Jaguar C-X75

Even though the C-X75 was released three years ago in Paris to celebrate 75 years of Jaguar, it should still be brought up. It is probably the best piece of art that Jaguar has made since the E-type, and for a very good reason.

The C-X75 is an amazing looking car to start. It looks very futuristic and almost like it is from a sic-fy movie. Its sci-fi look is thanks to a racing inspired design and also from the XJ220, which is what the C-X75 is based on. Carbon fiber is incorporated into the chassis to give it a lightweight and ridged design. Since the C-X75 is only 2,976 lbs a simple V8 would do right? Well not really. Instead they put a 195 hp electric motor at each wheel, which is a total of 780 hp. Since the electric motors would only get you 30 miles, Jaguar added two 94 hp gas micro turbines, which extend the rang to 559 mi. The four electric motors propel the C-X75 from 0-60 mph in just 3.4 second and a top speed of somewhere around 225 mph.

Thats all really cool, but there is something that really sets the C-X75 apart from other super cars, and that is emissions. Compared to most cars on the road today that can do an excess of 200 mph will have emissions of somewhere around 300 g/km of CO2 or 1.1 lbs/mi (it takes 22.2 trees to consume that CO2) whereas the C-X75 has a CO2 emissions of just 99 g/km or .4 lbs/mi (7.33 trees needed). To compare to a Prius' puts out 104 g/km of CO2. I can tell you which one I would take any day if I needed an efficient ride.

All this comes at a cost, a very large cost. That cost is that in 2012 there was still an economic struggle, so Jaguar cut the C-X75 project to never make it to production. Don't be shy, I was crying on my computer when I red the news also, but I won't get you a new computer. But like I have said many times before, all great things have to come to an end, just like the C-X75.