Footage have surfaced of an virtually production-ready model of Jaguar’s electrical XJ, the automobile that was tipped to steer the model’s electrical reinvention earlier than it was scrapped in 2021.
The electrical XJ was first previewed by the model in 2019 and was noticed a number of occasions street testing within the superior levels of its growth.
However Jaguar referred to as time on the mannequin simply two years later “following a radical know-how assessment in opposition to the exponential change within the automotive trade” as a result of the automobile “doesn’t match with our imaginative and prescient for a reimaged Jaguar model”.
Jaguar by no means launched official photos of the automobile. The model has since pushed again its earlier 2025 goal to go EV-only by a yr – and the idea that may set the tone for its full electrical rebirth will probably be revealed in only a matter of weeks.
Now, simply as Jaguar gears as much as unveil that brand-redefining idea, photos of the scrapped XJ EV have been leaked, displaying the mannequin for the primary time with out camouflage.
So the stillborn X360 Jaguar ‘XJ-E’ has leaked. I’m nonetheless after the studio launch pictures… pic.twitter.com/TrtdnCuOLt
— Richard Seddon (@RikSed) November 17, 2024
These photos reveal the XJ EV would have taken heavy design inspiration, particularly on the entrance of the automobile, from the Jaguar I-Tempo – up to now, the one EV the model has launched – whereas retaining the XJ’s saloon physique form.
This form is just like the electrical Jaguar GT, a automobile that may launch the model’s transformation in 2026 and one thing that has beforehand been dubbed an oblique substitute for the axed XJ EV.
Official photos of the putting new four-door in prototype guise had been launched final week and present that Jaguar’s £100k Porsche Taycan rival will be an entire departure from recognisable Jaguar styling hallmarks, with straight-edged proportions and an extended bonnet.
It’s the first of three upcoming electrical Jaguars on account of arrive by the tip of the last decade atop a brand new brand-specific, EV-only platform referred to as JEA. The opposite two EVs are a big luxurious saloon and an SUV.
Earlier than its new period begins, Jaguar has stopped producing the XE, XF and F-Sort in Fort Bromwich, and manufacturing of the E-Tempo and I-Tempo will come to an finish at Magna’s manufacturing unit in Austria by the tip of the yr. Simply the F-Tempo will stay in manufacturing via 2025 for sure markets, however not for the UK.
