THERE CANNOT be any doubtover the impact the E-Type had on Jaguar’s fortunes throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Although the 120mph XK120 from 1948 together with the company’s five victories of the Le Mans 24 Hours during the Fifties helped put the company on the map, the E-Type with its amazing looks and race-bred performance put it into another league altogether. the car a very different beast from the straight six-powered originals, the smooth and refined engine transformed the E-Type into a genuine rival to the similarly powered Italian thoroughbreds.
All of this means when Jaguar planned to end E-Type production in mid 1974 it was a significant moment in its history. Just as it’s doing today with the F-Type 75, it marked the occasion with a special model. The final 50 open two-seaters in right-hand drive form would have an identical specification cinnamon
