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The Jaguar
Advanced Lightweight Coupe show car made its world debut today at the
North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Mich. The
Advanced Lightweight Coupe show car heralds a new generation of stunning
Jaguar sports cars and sports sedans. The car remains true to Jaguar's
illustrious past but more importantly signals the company's confident
leap forward into the future.
Joe
Greenwell, Chairman and CEO of Jaguar Cars, introduced the show car.
"The
Advanced Lightweight Coupe represents the very essence of Jaguar, its
heart and soul. If you want to know what lies ahead for us, what
direction we will take – this is Jaguar's answer."
The Advanced
Lightweight Coupe is a physical expression of Design Director, Ian
Callum's thoughts and intentions for the next generation of Jaguar cars,
which like this 2+2 show car, will have purposeful and seductive
exteriors that bring Jaguar design firmly into the 21st century.
The Advanced
Lightweight Coupe benefits from Jaguar's advanced lightweight aluminum
architecture technology that was introduced with the new XJ saloon; in
production form the Advanced Lightweight Coupe would be as dynamic and
agile as it is desirable.
This is a
car that in unrestricted production form could reach 60 mph from
standstill in less than five seconds and have potential 180 mph
performance. Filled with examples of the intuitive driver technologies
that are Jaguar's trademark, the Advanced Lightweight Coupe also
introduces some new ones.
This is a
beautiful, fast Jaguar, true to the brand's past and future. It embodies
sporting luxury and represents the future of Jaguar, as an ambassador
for a marque whose reputation was founded on beautiful dynamic sports
cars.
"This
company has had many ground-breaking moments," continued Greenwell. "The
XK120 was a ground-breaker and of course the E-Type and XJ saloon in the
1960's helped to change the face of motoring. These were events in
automotive design history that have stood the test of time and I would
like to think that we will look back on the Advanced Lightweight Coupe
as another of those moments in Jaguar's lineage."
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