Jaguar C-X75, Range Rover Sport SVR Star in Next James Bond Film

The return of the C-X75.

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Along with the new Aston Martin DB10, James Bond and his foes will drive several Jaguar Land Rover vehicles in the upcoming film, Spectre. Befitting the grandeur and excessiveness of the James Bond franchise, the cars chosen to participate on-screen are nearly as big as Bond himself.

The legendary Land Rover Defender may be going out of production after the 2015 model year, but that's not stopping Land Rover from capturing our hearts one last time. For the off-road portions of the film, Land Rover outfitted a Defender with a heavy-duty suspension, chassis reinforcement, and incredible 37-inch diameter off-road tires. Called the "Big Foot", the Defender appears ready to tackle any sort of terrain Bond can manage to traverse. While Land Rover is rolling out a few special final editions for the final model year of the Defender, don't get your hopes up for the Big Foot to see life outside the film world, as Land Rover has no plans to put the model into production.

While the Big Foot may be indomitable off-road, the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR featured in the upcoming film may be just as capable on-road. With 550 hp rushing out of its supercharged 5.0 liter V-8, the Range Rover Sport SVR is the fastest and most powerful vehicle to ever roll out of the Land Rover factory. With a 0-60-mph time in the mid-four-second range, and a top speed limited at 162 mph, the SVR should have the legs to keep pace with the rest of the sports car pack on surface streets. Unlike the Big Foot, which will never see production, the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR is already on showroom floors.

While the special Aston Martin DB10 sports car serves as Bond's personal runabout in Spectre, what about the unsavory villains who want to keep pace with him? Jaguar has provided a series of C-X75 supercars to match the Aston; the concept first made headlines in 2010 with its outrageously attractive styling and its outlandish, space-age powertrain. At its core, the C-X75 was originally a gas-turbine hybrid, with twin-turbines charging the batteries, which in turn powered four electric motors at the wheels. The C-X75 was initially developed for production with a conventional hybrid drivetrain paired to a turbocharged engine, but the project was canceled in the wake of a mounting global financial crisis. No word on whether the C-X75 in the film will be turbine powered or a conventional set up, but either way, it will be breathtaking to see it face off against the svelte Aston Martin DB10.

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