Jaguar’s new concept car signalling the design direction for its controversial electric-only rebrand has been leaked hours before it is due to be officially unveiled.
And we can confirm that it is very pink.
With the images doing the rounds on social media, people have already likened the car’s colour and extended body to Lady Penelope’s FAB1 from Thunderbirds.
Pictures of the futuristic GT car, dubbed the ‘Design Vision Concept’ ahead of its full reveal at Miami Art Week at 1am UK time, have been shared on online forums – and featured by major UK motoring publications Autocar and Auto Express.
Having teased snapshot images belonging to a striking blue vehicle of large proportions just over a week ago, the leaked pictures of the new Jaguar show the same car but finished in pink.
These display its dramatic proportions in full, which include an enormous bonnet, expansive front grille and – as we previously reported – no rear window.
Given Jaguar’s contentious rebranding launched just over a week ago, in which it ditched its legendary roaring ‘Growler’ badge, introduced a new ‘jaGUar’ typeface and released an advertisement video featuring no vehicles, the concept will undoubtedly generate plenty of debate about the future of the British brand.
Images of the concept surfaced on vehicle spy shot website Coches Pias earlier today and reveal the bold exterior from various angles.
And leaked pictures of the cabin also provide a glimpse of Jaguar’s vision for minimalist interiors for its new EVs.
The vehicle is purely a design vision concept. As reiterated by the manufacturer previously, it will not be one of the three all-electric cars it has promised to put into production starting from 2026.
Instead, the concept offers a preview of the ‘design language’ of these models when they hit the market, starting with a sleek four-door GT model that could be showcased in around 12 months’ time.
Images showing a disguised versions of that four-door car on the road have been seen but the car itself hasn’t been properly revealed.
Bosses said last month that the brand’s daring new electrified direction will be spearheaded by the words of its founder, William Lyons, who famously said a Jaguar should be ‘a copy of nothing’.
And what we see before us is certainly like no Jag that’s come before.
The images do confirm what we’ve already seen via a selection of ‘teaser’ pictures released by Jaguar and its staff in recent days.
However, we now know from the leaked photos that a rectangular rear section of straight, horizontal slats – which echo the new ‘leaper’ logo with a straight-lined background influenced by the IBM stamp – will also be replicated at the front.
Both the front and back also use the new ‘jaGUar’ font rather than one of its redesigned logos.
The substantial bonnet and front end is contrasted by slim headlights with a secondary pair of LED fog light strips in the lower grille section.
