Celebrating 90 years of history, Jaguar has ended the production of cars with internal combustion engines. The last of its kind to roll off the assembly lines (in this case, from the factory in Solihull, England) was an F-Pace, the SUV that is the majority of the brand integrated into the Jaguar Land Rover group, which has been owned by Tata Motors since 2008.
By mid-2026, the Coventry house has scheduled the presentation of the Gran Turismo, equipped only with 100% electric engines. A model anticipated, in December 2024, by the Type 00, a prototype that was at the center of a huge controversy, both due to its design and the irreverence of the campaign with which it was promoted. Details about this GT derived from the Type 00 are still unknown, including its commercial name, but it is expected that the final look will be very close to that of the concept, with a power output in the order of 1000 hp.
It is worth noting that Jaguar suspended the sale of the F-Pace in the UK last November, but still had some orders destined for other markets, namely Australia, China, Europe, and the USA, that had to be fulfilled. With over 300,000 units sold since 2006, this was indeed one of the most successful creations in the history of the manufacturer founded in 1935 by (Sir) William Lyons, on the ruins of the Swallow Sidecar Company, which was born in 1922.
The final point in the production of the F-Pace (and internal combustion engines…) occurred with a unit of the top SVR version, featuring a 5.0-V8 Supercharged engine with 575 hp and 700 Nm – with all-wheel drive, it claims 0-100 km/h in 4.0 seconds, and a top speed of 286 km/h. Two more interesting facts: according to the brand’s fan club, this unit, in black, which is also the color Jaguar chose for the last E-Type produced in 1974, instead of being sold to a customer, will be integrated into the British manufacturer’s Heritage Trust collection.
