Jaguar has finally revealed the Type 01, the electric four-door GT on which the brand's entire future rests, unveiled in New York with first deliveries expected from mid-2027. The car is a 5.2-metre all-aluminium saloon with a 3.2-metre wheelbase, a very long bonnet, low roofline and no rear window — rear vision comes from a roof-mounted camera feeding a cross-cabin screen. Prices start at £120,000, with well-equipped cars at around £150,000 and bespoke specs possibly topping £200,000. Autocar reports the programme cost about £2.25 billion and lifts Jaguar out of its traditional executive-class price bracket into territory between top-end Mercedes and bottom-end Bentley.

The launch arrives as JLR works to recover its commercial fortunes. International Finance reports that a 2025 cyberattack halted production for over five weeks, contributing to a pre-tax loss of £485 million for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2025, with about 10% of the workforce set to leave through voluntary redundancies over two years. The Type 01's performance also matters for validating JEA, the platform Carwow reports underpins a likely Type 02 SUV that could follow around 2027.

Reservations open in early 2027 with first deliveries in the second half of the year, Yahoo Autos reports, and Jaguar says the car will be designed, engineered and built in the UK. Reaction is divided by design: The Autopian argues the Type 01 is aimed at a specific ultra-wealthy tech clientele and that those people had better actually buy it, while Top Gear offers skeptics a list of 11 used Jaguars instead — from a £4,000 XK8 to a £500,000 XJ220 — noting the XJ220 shows halo Jags are not always hits at launch. Jaguar is hedging the retail experience too: T3 reports its new Knightsbridge flagship in London pairs the Type 01 with Café Eighty-One, a restaurant with a Michelin-starred menu inspired by the car.