Terrifying footage has emerged of a Jaguar I-PACE appearing to suddenly surge out of control and smash into a bungalow.

A CCTV video from a neighbour’s house captured the moment the car careered out of control and wrecked a house in York after the driver had attempted to park nearby.

The £80,000 luxury vehicle is seen maneuvering into a parking space and then, for some reason, start to accelerate.

The driver narrowly misses a parked car by swerving out of the way, but drives across the opposite pavement and out of shot.

A loud bang is then heard as the Jaguar crashes into the property, wrecking both the car and the front of the building.

The bungalow occupant was unharmed as he was not in the kitchen when the incident happened, as the room’s wall was totally destroyed in the crash.

Another local claimed the driver suffered cuts to his face and a bleeding nose, but was not taken to hospital.

The resident, who did not want to be named, told YorkMix: ‘The lady was trying to park next to my car, and then suddenly, she just sped off really fast.

‘I didn’t see it but heard a big bang. I went outside and saw what happened – she’d crashed into the bungalow.’

It is thought the bungalow cannot be saved and will be demolished, a neighbour said. 

One of the residents said: ‘We all feel really bad for the resident. I think he moved in just a few months ago. It was a very lucky escape really.

‘If it had been a weekend there would have been loads of children playing in the street and it could have been a very different outcome.

‘The driver of the car was going slowly then said the car sped up suddenly and it just wouldn’t stop.’

MailOnline has approached Jaguar following the incident but has not received a statement in response.

Since its release six years ago, the I-PACE has been implicated in a number of safety incidents, from claims of unexpected acceleration to a young fatality that a coroner said may have been caused, in part, by the poor design of its gear selector.

The company has maintained that each incident was caused by driver error. However, owners and the courts say issues with the car’s interior design may have had a part to play.

Last year, Jaguar announced it was killing the model off – even though it intends to become an all-electric car maker by 2025 with the firm saying it has a new platform on which to build its electric car.

The model was discontinued after 26,000 I-Pace cars were in the UK last June due to a risk of the high-voltage battery catching fire, with all vehicles given a software update.

All UK models were the subject of a recall last year after Jaguar identified a risk of the battery catching fire. A further 3,000 US models were recalled for a similar issue last week. 

The I-PACE is being phased out of Jaguar’s line-up. The company says this is because it has a new platform on which to build its new cars – an umbrella term for much of the underpinnings of a modern car – that the I-PACE does not fit.

Jaguar Land Rover CEO Adrian Mardell told Autocar: ‘We don’t want the product to be out of the market for too long, particularly the electrified one.’

Mardell said the I-PACE is now mainly sold in the UK and mainland Europe to help ensure the company is compliant with emissions targets.

He added that the car has been a big help in steering development of the firm’s other EVs and that JLR ‘understands how to develop them’ off the back of making the I-PACE.