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📷 TREASURE OF THE DAY - THE SERIES 1 JAGUAR E-TYPE MODEL - OTS 🇬🇧🇵🇹

The Jaguar E-Type, is a British front mid-engined sports car that was manufactured by Jaguar Cars Ltd from 1961 to 1974. The E-Type’s claimed (240 km/h) top speed,[4] sub-7-second 0 to 97 km/h acceleration, largely unitary body construction, front and rear independent suspension with disc brakes, mounted inboard at the rear, and rack-and-pinion steering spurred industry-wide changes.

The E-Type was based on Jaguar’s D-Type racing car, which had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for three consecutive years beginning in 1955.

The E-Type employed what was, for the early 1960s, a novel design principle, with a front subframe carrying the engine, front suspension and front bodywork bolted directly to the body tub. No ladder frame chassis, as was common at the time, was needed and as such the first cars weighed only 1,315 kg.

📷 TREASURE OF THE DAY - THE SERIES 3 JAGUAR E-TYPE MODEL - OPEN 2 SEATER 🇬🇧🇵🇹

“The most beautiful car in the world” - Enzo Ferrari

When the Jaguar E-Type Series 3 was first introduced in 1971, one of the most impressive and enticing alterations it featured was the brand new 5.3-litre Jaguar V12 engine.

Other changes to the E-Type’s interior components included uprated brakes and standard power steering, as well as the optional additions of an automatic transmission, wire wheels and air conditioning.

The Series 3 E-Type’s external alterations included flared wheel arches, wider tyres, a large cross-slatted front grille, four fishtail exhaust tips, and a V12 badge on the rear, all of which visually distinguished it from the other E-Type Series.