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SPORTS & TOYS
By: Carlos Jalife
Photo by: Jaguar and Bocman 1973
THE JAGUAR E-TYPE
Enzo Ferrari described the Jaguar E-type
as “the most beautiful car ever
made” when he first saw it in the spring of 1961. With its V6 engine
displacing 3.8 liter and triple SU carburetors to feed it, it put 265
horsepower at your feet, taking the 2900-pound E-Type from 0 to 60
MPH in 7 seconds.
T he two-door coupe was power and strength emanating from THE MOST ICONIC OF ALL SPORTS
built to seat two people the Jaguar name, as did the costly CARS, THE JAGUAR E-TYPE REMAINS
comfortably in both the outlay for this thirsty auto getting A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF
normal and roadster versions. Years 17.6 mile per gallon. Nobody has ever PERFORMANCE MOTORING.
later Jaguar would create a 2+2, claimed beauty and frugality go hand
undoubtedly for married couples with in hand, but then again, in 1961, the
children as no adult can fit in the back E-Type cost only a little over 2,000
seats. Its geometric proportions made sterling pounds including taxes. Never
it look unbelievably long, though it is before had so much beauty been so
barely a 15-footer. The front engine easy to acquire.
placement added to the illusion of
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