FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW: Jaguar SUV revealed
Jaguar's C-X17 crossover concept laid bare as all the official studios leak out a day earlyThe full range of official studio images of Jaguar’s mould-breaking C-X17 crossover concept have been leaked across the internet, less than 24 hours before the vehicle’s formal reveal tonight.
Due to make its global public debut at the Frankfurt motor show late tomorrow, the C-X17 has already been in a leaked full-frontal image and an official teaser image.
Jaguar has also confirmed its first SUV will not be based on the Range Rover Evoque’s LR-MS steel platform, with the C-X17 design study created to “introduce Jaguar’s new, high-advanced, modular aluminum architecture” and demonstrate “the diversity of vehicles that could be produced using this architecture, which underpins the innovative future of the Jaguar brand”.
Jaguar has reportedly registered the ‘XQ’ and ‘Q-Type’ trademarks in Europe, hinting at possible nameplates for its all-new rival for mid-size premium crossovers like the BMW X3 and Audi Q5, as well as the 3 Series, A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
Jaguar’s all-new modular aluminium platform is also expected to underpin the Indian-owned car-maker’s upcoming ‘Xs’ medium sedan and the next-generation XF large sedan.
Unique bonded-and-riveted aluminum construction has been employed in Jaguar’s XJ limousine and XK sports cars for more than a decade, although the new alloy platform is expected to form the basis of vehicles sized between 4.5 and five metres long.
That means an all-new small car also under consideration by Jaguar will not be based on the new aluminium chassis, although Autocar has reported that Jag plans to switch to aluminium construction for all its models within four years.
The leaping cat brand will also use the next week’s Frankfurt show to exhibit its new XJR and XFR-S performance models, as well as the XF Sportbrake wagon and F-TYPE roadster, which will next year be joined by the F-TYPE coupe.
As we’ve reported, the first Jaguar SUV is due on sale globally in 2016 – after Jaguar’s belated X-Type replacement and answer to the BMW 3 Series, the new rear-drive ‘XS’ mid-sizer.
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