Jaguar has introduced an all-wheel-drive (AWD) F-Type as one of a number
of performance enhancements to the award-winning Jaguar range that will grow
from six to 14 derivatives in 2015.
The full range will debut at the Los Angeles Auto
Show on 19 November.
At the JaguarLandRover
(JLR) press conference in LA will be Andy Green, who will confirm the full extent of
the technical collaboration between Jaguar and the Bloodhound Project.
Jaguar claims the
new AWD Jaguar F-type R Coupé helped the Bloodhound SSC World Land Speed Record
programme passed a significant high-speed testing milestone.
The test marks
the start of a major technical partnership between Jaguar and the Bloodhound
Project, with the ultimate aim of raising the world land speed record above
1,000mile/h and to assist in inspiring the next generation of scientists and
engineers which, it is said, is the overall objective of the project.
The current
record of 763.035mile/h was set by Andy Green in Thrust SSC in 1997.
Green will drive the Bloodhound Supersonic car.
On the relatively
soft surface of the Hakskeen Pan desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa, the
AWD F-Type was driven flat-out by Bloodhound project director and former World
Land Speed Record holder, Richard Noble who said: “We are absolutely
delighted to announce Jaguar as a Main Partner to the Bloodhound Project. This
is a very fine match – Jaguar is very strong on innovation and with its huge
drive in advanced technology, education and motorsport track record, we have
the perfect partner. Together we have developed outstanding inter-team synergy
and this is a very special relationship. We are proud to carry the Jaguar
branding on Bloodhound SSC.”
Fitted with the
same radio equipment as the jet and rocket powered Bloodhound SSC, the F-TYPE
was driven head-to-head at top speed with a similarly equipped jet aircraft
flown at 500mile/h and just 50ft above the ground. The combined closing speed
of almost 700mile/h enabled the successful test of the system that will allow
communications between the ground crew and Andy Green in Bloodhound SSC, which
will run for the first time on the Hakskeen desert 12 months from now.
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