The Jaguar Type 01: a £150k gargantuan getaway vehicle utterly useless in the city

Crypto desk, LocalCryptoNews (2026-10-07): Too costly for most, too large for UK car parks, and wheels bigger than a warlord’s pickup truck. But it does come in ‘London red’Jaguar targets young… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

October 7, 2026 12:29 PM GMT · The Guardian 1 min read

Too costly for most, too large for UK car parks, and wheels bigger than a warlord’s pickup truck. But it does come in ‘London red’

Jaguar targets young Americans with Type 01 EV

The cutting-edge car du jour, even while very few will ever buy one, is a good index of what the world’s coming to. It’s a dress-for-the-job-you-want principle, on wheels: drive for the world you want to inhabit.

That’s why when Tesla launched the Model X with a bioweapon defence mode (2016!), we should have been much more worried than we were, and it’s why the Jaguar Type 01 Grand Tourer EV has a lot to say.