The Type 01 is a new start car slowly being revealed from the inside out.

FIRST look of the cabin treatment of the highly-controversial electric Jaguar that draws the brand away from its previous ownership to a fully elite clientele has been revealed.

What New Zealand market plans are being considered for the Type 01 have yet to be shared, but probability of it being a far more expensive car than any of the products it has had here until recently suggests a complete reshape of the retail process could be likely.

Which could, of course mean a complete divorce at sales level with Land Rover and Range Rover, the brands that have been carrying JLR here for some time.

Jaguar’s car, meantime, is edging much closer to full reveal. The process for now centres on showing off parts of the cabin, with today’s images delivering unsurprising confirmation that some elements shown off in the original Type 00 concept car last year are set to continue into production.

Overall it is less outrageous but will still raise comment simply because the interior is quite stark by previous Jaguar standards.There are concealed storage compartments, and what Jaguar describes as ‘hidden-until-needed technologies.'

The driver's display screen is more prominent now, there's a phone-like screen interface on the central spar of the cockpit, which has shortcut icons to control the likes of the air conditioning and stereo volume, and the steering wheel is a little more conventional too, with simple control buttons.

One really interesting aspect is the rear-view mirror. Type 01 doesn't have rear glass, so it requires a digital camera-involved ‘mirror', and the view screen is mounted down low, on top of the dashboard, rather than dangling from the top of the windscreen. old timers might say this is rather in the style of classic E-Types and 1950s XK sports cars.

Jaguar says that by keeping the rear-view display at the same eye level as the door mirrors, it can help with driver focus.

As per the concept, the cabin is highlighted with brass, and sticking with tradition it delivers a ‘leaper' logo - the outline of a namesake Jaguar cat stretching its limbs as it pounces, which has been part of Jag's iconography for decades now.

More of the interior will be shown off during Monterey Car Week in California in the coming days, along with a near-finished production car which will be wearing a very thin disguise wrap.

This all ties to a massive celebration of Jaguar's heritage at the famous Pebble Beach Concours on August 16.