The first car of Jaguar's new era, spawned from December's Type 00 concept, has been spotted testing again ahead of its much-anticipated unveiling at the end of the year.
The electric super-GT is the first all-new Jaguar since the I-Pace was launched in early 2018. It will pack north of 575bhp, have a range of more than 430 miles and be priced above £100,000.
Due to hit the road next year, it's the first of three Jaguar EVs due to arrive by the end of the decade atop a new brand-specific, EV-only platform dubbed JEA. The other two are a large luxury saloon and an SUV.
Testing in the snowy conditions near the Arctic Circle, this is the second time the super-GT prototype has been spied, with these new pictures revealing more details about the car that will spearhead Jaguar’s next generation.
For example, the images showcase the heavily camouflage car’s back end for the first time, which confirms a lack of a rear window, similar to the new Polestar 4.
This was shown on December’s Type 00 concept and previously reported by Autocar as a key feature of Jaguar’s next-generation models.
The pictures also show off thin split rear lights – clearly a more practical interpretation of the concept’s dual light blades. Like the concept, it sports a heavily sculpted rear end.
The new images also reveal an interesting rear door design that houses a small window and flares backwards above the rear wheel arch, cutting into the bodywork.
The front end is also pictured with the wording ‘lorips’. Instead of previewing a future production name, this could be a reference to 'lorem ipsum', a Latin placeholder text used in graphic design and publishing to fill spaces that do not yet have content. This therefore suggests a different word will appear there on the production car.
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Yes the technology is there to do away with a rear window and side mirrors,and unless there a full panoramic roof, it'll be a very dark place to sit in the rear, and inevitably most cars will adopt this design,whether this is really the new era Jaguar or not, the starting price is a bit high,ten grand less maybe, I can't see the car selling in its thousands.
I has a long hood, but for what purpose? The though is that the batteries will be stored below the car and with no engine, there could be space for a frunk for more storage, but that would seem out of step with the class the hope to compete in. I am all for BEVs, but am scratching my head as to why such a big vehicle (for it looks as big as a Phantom in the photos), would just arbitrarily delete the rear window? With the Polestar, with the roof of the vehicle being so low, I can follow that reasoning. I understand that these vehicles are going with a low roof as well, but when you look at the height of the sides of the car, it still seems to be a rather tall car. The roof line looks lower on the concepts, but the test vehicles look like the vehicle is tall enough to have a rear window, so to go without may look a bit odd.
It's going to be extremely amusing to watch the launch of this car. Despite the attention Jaguar have received (almost all negative) since the 'reveal', how they launch this will define the company for years to come. Personally, I think Jaguar's target market is so small it's going to be irrelevant, and with the US moving away from all this woke nonsense, it could get even smaller - no traditional Jag owner is going to look twice at this as they are no longer real 'Jaguars'.
For sure! Going to be hilarious seeing all the old fuddy duddies getting triggered, exacerbated by their own increasing irrelevance and decreasing virility!!!