New Jaguar Type 01 - love it or loathe it?

[SpokeyDokey]

With a radical new design, this beast will divide opinion.

BBC News - Jaguar unveils new electric car after 'woke' ridicule:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6je50ydld31o

Manufacturer site:

https://www.jaguar.com/en-gb/type-01.html?rg=d&o=N-1MV#type01

 

[Dorset Boy]

The front and rear are awful.
Some tweaks and they could have had a winner, Instead they've stuck an SUV front end on it, and borrowed the kids pencil from Tesla used on the Cybertruck

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

It's a weird thing but many EVs (particularly this Jaguar) with the blanked out front radiator grill remind me of Neo in The Matrix when his mouth becomes sealed shut (in the scene where he is being interrogated by the "Agent").

I always feel a lack of inovative design in that they all stick with the ICE bodywork design and just blank out panels that are no longer needed. I have a nagging feeling that something interesting could happen were they to take a few big steps back and start from scratch rather than just fitting batteries and electric motor to existing body designs.

 

[Drago]

Well, only the big brains at Jaguar could set forth with the publicly stated goal of selling fewer cars, and it looks like thats exactly what they will achieve.

 

[BrumJim]

Looks wierd. A long bonnet is necessary with a lovely silky-smooth inline 6 or V12, but seems pointless when you have heavy batteries that you want to distribute nice and evenly, and a small motor that it no way is as long as a 6.

Worried that there has been a fight between engineering (doesn't need to look like that) and marketing (Jaguars have always had a long, sleek bonnet - we need to recapture the spirit of the E-type). And marketing threatened to throw their toys out of the pram and so won.

 

[oxoman]

Don't no about the cybertruck thing but the upper rear looks a bit like the old lotus europa/eclat back ends. The rear looks like a hideous central heating radiator and the front looks like its overdosed on steroids. However, 1 good point is the range and power / speed, sadly pointless with EU in car gimmickery that stops you speeding etc.

 

[Gunk]

I’m on the fence, you can’t keep banging out rehashes of your old hits, in the end you have to innovate and be radical, in fairness it is a completely original design, there is nothing else like it on the road, and although a massive gamble which probably contributed to him leaving JLR, Gerry McGovern rarely gets it wrong.

 

[Drago]

JLR 's MD has said they want to be "bold and disruptive.".

He needs a reality check. They want to be trying to make a profit for their shareholders by selling cars, not arsing about with vaguely trendy non -commercial distractions.

Honestly, someone has turned the nonsense control up to 11.

 

[wafter]

It's not at all relevant to me so I remain unconcerned by any of it.

I feel no allegiance to / sympathy for the company while this seems a bold, all-or-nothing gamble to fully immerse the brand in a future defined by things I find entirely unpalatable and want no part of.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

in fairness it is a completely original design, there is nothing else like it on the road

(my bold highlighting)
There might be a reason for that. But I doubt sales will tell us as I suspect that for it's market the "Jaguar" badge and widely known price are the main reasons most will be sold (ie "status symbol", Loadsamoney)

 

[wafter]

JLR 's MD has said they want to be "bold and disruptive.".

He needs a reality check. They want to be trying to make a profit for their shareholders by selling cars, not arsing about with vaguely trendy non -commercial distractions.

Honestly, someone has turned the nonsense control up to 11.

As is the prevailing trend though; no?

Smacks of "everyone else is on the blag and if you can't beat them, join them". An "interesting" choice to go fully electric when the momentum behind its popularity appears to be turning in many parts of the world.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I rather like it, particularly the side view.

It's a shame Ms. Pugh is spoiling the view.

I'd call it beautiful-ugly. Which seems to be a trend followed by many EV's.

 

[Domus]

I'm 72 and still don't think I'm old enough for a Jaaaaaag

 

[Sharky]

Looks far too wide/long for UK roads and parking spaces, so doubt if many will be seen here.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Too expensive for me.