Teamspeed IAA 2011: Jaguar C-X16 Concept
Teamspeed.com – Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 Coverage
Text by Dan Trent - Contributing Editor

New E-type? Forget it, the Jaguar C-X16 is more than car enough to step out of the shadow cast by Jaguar’s classic sports car. There’s absolutely nothing retro about this beauty either. Bucking several trends it’s, for a start, very compact. At 175in long it’s two inches shorter than the new 911 and just 51in tall. In fact it’s the smallest car Jaguar has made since 1954’s XK120.

The most exciting thing about the dinky Jag is the power plant - a 3.0-liter supercharged V6 with 380hp and 332lb ft of torque. However, the C-X16’s party piece is a 92bhp 1.6kWh battery pack that can be used, like the KERS tech on F1 cars, for a burst of extra power.

You can drive under electric power only at up to 50mph, too. 0-62mph comes in 4.4 seconds and it’ll top out at 186mph. The tech is only half the story though. This is a truly sexy, desirable car. In that sense, yes, like the E-type. But with its eyes very much on the future, not the past.

 

the back is the only thing I dont like because its too much acura rsx. apart from that

 

looks like the Fisher and SLS

 

An absolutely stunner........ Love it

 

I think it looks incredible! Send me one now!

 

Whats the pricepoint if it makes it into production? Looks beautiful!

 

Looks great! but Front: FISKER and Rear: LOOKS LIKE ACURA TSX

 

Your point?

 

This is sweet, an SLK/Z4/Cayman Variant.
Love the styling, reminds me of the Fisker Karma, maybe even better too, nicely done Jag!

 

It's gonna be less than the XKR, I think around 65-80k.

It looks amazing, Ian Callum rules!