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Back in its days, the Jaguar XJ220 was hailed by much as the King of Supercars. Although it was earlier stated to have a four-wheel drive system and a V12 engine powering this mid-engined speed demon, the production version only had half of those two but still manages to set a record for the highest top speed of a production car from 92-94 at 350km/h, which the McLaren F1 obliterated not long after with its 391km/h top speed.
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Since then, Jaguar had been shying out from the supercar industry and focuses on making powerful grand tourers like the XKR and so forth. But that does not mean that they will shy out from the supercar scene forever as Jaguar already had something new lined up for the near future with the C-X75. While it already has the looks of a supercar; being flat and low, this new mid-engined exotic is said to have about 500 horsepower coming out of it.
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And what powers this big cat; a V12? V10? Or maybe a V8? None of those actually as this new-generation supercar will only be housing a 1.6-liter inline-four engine as its main powerplant at the back of the driver’s seat! This amazing power output was actually possible by twin-charging the minute engine, which in other words equipping both a supercharger and turbocharger on the same engine.
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With such boost strapped on, 0-100 is said to be dealt at below three seconds and top speed is in the range of around 320km/h. And born in today’s hybrid movement, it also has a 600-volt battery pack onboard which is constantly being charged by the engine. The batteries will then power up the electric motors, allowing the car to run in clean mode at speeds up to 65km/h.
Sounds good? It is priced “good” too as it is said to be priced around £700,000 to £900,000 (RM 3.4 mil – RM 4.4 mil), and those had yet to include the taxes. Wonder if this one could get included into the hybrid vehicle tax exemption scheme…
Sources:
<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/26/production-jaguar-c-x75-will-have-500-hp-1-6l-turbo/">http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/26/production-jaguar-c-x75-will-have-500-hp-1-6l-turbo/</a>
Back in its days, the Jaguar XJ220 was hailed by much as the King of Supercars. Although it was earlier stated to have a four-wheel drive system and a V12 engine powering this mid-engined speed demon, the production version only had half of those two but still manages to set a record for the highest top speed of a production car from 92-94 at 350km/h, which the McLaren F1 obliterated not long after with its 391km/h top speed.
<a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cx75_3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-35075" src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cx75_3-600x398.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="398" /></a>
Since then, Jaguar had been shying out from the supercar industry and focuses on making powerful grand tourers like the XKR and so forth. But that does not mean that they will shy out from the supercar scene forever as Jaguar already had something new lined up for the near future with the C-X75. While it already has the looks of a supercar; being flat and low, this new mid-engined exotic is said to have about 500 horsepower coming out of it.
<a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cx75_4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-35076" src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cx75_4-600x397.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="397" /></a>
And what powers this big cat; a V12? V10? Or maybe a V8? None of those actually as this new-generation supercar will only be housing a 1.6-liter inline-four engine as its main powerplant at the back of the driver’s seat! This amazing power output was actually possible by twin-charging the minute engine, which in other words equipping both a supercharger and turbocharger on the same engine.
<a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cx75_2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-35074" src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cx75_2-600x398.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="398" /></a>
With such boost strapped on, 0-100 is said to be dealt at below three seconds and top speed is in the range of around 320km/h. And born in today’s hybrid movement, it also has a 600-volt battery pack onboard which is constantly being charged by the engine. The batteries will then power up the electric motors, allowing the car to run in clean mode at speeds up to 65km/h.
Sounds good? It is priced “good” too as it is said to be priced around £700,000 to £900,000 (RM 3.4 mil – RM 4.4 mil), and those had yet to include the taxes. Wonder if this one could get included into the hybrid vehicle tax exemption scheme…
Sources:
<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/26/production-jaguar-c-x75-will-have-500-hp-1-6l-turbo/">http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/26/production-jaguar-c-x75-will-have-500-hp-1-6l-turbo/</a>
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