{"id":174946,"date":"2010-01-13T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/13\/report-jaguar-green-lights-the-c-type-sportscar-nixes-the-xj-c\/"},"modified":"2010-01-13T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T18:28:00","slug":"report-jaguar-green-lights-the-c-type-sportscar-nixes-the-xj-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/174946","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jaguar green-lights the C-Type sportscar, nixes the XJ coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Convertible<\/a>, Coupe<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Jaguar<\/a>, Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n1952 Jaguar C-Type – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nLovers of Jaguar<\/a> sports-coupes – of which there are more than a few here at Autoblog – have only had the XK<\/a> to subsist on for quite some time now. And a silken cat it is, to be sure, but soon it’ll have company. According to a report from Inside Line, Coventry is proceeding with preparations to launch an oft-rumored<\/a> and long-speculated<\/a> new sportscar.<\/p>\n

Tentatively dubbed “C-Type” and (unimaginatively) referred to internally as the “small sports car,” the new vehicle will reportedly be based on a new aluminum monocoque chassis. IL indicates that the engine bay will be big enough to accommodate the company’s 5.0-liter V8 (supercharged C-Type R, anyone?), but power is is initially expected to come from a turbocharged V6, developed in-house off the V8’s architecture. Both coupe and soft-top convertible bodystyles are expected to form part of the formula when the new sportscar arrives to take on the likes of the Mercedes SLK<\/a>, BMW Z4<\/a> and Audi TT<\/a> within the next two years.<\/p>\n

While we eagerly anticipate the C-Type’s arrival, our compatriots at IL also report that the rumored XJ coupe<\/a> – targeting the likes of the Bentley Continental GT<\/a> and Mercedes CL-Class<\/a> – is not currently in the running. But given the choice between a small, lightweight sportscar and an oversized coupe, we’ll gladly take the former.<\/p>\n

[Source: Inside Line<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Report: Jaguar green-lights the C-Type sportscar, nixes the XJ coupe<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Jaguar, Luxury 1952 Jaguar C-Type – Click above for high-res image gallery Lovers of Jaguar sports-coupes – of which there are more than a few here at Autoblog – have only had the XK to subsist on for quite some time now. And a silken cat it is, to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}