Jaguar Reveals (Not) The New XJR

Sporty XJ concept provides pointers to next-gen super-saloon (w/video)

By Chris-R / Monday, 16 August 2010 / Loading comments

Jaguar has revealed an exciting new concept designed to showcase the potential of its new XJ series.

Although billed purely as a show car, the XJ75 Platinum Concept revealed at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance over the weekend looks like a pretty strong statement of intent.

"The new Jaguar XJ Platinum Concept celebrates Jaguar's 75th Anniversary, and highlights the uniqueness of the XJ, and more broadly, the increasingly personal nature of luxury cars in today's market," says Mike O'Driscoll, Managing Director of Jaguar Cars.

"The XJ is thoroughly modern, and captures the innovative and daring character that our founder Sir William Lyons built into every Jaguar. And the design team clearly had some fun making their first one-of-a-kind XJ design concept in that spirit."

So it's not actually an XJR then, but as we're all expecting a new version of Jaguar's sportiest saloon it doesn't take much imagination to imagine this look being carried over to a new production model.

The XJ75 Platinum Concept is powered by a 470hp Supercharged V8, and not the 500hp-plus engine we'd expect in a production XJR. However, it is equipped with new ground-hugging front, rear and side sills, its exterior chrome elements have been revised to either dark chrome or gloss black, and it's got bespoke 22-inch black wheels - all of which could easily foretell the shape of good things come.

Inside the black and white theme continues with white air vents, veneers and diamond stitch suede inserts to the seats and headliner, contrasting with the black leather interior.

Check out the video 'walkaround' below: