Bold new Jaguar revealed: Type 00 lands as “a copy of nothing”

The Jaguar Type 00 (Image: Jaguar)

Say hello to Type 00, Jaguar’s new design vision concept made real. Shocking, brave, radical, brilliant. It’s all-electric, takes the form of a low, muscular coupe with a long bonnet, sweeping roofline, fastback profile and moon-sized 23” alloy wheels. It is, says its maker, an example of what Jaguar does best: “a fearless statement, an object of desire.”

Yeah, not what you expected, is it? This “woke” New Jaguar. The car that nobody had seen but, on the basis of a 30-second rebrand teaser video released two weeks ago featuring some brightly-clad, fashion-forward interplanetary nomads, was apparently destined to bring about the end of one of the UK’s most revered car brands.

Well, that’s awkward. Instead lands a car of vision, daring and audacity,

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