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This all bodes well for when we finally get to drive the final production Type 00. But of course there’s still a lot that can go wrong between now and then. Considering the company’s form as of late, you wouldn’t bet on fate to deal Jaguar another bad hand.
However, Glover explained that all of this was necessary to ensure the brand’s survival. “Jaguar had to change,” he says. “Jaguar was not commercially viable.” “We think there is space at the top end of luxury cars, but below the ultra-luxury of Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and Bentley. There is a big gap between €140,000 and €300,000. There is not a lot going on there in terms of volume. Jaguar has had success in that space in our past.”
Glover adds that the four-door GT “won’t be the biggest volume seller in Jaguar’s upcoming range – but the role of this car is to position us at that price point.” Moreover, Glover confirms that Jaguar is already on the right track to develop an electric car that comes after this GT, which will reach the same price bracket.
“The next car is locked,” he says. “We know exactly what it’s going to look like, inside and out. And it’s going to follow very quickly.” Jaguar has already built the first battery prototype for this next car, and unlike the GT, Glover says this ‘Car 2’ will be the big seller, the electric car that will turn around the brand’s financial fortunes.
However, given the seismic shifts happening this particular week in the automotive world, could Jaguar use this latest opportunity to hedge its bets, take a leaf out of Ford’s book and rethink producing combustion versions of these relaunched electric cars?
Glover sounds extremely skeptical: “Anything is possible, but it’s not in our plan.”