The story of the Jaguar C-X75 has always been an intriguing one - what was going to be an amazing hybrid hypercar got a second life with a rip-roaring V8 as the wheels for a Bond villain. And that’s not even scratching the surface. Now there’s another chapter to the tale, as one of those 5.0-litre stunt cars from Spectre has been made road-legal.
It’s the work of CALLUM - and who better to lead the roadgoing project than the original designer? Having also worked on making cars like the Aston DB4 GT Continuation suitable for road use, it was decided to up the ante next time around. This ‘75 is chassis number seven, and retains a lot of the parts from its time as a movie star: the tubular spaceframe chassis is intact, as is the ‘rally-derived’ suspension and supercharged V8. Where the job of the CALLUM engineers started was in making the whole thing fit to pass an IVA - and rather more liveable.
The easy stuff (you’d imagine) was details like catalytic converters, a quieter exhaust, mirrors, indicators and some additional switchgear. Apparently, the dampers and ride height were only adjusted a tad. New glass was probably more of a headache. Where they really will have earned their keep, however, was in finding ‘solutions to improve the quality of the bodywork and fittings’. So every bit of carbon fibre was redone, wonky panel gaps addressed and quick-release latches replaced. You’re still not going to mistake it for a fresh-from-factory hypercar - the interior is still complete with a kill switch - but it’s undoubtedly the best-presented C-X75 yet seen. And, one way or another, they’ve all looked pretty fantastic.
The road-legal Jaguar C-X75 will be on display at the Bicester Scramble on April 21st. It will be located at The Armoury, which will likely be found by identifying the biggest crowd. Even after all this time, there’s not much to grab the attention like a C-X75. Especially if it drives through the gates along with everybody else…
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