The Jaguar Ascot was a concept car designed by Marcello Gandini and built by the Italian firm Bertone for Jaguar, first presented in 1977 and based on the XJS. It closely resembled Bertone's Ferrari 308 GT Rainbow of a year earlier. Jaguar had sought to replace the E-Type, but the XJS of 1975 was a slow seller, and several coachbuilders offered their own ideas of a successor; Bertone's was this redesigned XJ-S with angular, wedge-shaped lines like the Ferrari Rainbow and Lamborghini Bravo. It kept the 5.3 litre V12 and automatic transmission of the XJS, and had aluminium panels, a hatchback like the E-Type fastback coupe and pop-up headlights. The concept never reached production and Jaguar handed it to Bertone after it had toured motor shows.
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The Jaguar Ascot is a concept car designed by Marcello Gandini and built by Italian firm Bertone for Jaguar.
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The Jaguar Ascot is a concept car designed by Marcello Gandini and built by Italian firm Bertone for Jaguar.
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First presented in 1977, it is based on the Jaguar XJS.
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The concept never reached production.
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features a hatchback design like the outgoing E-Type fastback coupe
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The Ascot featured the 5.3L V12 and automatic transmission from the XJ-S.
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The Jaguar Ascot is a concept car designed by Marcello Gandini and built by Italian firm Bertone for Jaguar.
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