The quad-motor EV is only for Gran Turismo, but Jaguar has built a fullsize scale model.

It was back in October 2019 when Jaguar joined the virtual race car league with the Vision Gran Turismo and now they’re at it again with a hardcore version. Gaining the Lamborghini-esque “SV” suffix, the imaginary racer is heading to a PlayStation near you from 2021 with a spectacular blend of classic and futuristic lines.

Jaguar says its low-slung electric hypercar has C-Type, D-Type, XJR-9 and XJR-14 design cues all rolled into one, but with an avant-garde twist to suit a hypothetical race car of the future. The Vision Gran Turismo SV was developed exclusively in the virtual world with technology borrowed from Formula E and then fine-tuned using the latest simulation tools.

The specs sheet has some mind-blowing numbers as the four electric motors develop a combined output of 1,877 bhp (1,400 kilowatts) and a whopping 3,360 Newton-metres (2,478 pound-feet) of instant torque. Jaguar did the maths and came up with a 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) time in only 1.65 seconds en route to a maximum speed of 255 mph (410 km/h).

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