Jaguar to uncover C-X17 at Frankfurt Show next week

Company today released a teaser shot of concept vehicle which is primarily developed as design study car

Jaguar, one of the two luxury car brands owned by Tata Motors, is ready to showcase its concept car C-X17 at the Frankfurt Motor Show to be held next week.

 

The UK- based brand today released a teaser shot of the concept vehicle which is primarily developed as a design study car. The C-X17 will be based on modular aluminium architecture, in line with the strategy of having all its cars based on aluminium in the next four years.

 

"The concept illustrates the diversity of vehicles that could be produced using this architecture, which underpins the innovative future of the Jaguar brand", stated a release from Jaguar Land Rover.

 

Though finer details of the C-X17 is not made public yet speculations are rife about it being an advanced hybrid-electric saloon like its predecessors C-X16 and C-X75. It is also speculated the C-X17 will become the crossover vehicle which JLR management has already talked about.

 

The C-X16 was also unveiled to the public at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2011. The C-X16 was later launched as the F-Type convertible, without the hybrid technology, a year later. 

 

The F-Type was launched in India in July. Prices for the Jaguar F-TYPE S are Rs 1.37 crore and for the range topping F-TYPE V8S are Rs 1.61 crore (Ex-showroom Mumbai, pre- Octroi). 

 

The C-X75 (so called to commemorate 75 years of Jaguar), a two seater, hybrid electric concept car, was showcased in 2010 at the Paris Motor Show. While production plans were finalised of this ultra powerful, clean-emission car, starting this year, the economic gloom forced Jaguar to shelve its plans indefinitely.