Seats: 4
Body style: Five-door GT
Range: 400+ miles (est)
Introduction – Jaguar four-door GT
We’ve been following the story of the all-new electric Jaguar GT since it was first unveiled in its shocking concept form. We’ve talked to the experts, Ginny’s been for a passenger ride on road and track and has even seen the finished production car, and now I’ve been out for a drive in the prototype out on the track at the company’s UK headquarters.
The question that I really wanted to answer is this: What does new Jaguar feel like? Is it like a Bentley? Is it like a Porsche? A BMW? Maybe even a Rolls-Royce? We know that this is going to be a striking looking car, because we know that it’s going to look fairly similar to the concept car. You can see that despite the jazzy disguise.
We know that it’s going to be huge, at 5.2 metres long, and that it’s going to be pricey at over £100,000. That puts it in contention with cars like the Porsche Taycan, Audi e-tron GT, BMW i7, Polestar 5, Lotus Emeya and Mercedes EQS.
Orders will open in North America and the UK after the reveal in September this year, with deliveries expected in early 2027. Other markets will follow not long after as production at Jaguar’s UK factory is ramped up.
And no, we still don’t know for sure what this car will be caller. Everyone at the event at Gaydon was calling the it the ‘Jaguar four-door GT’, but it’s also been rumoured that it’ll be called the Type 00 after the concept – or possibly the Type 01. We just don’t know. Personally, I think that just calling it the Jaguar GT works well. Simple. Classy. Confident. Nice.
Anyway, enough of my speculation. What does a car that looks like Lady Penelope’s modern fantasy limo feel like from behind the wheel?
Motors, performance and handling
Okay, so the headline numbers are properly spicy. We’re expecting a tri-motor set-up with active all-wheel drive and around 1,000hp, plus a stack of tech aimed squarely at making it feel agile and special: torque vectoring, rear-wheel steer, and four-corner air suspension are all expected to be standard, and were fitted to the prototype car that I drove.
Jaguar has been deliberately forensic about defining what a ‘true modern Jaguar’ should feel like, driving much of the historic Jaguar fleet to reset its benchmark before testing modern electric performance cars. In fact, I drove the classic 1978 Jaguar XJ-C just before I slid into the prototype electric Jaguar four-door GT, as everyone at Jag was keen to show how they’d used this classic V12 tourer as inspiration for how the all-electric GT drives.
That old car is certainly creamy and sumptuous and just delightful. And eerily quiet, for an old car. And oddly enough, as I wind out onto the track at Gaydon in the new prototype car, it really is striking how similar they are.
This prototype car was limited to 800hp (I know, how awful for me to have ‘only’ 800hp) but and the power delivery is really interesting. Jag has worked it so that the power streams on in quite a lovely, smooth build. Of course it’s stupendously fast if you want it to be – there are no 0-62mph times confirmed, although we know it’ll do a 155mph limited top speed. It’ll certainly be around 3.0 seconds to 62mph, I’d have though. But what I find more impressive is that it never feels aggressive.
There’s none of the explosive, jolting feeling that you get in a lot of really fast EVs when you give it everything. The Jag always feels suave and in control, even when you ask for full acceleration. It’s almost got the power delivery of a really high-end petrol car, actually, but of course it’s seamless and smooth and just deliciously easy to modulate courtesy of the very accurate throttle response.
Brake feel is lovely, too. The fairly short-travel pedal is firm and gives loads of feel and feedback, so you can brake really smoothly even in faster driving or just when you’re pottering around town. Even more impressive when you find out that it’s actually a brake-by-wire system. The brake regen system will have variable modes and an adaptive setting but our prototype was fixed in a default medium setting, which was moderate but still very easy to predict and get along with.
The steering has a delightful oily build of weight that Jag has always done brilliantly. It just feels… expensive. Organic and precise, and surprisingly tactile for such a huge car. In fact, the whole car feels remarkably delicate and on its tip-toes, despite its enormous 2.7-tonne mass.
That adaptive air suspension manages to keep the body fairly flat and yet never lets the Jag’s body wallow and pitch too much. It’s exceptionally controlled and composed, and you feel… smug. Really smug. Because it’s just such a beautiful car to drive. If you forced me to name a modern car that it reminds me of, I’d actually say that it’s closest to the petrol Bentley Continental GT, which is also a weighty yet beautifully balanced GT car.
But most importantly, the all-electric Jaguar doesn’t actually feel like anything else. It feels very unique in the way it drives, and while I can’t say anything about how it looks, I don’t think Jag will be upset if I just tell you that the way it looks will also be unique.
Range, battery and charging
We don’t have all the specifics of the range and charging on the new electric Jaguar four-door GT, yet. We know it sits on a bespoke platform called the Jaguar Electric Architecture (JEA), which Jag has confirmed will have 800V charging capability and will be able to add 200 miles of range in as little as 15 minutes courtesy of 350kW peak charging.
As for range, we know that it’ll do over 400 miles courtesy of a 120kWh (total capacity) NMC battery. That’s the only confirmed figures that Jag has given us so far, but if I were to have a guess, I reckon it’ll do a fair bit over 400 miles. I know that this is a big car, but the aerodynamics should be good – you can tell just looking at the shape of the prototype car.
And it’s lower than a lot of hefty SUVs that manage much more than that from smaller batteries, so I’m really hoping that the Jag will have more like 450 miles of range, or maybe even closer to 500 miles. This is all my speculation, though! Jag has just said that it’ll be over 400 miles, so we’ll have to wait and see.
Practicality and boot space
I’m not allowed to tell you much, but you can expect a 2+2 layout in the new Jag, which was very evident in the prototype car I spent time in. The guys at Jag even showed us some tech details of how they’ve arranged the battery to leave a recess where the passenger seats go, so that they could be set really low and leave plenty of headroom for adults.
That metal beetleback that we’ve seen on the concept in place of a conventional rear windscreen, and which is evident on the prototype cars, is also there to allow Jag to free up more headroom while keeping the roofline low and sweeping.
I suspect there’ll be a huge frunk, and a surprisingly big (but probably quite shallow) boot space. If you want some more clues about the specifics then check out Ginny’s walkaround video of the Jag Type 00 Concept. It gives you a good idea of what to expect from the production car.
Otherwise, watch this space and we’ll update you as soon as we’re allowed to show you pics and tell you all about the new Jag’s interior and practicality. When we’re allowed to, anyway.
Interior, design and technology
Nope. I know you really want to know, but I just can’t tell you all the details because it hasn’t been revealed yet. First impressions of the heavily covered interior are that as much thought has gone into the cabins design as the exterior. As with the concept I spot subtle hints of brass.
That huge panoramic roof – again instantly recognisable from the concept - floods the space with light. While the 2+2 approach is clear, giving the cabin a purposeful GT vibe rather than trying to feel like a lounge on wheels.
The seats are exactly what you’d hope for – deeply comfortable and supportive. When it comes to screens it doesn’t look like Jaguar has simply followed the current trend for packing the largest screen possible in. The layout feels considered and restrained with a standout new shaped steering wheel. Although I can’t tell you what that looks like because if I did, well… you know what would happen.
Basically, I reckon the new Jag’s interior will be a thing of beauty that you’ll want to climb inside and experience.
Running costs and pricing
Both Ginny and I have now had sneaky looks at the finished production car, and just off the back of that brief glimpse I wouldn’t be at all surprised if prices for the new Jaguar Type 00 (or four-door GT, or whatever it’s going to be called) start at quite a bit over £100,000 and go right up to £150,000 or more when it’s revealed later in summer 2026.
In fact, one company executive told me that the new electric Jag GT will likely be priced “around the same sweet spot with pricing that we’ve seen with the Range Rover”, so expect transaction prices of around £130,000 to be pretty routine on the Jag. Not that there’s anything routine about this car, but you know what I mean…
We also know that Jaguar will offer bespoke options on its new electric Type 00/four-door GT. Rather like Range Rover does with its SVO models, Porsche does with its ‘Exclusive Manufaktur’ and Bentley does with its... well, any Bentley, you’ll be able to choose bespoke paints, interior colours and materials from a huge range of options. Want your family crest embossed on the vegan leather seats? Paint to match your favourite nail varnish? Jaguar can help. For a price, obviously.
Verdict
I can’t tell you how much more real this car feels to me now that I’ve been in it and experienced what it’s like on the move. Until now, it just felt like design extravagance and marketing puff, but after spending time driving it, I fully get what the Jaguar electric GT stands for. What it’s trying to achieve.
And I also really feel that we know a lot more about what modern Jaguar is going to be. More exclusive. More upmarket. Actually, a bit more of a rival to the likes of Range Rover and Bentley, to be honest. I believe that the brand has the heritage, clout and tech knowhow to do that, and my time in the prototype certainly suggests that it’s well on its way to proving it to the world.
Which is very exciting, because I’m desperate for Jaguar to get out of this period of stagnation and get on with selling the cars that will dictate its new direction. This is a brand that’s got to get a move on, or it’s going to run out of time.
I’m genuinely heartened by how brilliant this new electric Jaguar GT feels. Slick and fast, yet with a real grace and natural fluidity. I’ve gone from being worried about Jaguar to being excited for it. But like I said – time waits for no brand. Come on Jag... let’s see the finished thing and get those sales going.
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