Jaguar Type 01 Is the 1,000PS Gamble That Must Reinvent the Brand Jaguar Type 01 Revealed With More Than 1,000PS

With more than 1,000PS, a claimed 400-mile EPA range and uncompromising proportions, Jaguar’s new Type 01 is not merely another electric flagship. It is the production car charged with proving the marque’s radical reinvention can work.

Jaguar has spent years telling the world it intends to become something different. Type 01 is where that promise stops being branding and becomes a car.

Unveiled in New York, the all-electric four-door GT is the first production model built on Jaguar Electric Architecture, a dedicated platform created for the marque’s next generation. It is also the most powerful production Jaguar yet, with the company claiming more than 1,000PS.

The numbers place Type 01 firmly in the contemporary electric-luxury contest. Jaguar claims an EPA driving range of 400 miles — approximately 644 kilometres — and says its 850-volt electrical system can add 200 miles, or about 322 kilometres, of range in 13 minutes when connected to a 350kW charger. Those are manufacturer figures and Australian specifications may differ, but they establish the ambition.

More important is what Jaguar has done with the electric platform. Rather than disguising Type 01 as a familiar combustion-era sedan, the company has exaggerated the classical grand-tourer silhouette: a long bonnet, low roof and clean, stretched body. It is intentionally dramatic, carrying echoes of the E-type and XJS without attempting a retro recreation.

That design choice is central to the strategy. Electric performance has become abundant. Premium EVs can already deliver extreme acceleration, quietness and sophisticated cabin technology. Jaguar therefore needs to offer something less measurable — desirability, presence and a design identity strong enough to pull buyers away from established German brands and newer electric specialists.

The Type 01 name explains the reset. “Type” connects the car to Jaguar’s historic nomenclature; “0” refers to zero tailpipe emissions; and “1” marks the beginning of a new product generation. Orders are scheduled to open in early 2027, with first customer deliveries expected in the second half of that year.

There are still major unanswered questions for Australian buyers. Local pricing, final market specifications, charging details and arrival timing require confirmation from Jaguar Australia. The global reveal also focuses on headline capability rather than the subtler elements that determine whether a grand tourer succeeds: ride quality, brake feel, cabin comfort, luggage practicality and the way sustained high-speed performance affects range.

Yet Type 01 already achieves one important objective. It is difficult to mistake for anything else. In a premium market where common EV proportions can make rival vehicles look increasingly interchangeable, Jaguar has chosen risk over anonymity.

That risk is substantial. The new car must persuade loyalists that Jaguar’s heritage has not been discarded, while attracting customers who may not have considered the brand in years. It must also justify a luxury position through materials, software and ownership experience, not only power.

Type 01 is therefore more than a new model. It is the physical argument for Jaguar’s future: electric, expensive, design-led and deliberately polarising. Whether buyers accept that argument will determine not simply the success of one car, but whether one of Britain’s most evocative marques can make reinvention feel authentic.

Type 01 fact box

Body: Four-door electric grand tourer

Platform: Jaguar Electric Architecture

Claimed output: More than 1,000PS

Claimed range: 400 miles EPA, approximately 644km

Electrical system: 850 volts

Claimed charging: 200 miles added in 13 minutes at up to 350kW

Orders: Expected to open early 2027

First deliveries: Expected in the second half of 2027

A Sydney couple has paid $15.5 million for the Grand Penthouse at Marquee’s $285 million La Belle Residences beachfront development which is nearing completion at Palm Beach, eclipsing the record for an off-the-plan apartment sale on the southern Gold Coast.

The sprawling single level 640 sqm beachfront residence, with sweeping views of the Gold Coast north and south, beats the previous record of $14.6 million, set at the Sur Kirra Beach penthouse in Coolangatta in December 2025, and comes in 70 per cent above Palm Beach’s apartment suburb record of $9.1 million.

The buyer plans to make it their permanent home as they relocate to the Gold Coast. The result marks a turning point for Palm Beach. The suburb was once a quiet stretch of beach between Burleigh Heads and Currumbin and now ranks among the country’s most sought-after coastal addresses.

The sale also shows how the top of the market is changing, according to Jacques Winterburn of Marquee, one of Southeast Queensland’s most active private developers.

“For a long time the southern Gold Coast was where people came for holidays. Wealthy interstate buyers are no longer just buying holiday homes here, they are relocating,” Mr Winterburn said.

“These are people who live on Sydney Harbour. They had already decided to relocate to the Gold Coast, and what took the time was finding the right property in the right location. They chose the northern end of Palm Beach. The comparison has changed. They’re weighing Point Piper and Bondi against the premium end of Palm Beach. Absolute beachfront, genuinely quiet, Tallebudgera Inlet a short walk away and Burleigh minutes up the road without the noise and busyness that comes with living there. On space, beach access and lifestyle, this wins.”

The Grand Penthouse is built on the scale of a large house. It has 510 sqm of internal living space and a 130 sqm balcony, five bedrooms each with its own ensuite, a private cinema, an executive office, a wine display and multiple living areas. The hallways are two metres wide, which is almost unheard of in an apartment design.

The building sits on over 40 metres of absolute beach frontage. The penthouse itself runs 34 metres along the beachfront, one of the widest new apartments on the Gold Coast, and occupies a single level, so there are no stairs. Its 270-degree views run uninterrupted from Burleigh Headland and the Surfers Paradise skyline south to Currumbin and Snapper Rocks.

The couple moved quickly, committing within about a month after inspecting completed Marquee buildings across the Gold Coast and bringing friends along for a second opinion.

“They did their homework, but once they had seen the finished buildings the decision came easily,” sales and marketing spokesman Azura Griffen said. “At this price level, buyers wanted to walk through projects we had completed years ago, not look at renders. Track record and trust in delivery are the whole conversation.”

What took longer was the residence itself. Over the following months the couple worked with Marquee to customise the penthouse, reworking the layout so that every key living space looks out over the ocean.

“They knew exactly what they wanted. The ocean had to be in every room, the kitchen, the dining room, the master bedroom, the office,” Ms Griffen said. “Because Marquee is both the developer and the builder, we could work through those changes with them.”

Ms Griffen said the building being close to completion has given buyers confidence.

“Buying off the plan at this level is about trust. Buyers can now walk the site, see the finishes and stand on the balconies. Once they’ve done that, the decision usually makes itself.”

La Belle Palm Beach is due for completion by Christmas 2026. Marquee has already secured its next absolute beachfront site, in the same pocket at the northern end of Palm Beach, with a launch planned for early next year.

“We have a number of buyers who love the northern end of Palm Beach for the same reasons, a quiet serene beach, close to thetranquil waters of Tallebudgera, yet minutes from the restaurants of Burleigh Heads,” Ms Griffen said. “That feedback is why we secured our next site in the same pocket.”

“It will be more boutique, with larger apartments of 190 to 300 sqm and the same world-class amenity. It will be our best beachfront building yet.”

“We are already taking enquiry and pre-registrations, much of it from buyers who missed out at La Belle and want to make sure they do not miss the next one.”