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New Jaguar Type 01 Coming Soon: Specs, price and release info
The long tease is over and the Jaguar Type 01 has finally been revealed - worth the wait?
Words by: Dan Trent
Published on 7 October 2026 | 0 min read
Just how much is there left to say about the new Jaguar Type 01? We’ve previewed it, we’ve ridden in it, we’ve driven it, you voted it Most Anticipated New Car in the 2025 Autotrader Drivers’ Choice awards, it’s had a name change and … finally it’s made its public debut. Already feels like we’ve been on a journey with it, mind. Ahead of the glitzy unveiling that’s just taken place in New York we got a sneak preview, though, and a chance to finally see it with the covers off and talk to the people behind it. Here’s what we learned, once more with feeling!
- Jaguar has ripped up the rulebook, cancelled its previous line-up of cars and started afresh with this Type 01 … but you knew THAT already
- Even under the disguises we could see the shape was wild – now with the covers off we can take it in properly
- Although all-electric the proportions – long bonnet, low-roof and rear-set cabin – are very much inspired by the cars that set the template for the brand nearly 100 years ago
- Triple-motor powertrain deploys 1,030 horsepower in total, 900 horsepower of which goes to the back wheels for a traditional rear-driven handling balance
- Massive power demands a massive battery, and the Type 01 is good for 450 miles between charges by official stats and a ‘sustained highway speed’ range of up to 320 miles
- Though the promised 0-62mph time of 3.2 seconds is predictably daft the Type 01 is more about the effortless high-speed waft, and sense of huge power in reserve
- The starting price – and it is literally just that – of around £120,000 pushes Jaguar into new territory; expect most to cost a lot more by the time they reach their new owners
Design and models available
Well, you won’t forget the first time you see one on the road, that’s for sure! At over five metres long the Type 01 is absolutely massive, but also very low, with a long ‘bonnet’ and four-seat cabin set way back in the car. This creates what Jaguar designers refer to as a ‘luxury gap’ between the windscreen and front wheels, these traditional proportions once dictated by the need to make room for a big petrol engine up front but, on the Type 01, arguably more a visual statement. A powerful one, for sure. But given batteries and motors can be placed anywhere in an electric car you have to wonder why Jaguar’s new styling is still dictated by the vehicles it started out building back in the 1930s. It’s a very different approach to the Ferrari Luce, which has embraced the opportunities of electric propulsion to genuinely rip up the styling rulebook. But, given the reaction to the Ferrari, maybe Jaguar has called it right after all. The ‘luxury gap’ isn’t wasted space, either, housing battery cells moved from the floor of the rear cabin to keep that swooping roofline as low as it is. The signature ‘reductionist’ styling associated with departed creative boss Gerry McGovern is very obvious, but designing a car is the work of more than one person and a huge team has been sweating the details down to the last millimetre, the way the light falls on the subtle edges and creases in the bodywork now – finally – apparent with the camouflage removed. In an automotive world where originality is in short supply you’d have to say they’ve come up with something truly bold and distinctive.
Interior and tech
The reductionist philosophy continues inside, with a predictable (and predictably frustrating) fixation on touch and voice-activation to operate the car’s many and various features. The cars we saw were still in ‘demo mode’ so we weren’t able to interact with the systems and menus but they comprise a relatively slim (by modern car standards) instrument display with touch controls for infotainment to the right of the steering wheel, be that using the in-car system or your CarPlay or Android Auto. There’s no rear-view mirror either, the windowless rear end meaning this is instead projected via a camera feed onto a screen under the centre of the windscreen. A smaller, separate touch-operated control sits in the middle of the dash, designed so you can wrap your fingers around it to steady your thumb for inputs. Which, to our eyes and – quite possibly – enforcement cameras or traffic officers prosecuting phone use looks exactly like you’re using a handheld device. We were told you can use the AI-enabled voice control and keep your hands on the wheel instead but we’d have much preferred some physical controls. Moving on, if you think a massive on-road footprint guarantees limo-like space you … need to buy a Range Rover Electric instead! Driver and front-seat passenger ride in first-class comfort but getting in the back is a squeeze through the narrow doors and, once you’re in, you’re very enclosed by bodywork and the large central ‘spine’ running down the middle of the car. Nor is there a whole lot of boot space for four, suggesting the Type 01 is really geared more to empty-nesters than it is families. Best keep that Luce charged and ready for the school run, then.
Batteries/range
When work started on the Type 01 five years ago it was all about electric power, and electric power only. Given the way things have gone since Jaguar might be regretting that decision but there’s simply no going back now, for the fact a petrol engine wouldn’t fit under that low-slung bonnet. Which is kind of ironic. Not that there will be many complaints about the performance, the 118kWh battery powering three electric motors for a combined 1,030 horsepower and 1,365Nm of torque. No context required – these are, frankly, ridiculous numbers! Most of that goes to the rear wheels, for a traditional handling balance we could appreciate on our previous laps of Jaguar’s test track. In a word, the Type 01 feels effortless. Range is pitched at 450 miles on the official WLTP test cycle, and on a suitably powerful charger you should be able add 200 miles in just 13 minutes.
Price and release
The long wait is (finally) over and the Type 01 has had its public unveiling in New York, Jaguar hoping this inspires the queues outside dealerships it’s been banking on. Or, at least, a rush to put money down to be among the first to take delivery. The exact pricing and model line-up is to be confirmed but the £120,000 starting point shows the kind of company Jaguar now wants to be keeping.
What other cars from Jaguar are due this year?
Well, they’ve kind of had their hands full with this one! This is literally Jaguar’s last roll of the dice and, if it works out, it’ll be fascinating to see where the brand goes from here. “Up,” is the simple ambition of MD Rawdon Glover when we asked him, suggesting Jaguar is done trying to compete on volume as the British BMW or Mercedes and wants to be up there with the likes of Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
What other cars that are upcoming will this compete with?
At this level pricing becomes a more abstract notion, that Ferrari Luce more expensive but itself an interesting twist on elecrified luxury transport for four. Bentley’s reaction is going to be the one to watch. Oh, wait, it’s already got in there with the Torcal!
