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JAGUAR LOOKS INTO THE PAST TO DESIGN R-COUPE CONCEPT VEHICLE

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Alex Law

Exterior and technical highlights of the car being shown in Frankfurt would include:

  • Solid silver badges and silver-plated details, including grill surround, side glass trim and engraved trunk lid trim
  • Ten-spoke alloy 285/30/R21 alloy wheels on ultra low-profile Continental tires, with a "Jaguar Cat Claw" tread pattern
  • Ventilated and cross-drilled brake discs in "Jaguar Cat Claw" design
  • An adaptive front lighting system with four pencil-beam xenon headlights, the outboard of which have two-axis pivoting to follow the steering direction
  • LED front fog lights, turn signals and brake lights
  • Quadruple tail pipes in machined aluminum
  • Dual silver-plated fuel filler caps, each with twin hatch doors, and an
  • Electronic door release system

Some of the more interesting interior features of the R-Coupe would include:

  • A four-seat interior with full-length center console
  • Deep brown saddle leather on floor, dashboard and upper surface of center console
  • Three-spoke leather and anodized aluminum sports steering wheel
  • A column-mounted F1-style gear change, with silver-plated paddles
  • A "Control management center" with interactive LCD screen for access to ICE controls, climate control, telephone, navigation, TV, e-mail and internet
  • Voice activation to complement the LCD screen
  • Full-width dashboard air vent
  • Door and rear quarter stowage units, inspired by luxury luggage and finished in leather and silver-plate, and
  • Three-quarter width dashboard glove box.
Alex Law
Alex Law
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