Sometimes in this job you have moments that feel special, and a big one came this week when Auto Express was invited into the secret take-your-phone-away bit of Jaguar’s HQ.

 

It was in the wake of a flurry of publicity around the sudden departure of Gerry McGovern, the head of design credited with responsibility for the new direction that caused controversy when the Type 00 concept car was revealed last year. Whether that had anything to do with Jaguar’s decision to let a select few behind the curtain is something we’ll never know, but it was about time we saw the next step.