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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

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 53 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Ugh, I thought we were getting over this already.

The interior is fine, I can appreciate the clean lines and overall minimal ornamentation. White is probably a bad choice for a car that any real human is going to use.

But a touchscreen for the interior controls? Really? Is it 2015 again? Physical buttons are better. I would even go so far as to say they're necessary for any controls that a driver might operate while driving - they should be findable by feel only, in the dark, while your eyes are on the road. A luxury vehicle design should certainly have physical controls, even if they're tucked behind one of these panels to preserve the look of the interior:

It wouldn't be ideal, but it would be much better than that thing that looks like a phone bolted onto the center spine, which is just ugly. It sticks out from the rest of the interior design like a flashing neon sign of cost-cutting. It looks like a POS terminal, like I'm about to pay for my coffee:

What a bad decision, or probably chain of bad decisions made through several committee meetings.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Whoever came up with the concept of touchscreens being somehow more sophisticated and luxurious than buttons deserves to be fired. Actually, while you're at it, fire the guy that thought EVs needed all the useless tech gizmos cramped into them as standard.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Product people are being pushed out of leadership to make room for soulless MBAs. It is happening in every industry now that oligopoly guarantees returns and better products are no longer needed.

Edit: This is the LUXURY market. People buy luxury items not because they are COST EFFECTIVE but because they are AWESOME. Old school luxury car designers (ie product people) would sooner kill themselves than put their names on this bland shit.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean the reason they use the screens is more a cost thing.

LG and Samsung are pumping out millions of touch screens a year. The cost for a single screen is less than 100 bucks and it's off the shelf. The alternative is spinning up or contacting production lines for those buttons or knobs each requiring design and QC and of course production.

The screens are just so so much cheaper.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

They also don't have to do any product development on the design team, they can outsource all of that to the tech team instead.

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

That one is on Apple. Not because they pushed touchscreens as luxurious, but because Apple was generally seen as a luxury brand when people were first switching from phones with buttons to iPhones. The rest is just the general market reaction to a fad, in this case the ultra minimalist fad that also came from Apple.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If touchscreens were better then every plane would have them on every instrument.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They're cheaper to implement, and in this context it certainly looks the part. That panel looks like a Garmin circa 2008:

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Obviously they’re cheaper to implement. Wiring up all those buttons costs money and we’re not gonna waste money on good UX.

Plus making everything electric means more warranty repairs when the electric motors break.

But that’s enshittification for you.

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The car of the future was supposed to have pulsating LEDs, self-drive, pursuit mode, turbo boost and an reassuringly patronising personality that would scan for threats and tell you what you were doing wrong. I was supposed to have a chest and head of hair like David Hasselhoff and a rich crime-fighting sugar daddy to fund my escapades.

This is off-white nothingness inside. It leaves me cold.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This car at least has a somewhat unique look to it unlike the Luce; which looks so powerfully generic that it almost doesn't matter what other features it has.

[–] DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or worse, the Ford Mustang Mach-E, which looks like Ford has suddenly started reselling the Tesla Model Y.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck me. I thought the mach_e was a hot hatch. Its an SUV! Wtf were they thinking bedside raising the price compared to a coupe.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

The Luce looked exactly like what I imagined the proposed Apple car would look like and nothing like a Ferrari

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think that's true for the exterior, but for the interior it's the opposite, the Luce interior looks great, and the jag interior looks like every other new car...

Kind of ironic given Jags are more well known for driver comfort while Ferraris are more known for showing off.

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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 19 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

Do EV's have to be ugly? Are they doing this on purpose so you don't buy them? What's going on here?

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I kind of like this one. But every time I see I Rivian I have to avert my eyes.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'll admit it's not the worst example taken in isolation, but for heaven's sake it's a Jag. It is very likely the ugliest Jaguar ever made.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No, the Renault R5 is really good looking. The new BMW i3 Neue Klasse is as well and as it happens looks almost identical to the ICE version even though its on a pure electric platform.

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[–] TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

They don't know what to do with the face. They're afraid to go big, so they go bland and call it "understated elegance." The only clue it's a Jaguar is if you happen to notice the name on the front. At least the Rolls still looks like a Rolls.

Massive A-pillars. I guess if you can blow $150K on a car, you can afford to hit pedestrians.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It needs those A pillars in case it rolls over otherwise the massive battery pack would crush the occupants.

[–] Robin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's nearly impossible to flip an electric car because of the weight being so low. You'd have to drive it off a cliff.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

True, but there aren’t exemptions for EVs in crash tests

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

A Pillars are perfectly capable of hiding whole ass cars, too.

Turning out of my apartment's driveway and entering the roundabout are two places I am regularly almost creamed thanks to the safety provided by a hefty A Pillar.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

At least you're not only getting the giant iPads, you're getting a giant iPhone as well!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It looks like it’s from Batman: The Animated Series which is cool.

Until you realize something that long would be totally impractical.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's the basic shape of one of the Batmobiles, but without any of the details that made it interesting.

Like pitching a movie based on the "Titanic" but the boat makes it to port safely--completely missing the point.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's very much a car for people to be driven around in.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It feels like a low poly version of a muscle car.

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[–] tigermountain@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I think this is a big miss for Jaguar.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That logo is awful; it looks like it spells "Joovar" from any sort of distance lol

I happen to somewhat like the design, though, just doesn't look anything like a jag.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The outside is sexy AF, the inside is ugly AF.

"Wow it looks so cool! Can I sit in it? Oh, it's just another fucking Tesla..."

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[–] Donemilio@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

ipadification seriously I think new cars today is so ugly. And with that big tablet as a dashboard !

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't like high beltline cars, I also didn't forget the Ferrari I'm just indifferent to both

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh wow, look at those moveable vents in the bottom corners of the bumper, they look great.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'd like to see a video of someone navigating that boat through London.

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