---
title: "Report: Jaguar Preparing Mid-Engined, Hybrid Supercar for 2022"
description: "Jaguar could reportedly call the vehicle the 'J-Type,' and even make an all-electric version."
date: "2018-09-01"
modified: "2018-09-01"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/23307/report-jaguar-preparing-mid-engined-hybrid-supercar-for-2022"
categories:
  - "Jaguar News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Acura NSX"
  - "F-Type"
  - "Halo Car"
  - "hybrid"
  - "hybrids"
  - "Hypercars"
  - "Jaguar"
  - "Supercars"
  - "XJ220"
---

# Report: Jaguar Preparing Mid-Engined, Hybrid Supercar for 2022

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Jaguar is reportedly preparing the F-Type's successor—a mid-engined hybrid halo car—for launch in 2022.

The Jaguar J-Type (as [*Auto Express*](<https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/jaguar/f-type/104481/new-mid-engined-2022-jaguar-f-type-to-rival-mclaren>) reports it could be called) may be a throwback to the British automaker's only previous mid-engined production car, the XJ220, though it may more closely resemble, both stylistically and technologically, its canceled [C-X75 hypercar concept](<https://www.jaguarusa.com/about-jaguar/concept-cars/cx75.html>) from earlier this decade. Jaguar's alleged target: the current Acura NSX.

Reportedly, the J-Type will use all-wheel-drive hybrid power with an electric motor on its front and rear axles. Its claimed introductory window of 2022 means that this vehicle would, at a minimum, be hybridized, according to Jaguar-Land Rover's own statement that [all its vehicles in 2020 and beyond will be electrified](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22688/jaguar-land-rover-reportedly-plans-to-abandon-v-8s>) in some way. If previous reports of JLR's plan to eliminate V8s from its lineup are true, the J-Type's internal combustion engine might even be an electrically-turbocharged inline- or V6. That's if the car even comes with a gasoline engine, as an all-electric version of the J-Type is also reportedly in the cards.

Coincidentally, the head of JLR's Special Vehicle Operations John Edwards stated in June of 2017 that [SVO is interested in producing its own halo car](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12019/jaguar-land-rover-svo-wants-to-do-its-own-bespoke-model>), though *Auto Express* made no connection between SVO and this project. Given the alleged J-Type's status as a Jaguar halo car, it seems almost inevitable that SVO will have a hands-on role in its supposed development. This could be the ideal opportunity for Jamal Hameedi, who was [recently poached from Ford Performance](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/20930/former-ford-man-jamal-hameedi-to-head-jaguar-land-rovers-svo>), to cast the same magic as he did on the Shelby GT350R, F-150 Raptor and both Ford GTs—this time on a Jaguar hybrid supercar. We can't wait to see what he and his team come up with.

*The Drive* did reach out to JLR for additional information on the alleged J-Type, but the automaker declined to comment.

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
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