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Oh Hi: Jaguar C-X75
Posted on September 30th, 2010 No comments
Jaguar has been hinting at a new supercar for a long time now and this is what they came up with.
The C-X75 is obviously a concept but it does give us a sneak peak into what future product from Jaguar will look like as the C-X75 clearly has a new design language under Tata owned Jaguar.
The C-X75 actually has an electric range extender for a bit of added efficiency. There are actually two micro gas turbines that develop 96 horsepower each that power the li-ion battery pack. There are actually four (!) 195 horsepower electric motors as well which brings the grand total to 780 horsepower and 1,187 pound feet of torque!!!! This helps get the sub 3 tonne vehicle get from 0-100 in 3.5 seconds. It also has a top speed of 328 km/hour!
Sounds pretty impressive but it also sounds like a lot of technology that can and will go wrong too. That’s probably why it’s still on concept form. Expect the production version to be a little more mainstream.
Still cool though!
[Jaguar]
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Volkwagen Passat Dead To Us?
Posted on September 30th, 2010 No comments
Volkswagen released the new Passat in Paris today and it seems to bare a striking resemblance to the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta, only a bit more upscale looking. Actually the only thing that doesn’t look quite upscale looking is the rear end where the tail lights have too much of a resemblance to the Canada-only VW Jetta City. Still, the design is clean and classy.
But none of that matters because apparently Volkswagen is done with selling the Passat in our market. Whaa?!
Volkswagen confirmed that it would continue to sell the Passat in its current form here for another year, then it will get pulled. So we won’t even get to try this new Passat? What gives?
Volkswagen hasn’t exactly abandoned the mid-size market in North America. VW plans to offer a replacement to the Passat here called the NMS. Hmm… not sure how I feel about this. Usually cars designed specifically for North Americans means that you get a softer, bigger, less wagon or hatchback kind of ride. Mazda did it with their Mazda6 by offering a fatter, slower and uglier version just for us from the rest of the world and now it appears VW is going down the same road.
Let’s hope the NMS isn’t quite as much of a disappointment as I’m setting it up to be. I’ll be the first to eat my words should a test drive of the NMS proves to be impressive.
[Autoblog]
