Jaguar Type 01’s Cabin Trades Familiar Screens for a Living-Room Interior

A cabin built around one dramatic spine

The Type 01’s interior is dominated by a central spine that runs from the front of the cabin toward the rear. Jaguar says the structure creates “four individual spaces,” replacing the usual open, horizontal dashboard treatment with a stronger sense of separation between occupants.

That architecture gives the cabin a furniture-like character. The visible door panels use soft, flowing surfaces, while brass-inspired detailing appears on the doors and along the central structure. The result is closer to a coordinated room than a conventional cockpit, with the materials and trim carrying as much visual weight as the screens.

Rear passengers sit in individual chairs rather than sculpted sports seats. A full-length panoramic roof extends behind them, bringing light into the back of the cabin. The long wheelbase should also leave the four occupants with substantial legroom, although the available images do not establish exact rear-seat measurements.

Jaguar’s interior chief, Thomas Holden, describes the design as a longitudinal alternative to the horizontal norm. That choice is not merely decorative: the spine becomes the organizing feature for storage, controls and the division between each seat.

The screens are placed where drivers may not expect them

The Type 01 avoids the increasingly common passenger-side display. Instead, its main digital instrument panel stretches from behind the steering wheel toward the centre of the dashboard. The display is expected to handle conventional driving information while also providing navigation and phone or media functions for the driver.

A much narrower portrait screen sits on the central spine. Images indicate that it provides access to climate settings, heated seats and music functions. Its position makes the control layout visually distinctive, but it also places several everyday functions lower and farther from the driver’s direct line of sight than a traditional dashboard screen.

The most unusual display is mounted at the base of the windscreen. Jaguar calls it the ClearSight Rear View Display, and it serves as the rear-view mirror in a car without a conventional rear windscreen. Jaguar says the placement matches the height of the side mirrors, keeping the rear view within the same general visual zone.

The arrangement may appeal to drivers who prefer technology kept within defined zones rather than spread across the entire dashboard. It also makes screen location a central part of the car’s driving experience.

A low-slung grand tourer with a living-room interior

The Type 01 is an electric grand tourer with a deliberately low seating position, a choice Jaguar says preserves a more traditional grand-touring posture. Its cabin is organized around a central spine intended to create four individual spaces, with concealed technologies and unexpected color details adding to the sense of occasion.

A full reveal is set for October 6

Jaguar plans to remove the remaining cover from the Type 01 in New York on October 6. Before then, the interior will be displayed at Pebble Beach, offering a closer look at its brass-inspired details, unusual screen layout and living-room-like design. Jaguar is also promising hidden-until-needed technologies and concealed compartments with unexpected color.