A British design and engineering company has modified a British car to allow it to be driven legally on British roads. And non-British roads. Not exactly Earth-shattering news, except said British car is a glorious V8-engined concept that starred in a James Bond film.
So welcome back, Jaguar C-X75 and thine supercharged 5.0-liter V8, now available for real-life road use. Callum – founded by former Jaguar designer Ian Callum – has modified one of the five stunt cars used in Spectre for a private customer to Individual Vehicle Approval standards. So yes, this concept car is now road legal.
So, ‘hundreds’ of changes were made to the bones of the C-X75 stunt car, including new E-marked glass, new switchgear, a quieter exhaust and the addition of catalytic converters, along with a new calibration for the 5.0-liter supercharged V8 on board. Oh, it gets proper wing mirrors too, designed from scratch, replacing the foam ones used on the stunt car.
“So few actually survive the rigours of filming, preservation was key whilst meeting the legislation and it’s great we can reveal it to the enthusiastic Scramblers.” Scramblers, you ask? The road-legal, one-off Jaguar C-X75 will make its public debut at next month’s Bicester Scramble which is, in Earth-shattering news, in Bicester.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)