-aside from the interior-production ready. You may not realize it, but Jaguar is the only mainstream automaker that doesn’t offer a crossover or SUV. ![]()
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