The last thing that Jaguar wanted after the furor that met its new branding campaign was an unsanctioned early reveal of the new EV the company hopes will make sense of all the hubbub. Considering the staggering interest in Jaguar’s reveal later today, it was perhaps inevitable that images would surface before the covers came off officially at Miami Art Week.
Images posted to the online forum Coche Spias offer an advance look at the electric GT car, which, judging by the proportions in these pictures, appears to be both large and wide, even for a vehicle in the class.
Although this is a concept, the design on display in bright pink and a more muted blue previews the overall aesthetic of Jaguar’s three coming EVs, beginning with a luxury saloon arriving next year. The saloon will apparently be very similar to this concept, certainly in terms of the exterior proportions.
The cab-rear stance with long bonnet shuns the design language of many electric cars, where the EV power architecture means that there is no longer need to provide space up front for a large internal combustion engine. Jaguar is clearly making a design statement here.
In advance of the reveal, Jaguar has made much of the company’s ambition for its cars to be “a copy of nothing”, and a great deal of what we see here, with invisible A-pillars, a squared front end and rounded rear seems to make good on that promise. The slatted roof in particular that stands out for individuality.
However, the lack of a rear windscreen will mean that a camera system will likely be employed to deal with looking behind the vehicle, much like Polestar 4 already featured last year. The slatted, wide front grille is solid, a feature many EVs have adopted, but is mirrored at the rear where the slats likely conceal tail lights.
Just how much of this design makes it through to Jaguar’s upcoming four-door electric GT, due in 2026, remains to be seen. But it has been stated that the EV will output 575 bhp and have a range of more than 430 miles and be priced north of £100,000 ($127,000), raising the brand back into proper luxury auto territory.
Source : Wired
