New Jaguar Type 00 spotted: controversial new electric car coming in 2026
February 07, 2025 by Jamie Edkins
Car changing is a big deal
The new Jaguar Type 00 is coming next year, and this contentious new electric car has been spotted out on the road
- New Jaguar Type 00 spotted testing
- Roadgoing version of the controversial concept
- Bold exterior styling with no rear window
- Minimalist interior with hidden infotainment displays
- 478 miles of range courtesy of a new battery
- On sale in 2026 costing over £100,000
This is the new Jaguar Type 00, a £100,000 electric GT car which signals the beginning of a new era for Jaguar. In 2026 it’ll be the first new car it launches following a two-year hiatus, and it’s caused quite the stir among Jaguar fans.
From a highly controversial rebrand at the end of 2024, to the reveal of the outlandish Type 00 concept, Jaguar seems to be on a mission to get as many eyes on the company as possible.
New Jaguar Type 00 design
The Jaguar Type 00 concept raised many eyebrows when it was first revealed at the end of 2024. You certainly can’t accuse it of being dull, but it’s a radical departure from anything Jaguar has built before.
The angular front end and slightly strange-looking square front grille look interesting if nothing else, and the slim headlights make it look almost like the sort of thing a cartoon villain would drive.
That bonnet would be considered long even if it had a whopping V12 engine under it, but with no engine on board it’s purely a stylistic choice. Moving to the rear things get even more wacky. One of Jaguar’s new catch phrases is “Copy nothing”, but it copied the Polestar 4 here by doing away with the rear window.
The production version of this car has also been spotted testing for the first time. It’ll be a four-door GT car when it goes on sale rather than a two-door coupe, but a lot of the concept’s styling details appear to be intact.
It has a similarly upright front end, and you can just about see the slim headlights poking through the wrap. The black mesh around the grille also suggests that it won’t be completely sealed-off like it was on the Type 00 concept.
Moving to the side and you can immediately see that this is a lot longer than the car we saw last year, which makes sense seeing as it has an extra pair of doors. There does seem to be a slightly different rear end though, because it looks more like a traditional three-box saloon rather than a swoopy coupe.
New Jaguar Type 00 interior
The Type 00’s cabin is just as captivating as the exterior, with a minimalist design and plenty of unusual materials helping it stand out.
The stand-out feature here is what appears to be a bannister splitting the car down the middle. This 3.2-metre-long brass beam is mimicked on both doors as well. The dashboard then features yet more lines which are continued from the bonnet.
You may be wondering where the infotainment system is hiding; after all, no luxury car is complete these days without an entire branch of Currys glued to the dashboard – we’re looking at you, Mercedes Hyperscreen. Well there are two large displays hidden in here, and they pop out from under the dashboard.
You get one in front of the driver and one for the passenger, and between the two displays they take up the entire width of the car. The graphics also change depending on which of your mood stones you’ve placed in the centre console – it’s all very zen.
New Jaguar Type 00 batteries and motors
This radical design stuff is all well and good, but what’s going on underneath that outlandish bodywork? Well the Type 00 is based on an all-new range of EV parts – collectively called the “Jaguar Electric Architecture”.
While there are no exact details around power or battery size, we know that the pack will be exclusive to Jaguar and won’t be borrowed from other cars in the Jaguar Land Rover family. It has been confirmed that the Type 00 will have 478 miles of range though, and it’ll be able to charge quickly enough to gain 200 miles of range in as little as 15 minutes.
As for power, you can expect to see a dual motor setup giving the car all-wheel drive, however exact figures are yet to be nailed down. Being a luxury car of this size you can expect more than 500hp on tap, however you’ll have to wait for the production car to be revealed to find out for sure.
When can I buy the new Jaguar Type 00?
Not for a while yet. Jaguar is taking a break from making cars in 2025 while it gets its posh electric ducks in a row, so a production version of the Type 00 isn’t expected until 2026, and it’s expected to cost over £100,000.