[Updated with high-res pictures] After the teaser image we showed you earlier today, the first three images of Bertone"s design study for a compact Jaguar, hit the web. Dubbed B99 (for the 99th anniversary of Bertone) the eye-catching concept car has a sleek coupe profile, even though it"s a four-door sedan. The suicide doors give it a distinctive appearance, but if Jaguar were to build a production model, it"s unlikely that they would remain.
While it might look like a long limousine, the Italian design house"s B99 concept is just 4.5 meters long. Combine this with the very low height (1.35 meters) and the pretty wide body (1.95 meters) and you have a small sedan looking like a much bigger and more luxurious model, whose profile brings to mind the classic Jaguar XJ.
The very thin A-pillars, the narrow windows and the short front overhang give the car a dynamic yet classy look, while the front and the rear mirror each other, with very thin headlights/taillights and an oval grille whose form is replicated in the back. Inside, the B99 appears to offer a classy environment, mixing brushed aluminium with leather and polished African walnut trim.
Under the hood, the concept sports sedan is said to feature a newly developed full-hybrid drive, but further details remain unknown.
