During an interview with Jaguar designer Ian Callum at the Paris Motor Show he denied the Jaguar C-X75 would go into production. This came as no surprise because this is the sort of outrageous show car that's rolled out to grab headlines on the TV news. A Jaguar so far removed from reality that it seems sure it will never happen.

Jaguar is one of the world’s younger car makers, but is having big celebrations for its 75th anniversary year. Hence this stunning looking beast called the Jaguar C-X75.



Just look at the crazy specifications of Jaguar’s ultra-car. It has a top speed of 330 km/h, yet it's normally powered by four zero-emission electric motors that are backed up by a pair of tiny jet engines. Output of the electric traction engines is 780 horsepower, 580 kW. The jet engines either drive the wheels directly or turn generators to feed the quadruplet of electric motors.

Jaguar's line is that the C-X75 is a guide to what we might be driving in another 75 years’ time.



All very well, but let's go back to Ian Callum’s statement that the Jaguar C-X75 will never be built. Of course he’s right when talking about the mechanical details of the futuristic Paris Motor Show car (and I won't be around in the year 2085 to be proven wrong) but is it possible that a big supercharged V8 could one day sit under that rear window of a production version of the Jaguar C-X75?

Again, Callum denies this body will be used in real life, saying that at best some of the details may be seen in future models. Yet to my eyes there are cues to sports Jaguars of the past, particularly the famed E-Type in the shape of the rear window and the rear-side windows. I can also see the shape of the unsuccessful Jaguar XK220 of the 1990s, perhaps even clues to the current model XK sports.

Who knows what Jaguar is planning, they certainly aren’t going to tell us motoring journalists anything at this stage. But keep an eye on our news reports in three or four years time – and if you're a Jaguar enthusiast – keep your fingers crossed as well. We might just be bringing you a report on an all-new Jaguar called the C-X80...