Jaguar’s head of design on the company’s viral rebrand, its new EV, and why that Musk tweet was actu

Four years ago, Jaguar’s chief creative officer, Gerry McGovern, sent a creative brief to his team: “Understand and obsess where we’ve come from, but don’t be harnessed by it,” he wrote. “Be bold, be brave.” On Monday, at Miami Design Week, the British heritage automaker revealed the result of that creative brief—an electric four-door GT concept car named Type 00. The car’s design breaks with traditional trimmings, like a rear windshield and the brand’s long-standing “leaper” hood...