The Jaguar R-Coupe is a

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developed by the British car company

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. It was first shown to the public at the

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in 2001. Designed by

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, the four-seater, two-door coupe showed a new direction for Jaguars, which developed from the style of the 1999

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. It is the first Jaguar design fully created under Callum's direction after his appointment to the company in 1999. The R-Type is designed around the XKR's supercharged V8 engine and rear-drive drivetrain, but Jaguar emphasised that there were no plans for production.

External links

R-Coupe page at the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

References

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