Jaguar is set to enter its next era with the unveiling of a new concept car previewing its long-awaited electric GT on 2 December.
Autocar previously reported that the radical concept is due next month, and the brand has now said that the “next stage in Jaguar’s transformation” will be revealed at Miami Art Week on 2 December.
The bombshell, part of parent company JLR’s second-quarter financial presentation, confirms that we are just weeks away from getting our first taste of Jaguar’s ground-up reinvention.
The show car is due to demonstrate the new design language that will define a three-model line-up, comprising the four-door GT, a Bentley Bentayga-like SUV and a Bentley Flying Spur-sized limousine – as exclusively reported by Autocar last year.
All three will sit on the long-wheelbase JEA platform, which is being developed exclusively for use by new-era Jaguar models.
In the GT, it will yield a range of more than 430 miles and power outputs north of 575bhp. Prices will start from around £100,000.
Jaguar managing director Rawdon Glover recently told Autocar that the decision to reveal the concept in the US was down to that market’s importance, but added the brand is not disregarding its origins.
“Don’t read that as ‘Britishness isn’t important’,” said Glover. “It’s a really important part of the brand. But we’re also a global brand. And look at the size and the scale of the US market. For us it’s really important.”
JLR said in August that it has begun road testing camouflaged prototypes of the next-generation Jaguars. The GT is due to go on sale late next year, with the first deliveries taking place in summer 2026.
Jaguar recently ended sales of new cars in the UK, having ceased production of the F-Pace SUV for its home market. It remains available elsewhere, however.
A statement sent to Autocar by JLR read: “From November 2024, new Jaguar sales will come to an end ahead of our new brand reveal later this year and product launch in 2026.
“We have now ceased allocation of our current generation of Jaguar vehicles. We do have a selection of models available to acquire on an Approved Pre-Owned basis through our UK retail network.”
Production of the F-Pace for global markets will cease in the first quarter of 2026, said JLR CEO Adrian Mardell.
JLR profits rise by a quarter
As well as the update about Jaguar, parent company JLR announced that its profit for the first half of its 2025 financial year (April to the end of September) increased by 25% compared with last year.It took £1.1 billion, despite an aluminium shortage that restricted production during the second quarter (July-September) and saw that period’s profit before tax drop by 10% year-on-year, to £398 million.
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I wouldn't exactly say it's a bombshell that it's going to be revealed soon seeing as they said before they would show something at the end of this year.
You guys are definitely on JLR's payroll.
Once upon a time Jaguars were mentioned in the same breath as RR and Bentley, the three heritage British brands held in esteem as being the best of British, now, Jaguar is not even seen as a premium brand.
Well, except by Tata, that is. Behind closed doors, most assuredly.
The one shown is a great looking modern car design. I hope the real design says something to show that it is indisputably, and beautifully, a Jaguar. I don't see it here.
The art, I believe, was done by an Autocar artist, so this could be way off from what Jaguar has in mind. I own 3 Jaguars, and while none are that "classic styling", they do still have the capability to be understood as Jaguar. And while I am at an age where I probably won't ever be forced to drive some electric garbage and I am not remotely interested in doing so, the one thing I give the I-Pace was that it was about the only EV I could see myself in mainly because I am clearly a Jag fan, but also because it didn't have the ultra-futuristic look that is a bit forced and too much too soon, especially the interior. That being said, with this move, JLR has told me I am no longer a valueable customer as I will never pay what they say they are going to ask for these EVs. I honestly think this will be the beginng of the end for them and I can see them being purchased by a Chinese manufacturer well before their 100% EV bs target date.