Jaguar World – July 2019

46 |JaguarWorld/July 2019

CLASSICDRIVE

Atlessthanhalfthevalue

ofanequivalentSeries1, we

questionwhethertheSeries 2

E-typeishalfthecar

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SFARascertaintiesgo,the

oneset-in-stonenever-

changingfactisthatthe

Series1E-typeisnotjust

themostbeautifulcarthat

Jaguarevermade,asvotedbyadmirers

theworldover,butispossiblythemost

beautifulcarever.Iftrue,wheredoesthat

leaveitsyoungersiblings?

Ofcourse,therearethosewhodisagree

mostheartedlywiththeabovestatement,

buttheSeries1E-typereceivesaconsistent

ratinginvariouspolls,risingtothetopofthe

podiumdespitetheincrediblevariationin

respondents.Ifvaluesaretobeconsidered,

itistheopencarthatdominates.Fewpolls

includedefficiencyordrivingenjoyment;

theycuttothequickinnothingmorethan

abeautypageant.Setagainstsuchexotica

asAstonMartinorFerrari,theE-type

exceedsineverythingexceptexclusivity.

Giventhatsome75,000unitswerebuilt,

andjustahandfuloftheirmoreexpensive

protagonists,anE-typewasvergingonthe

common.At£250,000,atopSeries1E-type

opentwo-seaterwouldbarelybuyanAston

Martinrestorationproject.

Likeanyartform,purityoflinedefines

thevisualexpression.Uninhibitedbythe

constraintsofmoderndesignrestrictions,

Jaguartrodtheaestheticroutewith

theE-typeandsucceededbeyondevery

expectation.Itistruetosaythatwhilethe

majorityoftheindividualcomponentsin

thisadvancedautomotiveartefactproved

effective,manyfellbelowtheexpectations