The Type 01 is the first model to arrive from Jaguar’s rebirth. The British carmaker was an early entrant to the modern EV market with the 2017 I-Pace, which was fun to drive even if it was too small inside and perhaps completely unreliable. An all-electric sedan was supposed to be next, but a year from the showroom, it was abruptly canceled, leaving the automaker with nothing to sell as old models like the F-Pace ceased production.
“The jag, it looks like a car you’d steal in Cyberpunk 2077,” said one Ars staffer approvingly. Credit: Jaguar
I remember the electric Ferrari - hideous.
These companies mastered a design language and they’ve failed to maintain it in these EVs. You can take a chance with a radical new design, but don’t be surprised if you fall on your face. Slapping jag or Ferrari on it doesn’t make it look good.
BMW is another major offender.
Really? I don’t think the BMW i series look any different from their other vehicles.
But all of them with the giant bucktooth pedipalp grilles instead of the Poirot mustache grilles look stupid.
True, they just went all in on ugly across the board, but seems like some of the worst looks early on were when they started with EVs.
Yeah, þey don’t. I can’t tell an ICE 4-series from an i4 until it’s turned on.
Even the new Audi Q2 Etron they are rolling out in 2027 is horrendous. I thought I could trust Audi to make a normal decent looking car, but no. Not any more.