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The cars : Jaguar E-type development history

Keith Adams — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:14:44 +0000

Quantum leap ALTHOUGH automotive styling is subjective, the one vehicle that seems to top more opinion polls naming the most beautiful car in the world, the Jaguar E-type. Styled mainly by aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer, with significant input by Sir William Lyons, the car caused a sensation when it was unveiled in 1961. For many, it’s [...]

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News : CMC stretches the E-type

Keith Adams — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:22:11 +0000

Here’s an interesting way to make the Jaguar E-type even more usable – even if it comes at a hefty price. Classic Motor Cars Limited of Bridgnorth (CMC) is currently restoring a 1968 Series 1 4.2-litre roadster, and is going to stretch it by 4.5in for its owner. The E-type has been named ‘the Kaizen’ [...]

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Guyson E12

Keith Adams — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:47:11 +0000

Dating from 1974, this archetypal Towns design was essentially a reclothed E-type… ONE stormy night in 1972, hill-climb champion Jim Thomson – who was also managing director of shot-blasting equipment manufacturer Guyson International – lost control of his Series III E-Type Jaguar on a country road near Wetherby in Yorkshire. Most people would have surveyed [...]

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Archive : The last Jaguar E-type is built

Keith Adams — Sat, 14 Sep 1974 19:26:34 +0000

JAGUAR In the week ending September 14th 1974, Jaguar produced the last E-type. Due to the large amount of unsold cars in dealers showrooms, the event was not publicised at the time.

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Archive : Jaguar plans

Keith Adams — Thu, 14 Nov 1968 22:27:20 +0000

On this day: JAGUAR MEMO Jaguar Cars, technical director William Heynes writes a memo to Sir William Lyons titled, “E-type Vehicle Project Plan”. In it Heynes argues the case for introducing a V12 E-type, codenamed XJ25, for launch in January 1970. The XJ21 would then appear in spring 1971. “Engineering is well in hand on [...]

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Archive : E-type steals the show at Geneva

Keith Adams — Fri, 17 Mar 1961 19:54:47 +0000

GENEVA Thursday Britain’s new E-type Jaguar was hailed by the Swiss press today as the “sensation” of the 31st Geneva International Motor Show. Sir William Lyons, chairman of the Jaguar Company, was standing beside a model of the car which is making its world premiere here when the show opened today. “We have already received [...]

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