Finally, the Jaguar C-X75 has been homologated for the road, 14 years after this excellent supercar concept was first presented to the world at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.
Jaguar, however, is not involved in the venture. Instead, the honor goes to Callum, the design and engineering firm founded by C-X75 designer Ian Callum.
The C-X75 in question is located in the UK and only looks like the original concept. Its mechanics are very different. The car began life as one of five clones of the C-X75 built by WAE, formerly Williams Advanced Engineering, to be used as stunt vehicles in the 2015 James Bond film “Spectre. “
The C-X75 served as a vehicle for one of the villains, while Bond opted for a car from his favorite brand, in this case the Aston Martin DB10. This car was evolved exclusively for a big-screen appearance, it also served as a preview of the upcoming Vantage redesign. Four of the five C-X75 stunt cars survived filming and were later sold to the public. One of them has now been extensively reworked through Callum to make it suitable for road use.
Legal conversion of the Jaguar C-X75 concept through Callum
Stunt cars feature a custom-made tubular area chassis and rely on rally-derived suspension. They will also offer an edition of JLR’s supercharged 5. 0-liter V8 from the hybrid configuration featured in the concept.
Among the modifications required to meet the UK’s Individual Vehicle Approval (VAT) certification, Callum had to install all the mandatory features found in most cars, such as right-hand mirrors, new equipment, European-approved windows, and an exhaust formula that meets emissions standards. Callum said a lot of adjustments have been made. It’s easier to make non-production cars legal on the road in the UK due to the unique vehicle type approval rules, so a similar conversion for the US is a step backwards. The U. S. would probably not be applicable.
Callum also made some changes to the car’s appearance and some handling characteristics. The gaps between the panels have been reduced and aligned, while the surfaces of the carbon fiber elements have been redone. Other surfaces have also been treated and repainted. Some changes were also made to the suspension, Callum said.
The original C-X75 concept was introduced with a popular plug-in hybrid powertrain, in which a pair of jet turbines were used instead of a traditional fuel engine. Jaguar showed its production plans a year after the concept’s debut, and the production style was intended to use a 1. 6-liter turbo-4 engine that the Williams F1 team had planned to race before F1 with the existing turbocharged V6 engine format. Economic realities and the tough festival of established supercar brands led Jaguar to finish the C-X75 project, just one year in the making.