Jaguar Designs introduces new electric sports car

Jaguar has unveiled its first electric sports car, the Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Coupé.

The electric vehicle (EV) is the latest addition to the Vision Gran Turismo line-up for the Gran Turismo series.

The GT coupé’s design was inspired by the brand’s racing lineage, the C-type and D-type influencing its design and Jaguar’s I-Type 4 Formula E and I-Pace eTROPHY racing cars providing the technical foundations.

“This project has been completely led by our young designers and represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them to create a vehicle steeped in our incredible heritage but pushing the boundaries of future design,” Jaguar design director Julian Thomson says.

“The team have done an incredible job in creating something which is clearly identifiable as a Jaguar, inspired, but not constrained, by our iconic past.”

The coupé provides drivers with 750kW of power, 1200Nm of torque, and goes from 0 to 100km in less than two seconds.

“The design and performance of this car is a result of the team’s skill, craftmanship, and long years of collaborations together,” Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi says.

“We look forward to having drivers get behind the wheel next month.”

Jaguar advanced design exterior designer Oliver Cattell-Ford says this was the dream project for a car designer.

“Creating a futuristic sports car for Gran Turismo means our designs and ideas could be truly limitless. It has to excite future generations and most importantly, look and feel unmistakably Jaguar.”

The car features an on-board artificial intelligence system named “KITT-E,” a companion that would operate systems, and interface between the driver and machine to enhance emotion connection.

Jaguar advanced design interior designer Chris Shaw says the team pushed the limit to imagine how a future Jaguar sports car interior could look.

“The architecture is visually lightweight, simple, and dramatic; featuring advanced and experimental materials and finishes.

“Sitting in the stunningly considered cockpit and looking out onto the gracefully long bonnet of the Jaguar Vision GT Coupé – a view that is unmistakably Jaguar – the player will be fully immersed in the action.”