- Vision Gran Turismo SV: All‑electric virtual endurance race car designed by Jaguar and engineered by Jaguar SV for Gran Turismo
- Emotive evolution: Developed from the existing Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Coupé to deliver extreme performance, traction and high‑speed stability
- Real‑world design study: Full‑scale model built by Jaguar Design to showcase the most radical interpretation yet of an all‑electric Jaguar race car
- Virtual engineering: Vision Gran Turismo SV is fully engineered in the virtual world with aerodynamics optimised, tested and proven using state‑of‑the‑art simulation tools
- Jaguar Formula E technology: Four electric motors developed by Jaguar Racing deliver 1,903PS (1,400kW), for 0‑60mph in just 1.65 seconds and 255mph top speed
- Celebration of Jaguar racing heritage: Jaguar Vision GT SV combines iconic design references from C‑type, D‑type, XJR‑9 and radical XJR‑14 with innovative future technology to create the ultimate Jaguar race car for gamers
- For Gran Turismo: The Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV will be coming to the Gran Turismo game in 2021
- Watch the live global reveal here from 18:00 GMT on 16th December 2020.
The Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Coupé – the first all‑electric Jaguar sports car created for the globally‑renowned Gran Turismo series, revealed in October 2019 – has already proved highly successful, attracting gamers with its radical, heritage‑inspired design, driver‑focused interior, and outstanding ride and handling.
Yet to the team from Jaguar Design, SV and Jaguar Racing, the Vision GT Coupé represented only the starting point for development of the Vision GT SV. It was an opportunity to re‑evaluate everything that could improve performance and in doing so, re‑think what an electric Jaguar endurance race car could be.
Fundamental to that process was detailed analysis of gamer feedback from online videos and forums. This ‘virtual world testing’ combined with many hours ‘behind the wheel’ enabled the design and engineering teams to determine exactly how to optimise the Vision GT SV to create the perfect electric gaming endurance race car.
Jaguars created for the race track and the road have always shared the same DNA – whether that’s the D‑type and XKSS, or the I‑PACE and the I‑TYPE. So, when the design team behind the Vision GT Coupé were asked to create the ultimate electric gaming endurance racer for Gran Turismo, they worked with engineers from SV and Jaguar Racing to create something really special.
The Vision GT SV is a dramatic and visually arresting car which showcases what’s possible when the traditional boundaries governing real‑world car design are completely removed. In bringing this car to life with a full‑size design study we’ve been able to showcase the most extreme version of an electric Jaguar race car that is inspired by the past but looks fearlessly to the future.
Julian Thomson
Design Director, Jaguar
JAGUAR VISION GRAN TURISMO SV
Designed as the ultimate virtual endurance racer, the Jaguar Vision GT SV pays homage to its illustrious forebears not only in a host of styling and surfacing references but in its unique circuit board livery which nods to milestones such as the Le Mans debuts of the C‑type and D‑type in 1951 and 1954 respectively.
Engineered by experts
The streamlined, lightweight composite body structure now houses four Jaguar Racing and SV‑designed electric motors to the Coupé’s three, generating a combined output of 1,903PS (1,400kW) and 3,360Nm of instant torque with the traction and dynamics benefits of intelligent all‑wheel drive and torque vectoring. Acceleration from 0‑60mph takes just 1.65 seconds, on the way to a maximum speed of 255mph. The task of harnessing the Gran Turismo SV’s power to deliver an even more exhilarating racing experience for gamers fell to Jaguar’s SV engineering team.
We were given one objective: take everything that makes the Jaguar Vision GT Coupé so special – the performance, the handling and the soundtrack – and take it to another level.
The team didn’t just achieve that target – they exceeded it, developing a virtual electric car which really could compete successfully in the extremes of 24‑hour endurance racing. Not only that, they were able to see their work in the virtual world, turned into reality with the production of the stunning full‑scale model which will no doubt excite gamers about what’s to come in Gran Turismo.
Jamal Hameedi
Engineering Director, Jaguar SV
JAGUAR VISION GRAN TORISMO SV
The Vision GT Coupé’s elegant silhouette is still clearly recognisable in the GT SV, including the curvature of the C‑type and D‑type‑inspired fenders, and – even with the additional motor driving the front axle – the wheelbase remains unchanged at 2,721mm.
Measuring 5,540mm from nose to tail, the GT SV is 861mm longer overall – a change driven entirely by aerodynamics. To deliver the increased downforce needed for greater traction for faster cornering and increased high speed stability on long straights, the GT SV has a new front splitter and a new deployable rear wing.
To solve the often conflicting requirements of increasing downforce while also minimising drag, the SV team worked with Jaguar’s designers to develop a full suite of features which work together to improve dynamics, stability, performance and efficiency.
In addition to the larger, more effective splitter – which produces downforce over the front axle –apertures in the front valance channel air across the face of the front wheels to reduce turbulence and help air to flow cleanly towards the rear of the car. Air passing through the wheel wells is also smoothed towards the rear via exit vents in the fenders.
The completely enclosed, sculpted underbody – which includes a keel element behind the front axle to aid high‑speed stability – accelerates airflow, reducing its pressure and therefore helping to reduce lift, before it exits at the rear via a large venturi.
JAGUAR VISION GRAN TURISMO SV
All the aerodynamic features have been painstakingly optimised through cutting‑edge computational fluid dynamics analysis – in exactly the same way we do with real‑world projects such as the Jaguar I‑TYPE Formula E race cars.
What I’m most proud of is how we’ve developed the GT SV into a credible electric race car with performance on a par with current endurance race cars – and in such a short space of time
Micheal O’Regan
Aerodynamics Senior Engineer, Jaguar SV
Electrifying performance
JAGUAR VISION GRAN TURISMO SV
JAGUAR VISION GRAN TORISMO SV
INTERIOR IMAGE FOR NEWS RELEASE - Chris Request
INTRODUCING THE JAGUAR VISION GRAN TURISMO SV: THE ULTIMATE ALL-ELECTRIC GAMING ENDURANCE RACER
Working on the development of Jaguar’s Formula E I‑TYPE race cars in parallel with the Vision Gran Turismo SV has given the Jaguar Racing engineers an unprecedented opportunity to apply their expertise to two incredible electric race cars – our most advanced Formula E car yet, and an endurance racer for the virtual world.
Both have been designed and developed using state‑of‑the‑art simulation tools to push all‑electric powertrain and software technology to the limit, and we can’t wait to see them perform in Season 7 and Gran Turismo.
James Barclay
Team Director, Jaguar Racing
The thermal management system is enhanced by an additional liquid nitrogen circuit which provides extra capacity to enable the battery to provide maximum power for longer while remaining within its ideal temperature range. The nitrogen cooling is also linked to the boost button within the cabin to ensure that even during the most demanding operating conditions the battery will not exceed its upper temperature limit.
The ultimate virtual driving experience
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Notes to Editors
About Jaguar
Jaguar’s heritage of elegant design and breathtaking performance has excited and delighted the world for over 80 years. Today’s world‑class Jaguar family comprises the award‑winning XE, XF and XJ saloons, the dramatic F‑TYPE sports car, the F‑PACE performance SUV – the fastest‑selling Jaguar ever – the E‑PACE compact performance SUV and I‑PACE, the all‑electric performance SUV and 2019 World Car of the Year that puts Jaguar at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution.
About Jaguar SV
Special Vehicle Operations’ specialist team of Jaguar SV designers, engineers and technicians are dedicated to amplifying the performance and luxury attributes of Jaguar vehicles. The current Jaguar SV range includes F‑PACE SVR and XE SV Project 8.
