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JaguarE-Type
Series 1 4.2 fixed-head coupé
- Power
- 265 bhp
- 0–100
- 7.3 s
- Top speed
- 240 km/h
Photographs: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative of the model.
Curator’s note
Long bonnet, fastback roof and race-bred engineering: the shape that defined 1960s Britain.
The 4.2-litre Series 1 kept the E-Type’s original shape but added a bigger engine with more torque, an all-synchromesh gearbox, better brakes and more comfortable seats. The fixed-head coupé adds a fastback roof with a side-hinged tailgate.
- XK straight-six with triple SU carburettors
- Monocoque cabin with front subframe
- Independent rear suspension
- Covered headlamps on Series 1 cars
0–100 km/h7.3s121st of 140 · best 1.8 s
Top speed240km/h99th of 140 · best 420 km/h
Power265hp112th of 140 · best 1,888 hp
Torque384Nm112th of 140 · best 2,360 Nm
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The story
Jaguar E-Type
The E-Type was launched at the 1961 Geneva show. Aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer drew on Jaguar’s Le Mans-winning D-Type, and the car combined a monocoque cabin with a tubular front frame carrying the engine.
The 4.2-litre engine arrived in 1964, giving more torque in everyday driving, together with a new all-synchromesh gearbox that fixed the main complaint about early cars.
Character
Dimensions
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In 1996 New York’s Museum of Modern Art added an E-Type roadster to its permanent design collection.
02
Power is the gross bhp figure Jaguar quoted at the time.
03
Period road tests recorded 0–60 mph in 7.0 to 7.6 s; the 7.3 s 0–100 km/h shown is auto-data.net’s figure.
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Weight figure is the published 2,520 lb.
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