Now we all know the Jaguar E type is mans greatest creations.Its beauty and speed is known world wide.The Jaguar E type is a favorite amoung celebrities.But lets start at the very beginning of the Jaaaag E type.The E-Type was based on Jaguar's D-Type racing car, which had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three consecutive years beginning 1955.The Jaguar E type is a British sports car that was manufactured by Jaguar Cars Ltd between 1961 and 1975.Its combination of beauty, high performance, and competitive pricing established the model as an icon of the motoring world.The E-Type's top speed was 150mph (241 km/h).Got from 0 to 60(0 to 100kmh) in 7 seconds.The man who designed the E type was Malcom Sayer.Malcolm Sayer was an aircraft engineer during wartime and later automotive aerodynamist. He spent the last twenty years of his life working at Jaguar Cars and was one of the first engineers to apply principles of aircraft streamline aero function to cars. On its release in March 1961 Enzo Ferrari called it "the most beautiful car ever made". In March 2008, the Jaguar E-Type ranked first in The Daily Telegraph online list of the world's "100 most beautiful cars" of all time.Being a British-made car of the 1960s, there are some rather rare sub-types of Series 1 E-Types, particularly at the beginning and end of the Series 1 production.Worldwide, including both left and right hand drive examples, a total of 7,828 3.8-litre Series 1 roadsters were built, with 6,749 of the later 4.2-litre Series 1 roadsters having been manufactured.Now that is alot. Outside automotive circles, the E-type received prominent placement in Diabolik comic series, Austin Powers films and the television series Mad Men.
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