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Jaguar Will Build the Missing Lightweight E-Types

by Frédérick Boucher-Gaulin
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In 1963, Jaguar announced they would build 18 Lightweight E-Types, designed specifically for the track. Made out of aluminium, the English roadster was 115 kg lighter than the road-going version. The engine was also retuned to produce a total of 300HP instead of the 265 it usually made.

The Lightweight E-Type had some success in racing, having seen the checkered flag in the hands of Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart and Briggs Cunningham, among others.

But, because of various reasons (I blame English bureaucracy), only 12 cars were made. Some of them have been rebuilt or converted for various uses. Two of them were crashed, one so badly it was deemed to be lost permanently.

However, the 18 original serial numbers were preserved by Jaguar in 1963, which meant that they could theoretically be built. The English automaker announced that they will build those 6 remaining cars, with the exact specification of the era.

The E-Type Lightweight is hand-made by craftsmen, and the first one is in the final stages of production. Jaguar hopes to show the car sometimes this summer.

If you want one of these beauties, you probably won’t be able to get one. Jaguar said that they will contact high-profile collectors first of all, in the hope of giving these vehicles good homes…

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