With each day passing without Jaguar releasing a production version of C-X17, they are losing lots and lots of potential revenue.
Other luxury brands, like Porsche and Mercedes, have long been building crossover type vehicles with great financial success. In Porsches case, it was the Cayenne that turned the company around and saved it from the brink of bankruptcy.
C-X17 - a crossover concept that Jaguar just revealed in Frankfurt auto show, is a "slam dunk", as far as looks are concerned.
With it's relatively low roof line, long wheelbase, and low ride and tire profile, it may not look and, eventually, may not function like a great off road vehicle, but it certainly would look great in city streets.
Since Jaguar and Land Rover are essentially the same company, I assume Jaguar will be able to use many of Land Rovers technological solutions for chassis, suspension and four wheel drive.
If the production version looks 80% as good as the concept, I can see loads of people, such as X5, Cayenne and ML loving "Russian businessmen", ordering this car on first day.
It's got the right badge, it's got the looks and, most importantly, it is an SUV/crossover, which is what people want. Apparently, regular cars are not high, heavy and fuel inefficient enough.