Jaguar E-Type goes back in to PRODUCTION 50 years on

Jaguar Classic has built two Jaguar E-Type Roadsters from scratch for a client, 50 years after E-Type production ended.

Whatever you think about Jaguar’s decision to stop producing all its cars a year before the new wave of electric Jaguars is ready for the market, it’s good to see Jaguar can still build ICE cars – even if they’re effectively 60-year old models.

Yes, Jaguar is back with more ‘New’ E-Types to follow what seems like a never-ending list of restomods, but they were all based on existing cars. This time the E-Types are built from scratch.

Dubbed the ‘Jaguar E-Type Commemorative’ these new E-Types are a pair of Roadsters built in celebration of the last V12 E-Types rolling off the production line in 1974, but rather than recreate the V12, these E-Types are a faithful rebuild of the Series 1 3.8 with a few modern updates and commissioned by a client from South East Asia.

Titivations include Bridge of Wear tan leather, an anodised aluminium centre console with an engraving of a Series I blueprint and custom ‘jewellery’ by Deakin & Francis.

One of the E-Types is Black and the other Green, and under the bonnet is Jaguar’s 3.8-litre six-pot with fuel injection instead of the original carbs, and as a nod to modern needs there’s Bluetooth and even a heated screen as well as Jaguar Classis’s five-speed box instead of a four-speed.

Lennard Hoornik, CCO, said:

With E-type Commemorative, our Classic team set out to improve on an already near perfect design. As the original creators of E-type, we are uniquely positioned to subtly integrate both aesthetic and engineering enhancements borne out of decades of knowledge, skill and passion. The unique specification and our collaboration with renowned jewellers Deakin & Francis has resulted in a machine as close to driveable precious metal as it is possible to conceive.