Jaguar C-X75 Concept
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Not to be outdone by Ferrari, Porsche and McLaren, Jaguar and the Williams F1 team spent the last few years working behind the scenes on their own hybrid supercar, showing that going green could also be exciting. Originally planned with jet turbine range-extending engines, it was then downgraded to a gasoline plug-in hybrid setup before the project was canned entirely. Which makes its video for the C-X75 all the more frustrating--because it looks like quite a machine. Jaguar's boldest claim is that the car would offer performance to match the thousand-horsepower Bugatti Veyron hypercar, with...
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Jaguar C-X75 Plug-In Hybrid Supercar Coming In 2013
It’s been speculated for the past several months but today we finally got confirmation that Jaguar’s stunning C-X75 concept car is headed for production and due for launch in late 2013. In a press conference early this morning, Jaguar confirmed that together with the Williams Formula 1...
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2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Guide To Electric Vehicles
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