Jaguar Concept Cars

Jaguar XK180

Fifty years after the Coventry-based company launched the XK engine and the XK120 sports car, the XK180 concept car was created to showcase the skills and talents of Jaguar stylists, craftsmen and engineers.

Inspired by the great Jaguar roadsters of the fifties and sixties, the Jaguar XK180 was hand-built in the company’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) workshops at Browns Lane in Coventry. Although not intended for production, the concept car is based on a shortened version of the supercharged XKR convertible, which was introduced earlier that year. [read more]

Jaguar F-Type

Inspired by the XK180 concept car revealed at the Paris Motor Show in 1998, Jaguar designers set out to create the ideal, compact Jaguar roadster, evoking the spirit of the legendary E-Type.

The F-Type concept, the most compact Jaguar sports car in more than forty years, presented the company’s ideas for a roadster that would take Jaguar into a new segment of the global market. [read more]

Jaguar R-Coupé

The Jaguar R-Coupé represented a “leap into Jaguar’s future”, and signalled how the company’s design philosophy and language may develop.

The four-seater luxury coupé was the first vehicle to explore and demonstrate the new design philosophy at Jaguar. Faithful to core Jaguar values from the past, the R-Coupé interpreted them in modern form. [read more]

Jaguar R-D6

The Jaguar R-D6 was a concept car launched at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, building on the design direction shown by the R-Coupé concept two years previously.

R-D6 also took advantage of Jaguar’s lightweight structure strategy, as pioneered in the new XJ saloon, and later the XK range. Using aluminium and composite materials for the chassis and body, R-D6 weighed just 1500kg. This allowed it to capitalise on the power – and, more importantly, the torque – delivered by its V6 engine. [read more]

Jaguar Concept Eight

The launch of the New XJ Long Wheelbase marks not just the return of the seminal luxury British saloon but also an opportunity for Jaguar Cars’ Advanced Design Studio to use the most spacious vehicle the company has ever built as the base for an intriguing design programme – the Jaguar Concept Eight. This sumptuous luxury saloon blends the best in contemporary British creativity with the ultimate in automotive engineering to offer a compelling glimpse of future Jaguars. [read more]

Jaguar C-XF

The C-XF concept car signalled the onset of a new era for Jaguar. A stunning, four-door sports saloon which blends design purity with unmistakable dynamism, the C-XF is a clear indication of the design direction that the next generations of Jaguar saloons will take.

Designed by the same teams that produced the award-winning Jaguar XK sports GT range in 2005 – headed by Jaguar Director of Design Ian Callum and Head of Advanced Design Julian Thomson – the C-XF concept is a precursor to cars that will become recognised for their ground-breaking exterior looks and innovative interiors.