Italian design studio Bertone came to the 2011 Geneva Motor Show with the B99 concept, a design study for a prospective Jaguar rival to the likes of the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. The sleek show car fostered rumors that perhaps Jaguar itself, which has been considering a successor to the discontinued X-Type, had commissioned Bertone to design the purple machine that graced the Geneva stage. According to new reports, however, Bertone was apparently on its own with this one.

Speaking with Jaguar’s global brand director Adrian Hallmark, Automotive News reports that the British automaker is passing on the concept car. “We appreciate the fact that Jaguar is interesting enough for people to do a concept around,” says Hallmark. “It is just not for us.”

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Report: Jaguar passes on Bertone’s B99 concept originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You remember the Bertone Pandion. Who could forget: Bertone’s Alfa Romeo show car dropped at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year to rave reviews and dropped jaws. But as fortunate as we were to lay our eyes on it at all, the truth of the matter is that the poor lighting and commercial setting of a major car expo hardly serve as the best conditions for viewing such a fine example of automotive design.

To put as advanced a concept as the Pandion into its proper context, what we really need is some futuristic, post-apocalyptic fantasy world. You know, like The Matrix or The Fifth Element or something – and we’re not talking about some Toyota hatchback, either. Fortunately, someone’s done exactly that, and we’ve placed the video after the jump for your cyber-dreaming enjoyment. Heck, if this is what’s waiting on the other side, we’ll take whatever pill Cadillac’s new spokesman tells us to. Thanks for the tip, Boby!

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Video: Bertone’s Alfa Romeo Pandion concept goes all Matrix on us originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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