Jaguar may build C-X75

The gorgeous supercar was only created as a motor show tease but the early reaction is so strong that the British company is considering a production future for the swoopy coupe.  "People keep tell us they want one. We might have to build it," Jaguar's chief designer, Ian Callum, tells Carsguide.

Jaguar insiders admit it would take at least three years to convert the car for production, and it would lose it's high-tech hybrid system, but can see the potential.  "I'm throwing a stone into the pond. We want to see what sort of ripples it makes and where those ripples take us," Callum says.

The C-X75 - for experimental coupe celebrating 75 years of Jaguar design - is the clear winner of Car of the Show honours at Paris in 2010, despite the best efforts of Ferrari, Lotus and even Audi with its latest E-Tron roaders.

The C-X75 is fast, edgy and pushes the British brand's design direction to the limits - and beyond.  It's also super-quick, with a 330km/h top speed and 0-100km/h sprint time of just 3.5 seconds, thanks to an all-electric drivetrain that puts an electric motor into each wheel.

But power for the engines comes from a pair of compact gas-turbine engines, taking the 'range extender' hybrid approach of the Chevrolet Volt and pushing it to the limits of current technology.

Jaguar says the lithium-ion batteries in the C-X75 will take the car 110 kilometres but its real range is 900 kilometres between refueling for the turbines.

The C-X75 also has a lightweight alloy chassis, active aerodynamics to cut drag and boost cornering grip, a cab-forward driver location, forward-hinged doors with touch-sensor opening, a fingertip information control, and TFT gauges.