Geneva Motor Show 2011: Jaguar B99 by Bertone

The B99 is a Jaguar concept car that Bertonte, so B, presented at the Geneva Show 2011 which opened its doors yesterday. The number 99 stands for the years of the Turin bodywork that before this has created 5 other Jaguar models. The B99 is a Jaguar 3 volumes which resembles' Iong the XJ, but its size is different, it is long 4 feet wide and 1.95 m.

The bodywork is all hand techniques and the joke is Mike Robinson, Director of the Bertone design with retractable rear spoiler that gives that effect from Gran Turismo. The Jaguar B99 by Bertone will be equipped with a hybrid engine with thermal gas and a supercharged 1.4-liter 170-horse power that drives an electric generator which are connected to lithium ion batteries coupled to two electric motors to 204 hp each.

Geneva Motor Show 2011: Jaguar XKR-S

Current ongoing Geneva Motor Show 2011Jaguar presented the new XKR-S car design a lot of grit that marks a radical change of course in relation to forms more British than the past. The new Jaguar XKR-S is the fastest car ever built, high performance brand from UK, with as many as 550 hp and a maximum top speed of 300 km / h.

The new XKR-S will still be a comfortable car, suitable for everyday use, characteristics that have always distinguished the Jaguar supercar. The engine is a V8 with direct injection with supercharger expands characterized by increased fluid dispensing can generate 680 Nm of torque and accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in just 4.4 seconds, while CO2 emissions are lower 300 g / km.

Geneva Motor Show 2011: Bertone, concept-based Jaguar

Bertone will present at the next Geneva Motor Show 2011, scheduled in March, its concept car. For now, the only image available is a teaser of the rear of the Bertone concept car built on a Jaguar. Although the base is the Jaguars do not know if the English House is involved in some other technical detail of the car, if not for the Jaguar in the rear.

This stylistic fusion between Bertone and Jaguar is not new, in fact, other examples are the Pirana Ascot in 1967 and 1977. We will see if the couple Bertone - Jaguar will effect how the couple Pandion - Alfa Romeo at the same Salon of 2010.

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