Jaguar Will Meticulously Restore And Sell 10 E-Types For 'Reborn' Programme
The Jaguar E-Type is still regarded by many as the prettiest car ever made. And despite going out of production in 1975, you can now buy a pretty much new one directly from Jaguar.
The company’s Classic division is to source and meticulously restore 10 examples of the sports car to 1960s factory specifications, using Jaguar Heritage Trust’s build records and original drawings.
The first car finished through what’s being dubbed the ‘E-Type Reborn’ programme is the 4.2-litre, 1965 Series 1 Fixed Head Coupe you see here. It was exported to California from new, clocking 78,000 before going into storage in 1983. It eventually made its way back to the UK, before being completely reworked by Jaguar Classic.
This does - of course - all come at quite a cost. You’re looking at a starting price of £285,000 “dependent on specification”, and that’s before you sample anything from Jaguar Classic’s menu of “sympathetic upgrades”. These include an improved cooling system using Lightweight E-Type bits, an all-synchromesh gearbox, and Series 2 front brakes.
It’s not the first time JLR has embarked upon such a project, with ‘Reborn’ efforts previously launched for the Series I Land Rover and first-generation Range Rover ‘Classic’.
The first car from the E-Type Reborn programme will make its public debut at the ‘Techno-Classica’ event at Essen in April.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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so beautiful
Up next: mitsubishi restore lancers and sells them for over 100,000 pounds
Or Ford sells restored Mustangs for the same price.
Or even Nissan restoring Silvias/240SXs or Skylines and GT-Rs to the original form and selling for over 150000
Or Fiat restoring the Multipla and selling none
Evos*
Or Toyota restores MR2 And AE86s And sell it with Lower Price from the original price
Mazda should start a “reborn” program except the cars would have a new look for their predecessors and “slightly” more power. The engine used should be of the rarest kind, one with a spinning triangle…
I believe you mean spinning metal Doritos is death. Although a the good kind
This is going to be amazing now can we get some new XJ220’s pls
DeLorean be like “That’s cute!”
I NEEEEEED!
Insert I Have $3
Where can i get 30000 £ ?
So when does the XJS get a turn??
Man, I know its rare as hell, but I saw a coupe for sale here in Oregon for just under 70k. Rebuilt. But, I guess it wasnt rebuilt by Jaguar.