Jaguar’s 1,000-HP 4-Door Electric GT Looks Right At Home Drifting Through The Snow

It has been just over a yr since Jaguar revealed the Type 00 concept, and the corporate is tough at work getting the production version ready — accurately, given how Jaguar is not currently producing any latest cars, and its whole future is riding on this latest EV. No pressure. We still do not know what the brand new model shall be named (Jaguar just calls it the “four-door GT”), but Jaguar says it’s undergoing probably the most rigorous testing program within the automaker’s history, with greater than 150 prototypes covering lots of of hundreds of miles in harsh climates and on normal roads. Before any of those test cars were sent out in the true world, Jaguar had already accomplished its most comprehensive virtual and rig testing program, too.

Jaguar’s latest round of cold weather testing is going down within the Arctic Circle, and the automaker is using that trip to inform us more in regards to the upcoming model, each through its own press release and photos of camouflaged prototypes, and by inviting some journalists to go to Arjeplog, Sweden, to drive it for themselves. (Sadly we weren’t amongst that group, but I’m still enthusiastic about this automobile nonetheless.)

Jaguar says its engineers are “[refining] the distinct characteristics of the 4‑door GT’s drive modes to make sure it delivers instinctive responses and calming comfort,” and that true to the spirit of the brand, “it should drive like no other electric automobile because of a set of electrical propulsion technologies.” Yeah, sure. That does not really tell us anything. But Jaguar has also confirmed the GT could have a tri-motor setup (one within the front, two within the rear) with advanced torque vectoring capability and greater than 986 horsepower, plus a spread of over 400 miles. Now we’re talking.

The GT may even have air suspension with twin-valve dampers and passive anti-roll bars, rear-wheel steering and 23-inch wheels, all of that are being calibrated on the market on the ice. In response to those that have gotten behind the wheel of the prototypes, like our friends at Autocar and Top Gear, it feels like Jaguar is de facto nailing the ride and handling. It’ll even have a brand new thermal management system called ThermAssist:

The sub‑zero temperatures of the Arctic Circle also give Jaguar engineers the proper conditions to validate its advanced ThermAssist_^TM technology. The pioneering onboard thermal management system reduces heating energy consumption by as much as 40 per cent, and goals to get better heat to warm the propulsion system or cabin in ambient temperatures as little as minus 10°C (14°F). All while optimising the driving range, even within the coldest temperatures.

While the quantity of camouflage on these prototypes is just barely lower than what we saw back in November 2024, there are just a few latest details to see, further confirming that the production automobile will stick pretty near the concept’s design. It’ll have slim headlights and taillights, just like the concept, and truly supervillain-like proportions — at over 204 inches long, it’s nearly so long as a Mercedes S-Class, and at under 55 inches tall it’s shorter in height than a Porsche Panamera. The Type 00 concept was only a two-door, however the production model has 4 doors, though the opening of the rear doors is sort of small, as is the window in them. There won’t be a rear window, as a substitute counting on a camera like within the Polestar 4, however the GT could have a big liftback cargo opening.

From the initial photos people thought the Type 00 was very slab-sided, but that actually wasn’t the case, and the production model is sort of curvy as well. There are prominently flared fenders, a pleasant taper to the rear end, and a coke-bottle shape akin to the E-Type. Managing director Rawdon Glover says the GT shall be “a hugely desirable automobile that shall be as fascinating to drive as to have a look at,” and on the very least, we all know the design shall be just that whether or not you really prefer it.

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Recent reports said the GT had been barely delayed; now it’s more likely to be revealed this summer before reaching dealerships next spring. It should carry a starting price of around $130,000.