Jaguar E-Type was a car produced by Jaguar UK Company around 1961 to 1975. This car has high performance with competitive price and make it as automotive icons the 1960s.
This type Jaguar sold about seventy thousand pieces during its life.
In the Year 2004 International Car Sports put this car in the order First List of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s, In March 2008, the Jaguar E-Type ranked first List Daily Telegraph of 100 most beautiful cars of all time.
E-Type was initially designed and shown to the public as a big tourer in two-seater coupé form (fhc or Fixed Head Coupé) and as a convertible (OTS or Open Two Seater). 2 +2 version with extended wheelbase was released several years later.
The model is made in three different versions that are now generally referred to as "Series 1", "Series 2" and "Series 3". A series of transitions between Series 1 and Series 2 is known unofficially as "Series 1 ½".
In addition, some of which are produced as limited editions:
- The "'Lightweight' E-Type" which seems intended as a kind of follow-up to D-Type. Jaguar planned to produce 18 units but ultimately only a dozen are reported built. Of those, there are known to have been destroyed and two others have been converted to coupé form. It is very rare and sought after by collectors.
- The "Low Drag Coupé" is a one-off technical exercise which eventually sold to Jaguar drivers. It is currently believed to be part of private collections from the current Viscount Cowdray.
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