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Old 12-03-2012, 04:34 PM   #1
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Default Jaguar E-Type Recast

JAGUAR is going gangbusters under its new owner, Indian giant Tata Motors, with a revitalised model range and a healthy balance sheet. But there's one thing missing from this line-up and, arguably, it's the British brand's most famous model.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the E-Type was famously described by Enzo Ferrari as ''the most beautiful car ever made''.

An icon of 1960s motoring, it came with a in-line six or V12 power and convertible or coupe body styles, with the coupe being the most prized today.

With Jaguar now profitable, many loyalists believe there's no time like the present for a modern iteration of the E-Type. Until such time, however, perhaps this modern interpretation will suffice.

Meet the Lyonheart K, a ''truly British luxury sports car'', which costs a cool $610,000 and takes 18 months to build.

The car is entirely hand-built in Coventry, Britain, with painstaking attention to detail.

The aluminium engine is revealed by opening the traditional, front-hinged clamshell bonnet. The company's design philosophy is simple: use only genuine materials, including carbon fibre, leather, veneer, polished stainless steel, brushed aluminium and chromed metal.

It is powered by a 5.0-litre supercharged V8, which sends a supercar-like 410kW of power and 680Nm of torque to the rear wheels. Carbon-fibre panels and an aluminium chassis help to keep kerb weight less than 1600 kilograms.

It accelerates from 0-100km/h in less than four seconds on its way to an electronically limited top speed of 300km/h, the company says.

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Old 12-03-2012, 04:37 PM   #2
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Thumbs up to that, looks very sleek!
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Old 12-03-2012, 05:48 PM   #3
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How hot does that look!!

Epic Win right there.
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Old 12-03-2012, 06:10 PM   #4
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That is an absolutely timeless design. And neck breaker at the same time.

It would cause accidents if put in to production!

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Old 12-03-2012, 06:33 PM   #5
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This one is better. Straight 6 ftw! Is almost 600kg lighter too, keep your supercharged v8.



http://www.jaguarspeedster.com/

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Old 12-03-2012, 07:59 PM   #6
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This one is better. Straight 6 ftw! Is almost 600kg lighter too, keep your supercharged v8.
Sorry, but if it's the original Jag 6cyl it was a slug.
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:04 PM   #7
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Original motor bored out 4.7, puts out ~230kw. While down on power, it's light weight would make it so much more fun in the twisties.
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:21 PM   #8
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Original motor bored out 4.7, puts out ~230kw. While down on power, it's light weight would make it so much more fun in the twisties.

E Types were no fun in the twisties let me tell you. I've driven them and they were very tail happy.
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E Types were mega fun in the twisties let me tell you. I've driven them and they were very tail happy.
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Old 24-03-2012, 11:51 AM   #10
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Original motor bored out 4.7, puts out ~230kw. While down on power, it's light weight would make it so much more fun in the twisties.
Not to mention that a straight 6 has infinitely more character
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Sorry, but if it's the original Jag 6cyl it was a slug.
Yeah so sluggish it won Le Mans and numerous other sports car races . You know in 1954 they just could not coax more than 170 M.P.H. out of it , god what a slug .
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Yeah so sluggish it won Le Mans and numerous other sports car races . You know in 1954 they just could not coax more than 170 M.P.H. out of it , god what a slug .
The early 3.8 litre was only good for about 150mph and compared to the later 5.3 V12 it was
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Old 23-03-2012, 10:05 PM   #13
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This one is better. Straight 6 ftw! Is almost 600kg lighter too, keep your supercharged v8.

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Old 12-03-2012, 06:59 PM   #14
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One of the older classic cars I would love to own one day.

The new one looks like a very well executed modern version of the original

Man.. come retirement there will be some nice cars to buy on the used car yards...





Only problem will be working out where to jam the batteries after the 'engine' conversion....
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Old 12-03-2012, 07:00 PM   #15
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supercharged 5 litre v8 sounds very familiar.... they wouldnt be snaffling some nice ford v8s now?

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Old 12-03-2012, 09:07 PM   #16
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supercharged 5 litre v8 sounds very familiar.... they wouldnt be snaffling some nice ford v8s now?

Its obviously the 5 litre supercharged Jaguar V8 out of the XKRS. A Jag in a Jag (tribute anyway).

To Jaguar the E Type is like the PhIII GTHO is to Ford, how do you do a modern version of it and not taint the original, or even live up to the publics expectations of it.
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Old 12-03-2012, 09:36 PM   #17
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To Jaguar the E Type is like the PhIII GTHO is to Ford, how do you do a modern version of it and not taint the original, or even live up to the publics expectations of it.
Porsche have been doing it for years...
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Yeah, but they have been evolving the same car though. They haven't stopped production of the 911 and then tried to re-create it 40 years later.
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Yeah, but they have been evolving the same car though. They haven't stopped production of the 911 and then tried to re-create it 40 years later.
Boxster. Porsche stopped making a two seat roadster decades ago. Then went all retro with the boxster. The Boxster is Porsches most successful car, the car that saved the company actually.
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This is more the way to go, built a whole brand new E Type from NOS.
One of these have always been my dream car ever since I was a little bloke and got a Corgi model with opening doors and that gorgeous bonnet to reveal a V12 underneath.
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Old 12-03-2012, 07:38 PM   #21
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This is there website..intro is cool!!
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Old 12-03-2012, 07:46 PM   #22
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ohhhh....thats the best retro styled car ive seen!


I just hope Jaguars sucess isn't a rapidly expanding bubble...
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This along with the speedster were on season 17 of TGUK, its not new. But they are damn sexy.
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Yeah but will it melt the rears?
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WOW I'm in love....
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A well executed modern-day take on the E-type.
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But back on topic that e-type is spectacular and I'm sure would be extremely successful if it went into production.
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