The Jaguar C-X75, originally introduced in 2010, has gone down in history as one of the greatest concepts that never reached production. Luckily, one of the four surviving V8-powered stunt cars from the James Bond movie Spectre is being re-engineered and converted into a street-legal supercar. The project is undertaken by UK-based firm Callum, which was founded by Ian Callum himself, the designer of the concept.
The movie car was built in 2015 by Williams Advanced Engineering. The concept-inspired bodywork built by JLR’s Special Vehicle Operations division is based on a tubular spaceframe chassis. Power comes from a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 as opposed to the wild setup of the original concept that combined dual diesel gas microturbines with quad electric motors.
Fast forward to 2024, a lucky owner of the Jaguar C-X75 commissioned Callum with the task of licensing it for UK road use. The Warwick firm’s designers and engineers didn’t limit their input to the essentials, but applied a series of enhancements to the prototype, transforming it into the ultimate collector’s item.
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The carbon fiber bodywork of the prototype has been resurfaced and repainted, the panel gaps were reduced, and the quick-release latches were removed. Not intended for road use, the original movie car came with fake mirrors made of foam, which were replaced by new custom-made components with integrated indicators.
According to Callum, “hundreds of changes” were required for the prototype to achieve the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) certification and gain street-legal status in the UK. These included the addition of E-marked glass, new switchgear, and a quieter exhaust system with catalytic converters alongside special calibration tuning for the V8 powertrain. Callum’s engineering team also made minor adjustments to the dampers and ride height.
The finished Jaguar C-X75 will make its public debut on April 21, at the Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble in the UK. Callum didn’t announce the cost of the modifications, nor if a similar treatment is available for the rest of the surviving examples of the movie car.
