{"id":12203,"date":"2025-08-31T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/?p=12203"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:24:44","slug":"from1960s-britain-revives-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/from1960s-britain-revives-beast\/12203\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Stephenson calls Jaguar’s all-electric Type 00 concept ‘forgettable from nearly every angle’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instead of creating new models, some car automakers are making new versions of classic cars. Britain-based<\/span> brands are known for their iconic vehicles that marked a whole generation of car lovers. Blending performance with elegance and exclusiveness – even making one of the most famous cars of all time, the DB7. Now, they are once again bringing back something from the past that could change the landscape and how other automakers work on new projects with this 1,000 hp beast inspired by the 1960s style – and buyers are already interested.<\/p>\n

Britain relying on traditionalism once again: New model with old features<\/h2>\n

European automakers changed the industry in the early stages<\/strong> of the car manufacturing industry. The Italians had the performance, the luxury, and functional cars; the French brands have the mainstream; Swedish have the secure go-to models. But what about Britain? They rely on something that is almost exclusive to cars built in England: elegance. Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley: every car is in a category of their own – there’s competition, but not much.<\/p>\n

Besides Land Rovers, all these other brands are not used to having multiple models in the market at the same time, made in the same year. These automakers invested years trying to create the most elegant car possible, while keeping the top performance required from buyers and selling them as exclusive vehicles. Now, an iconic Britain-based automaker made a move that would put them back in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Jaguar revealed new car: It has not pleased the fans or specialized media<\/h2>\n

Jaguar unveiled the all-electric Type 00<\/strong> in late 2024, a concept meant to set the stage for its future. Some of its styling cues will show up in a four-door GT expected in 2025 and on the road a year later. The car’s bold lines, unusual proportions, and focus on art and luxury have already divided opinion. Jaguar is pushing it as something that refuses to copy anyone else in Britain.<\/p>\n

At its core, the Type 00 is about design. This isn’t just another show car\u2014it’s the centerpiece of Jaguar’s attempt to completely reset the brand. The first photos sparked plenty of drama, with many on social media calling them AI-generated. At Miami Art Week in Miami<\/a>, Florida, Jaguar showed the car in a shade of blue first seen on the Jaguar E-Type in the 1960s. Britain is calling it “London Blue,” a nod to the classic Opalescent Silver Blue from that era. Other British brands are also betting on nostalgia to sell exclusive cars.<\/a><\/p>\n

Critics are coming from everywhere: Legendary designer gave his opinion<\/h2>\n

One of the loudest critics is Frank Stephenson, the man behind the original BMW Mini, Maserati MC12, Ferraris, and the McLaren P1. He now runs his own consultancy, Frank Stephenson Design. The legendary designer said in an interview for the BBC that the car is “forgettable from nearly every angle,” and sparked a controversial feeling<\/strong> in the industry as Jaguar have gone through a difficult time in 2024 after changing their iconic logo to a minimalist concept.<\/p>\n

The car will have to be a success: Jaguar’s sequence of mistakes<\/h3>\n

At this stage, Britain and the Type 00 are basically one and the same. The company has set aside most of its past and put its future on the line with this car. There are only small nods to earlier models in its size and stance. What carries over is the bigger idea\u2014that a Jaguar should be elegant, stand out, and feel like nothing else on the road. That’s the role the Type 00 is supposed to play, while also promoting changes for the engines that even Lamborghini is actively working on.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Instead of creating new models, some car automakers are making new versions of classic cars. Britain-based brands are known for their iconic vehicles that marked a whole generation of car lovers. Blending performance with elegance and exclusiveness – even making one of the most famous cars of all time, the DB7. Now, they are once … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_focus_keyword":"Britain","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"Britain has always been the landscape for elegant vehicles and performance beats. Now, they are bringing back a classic feature while trying to innovate.","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}