Malcolm Sayer

[JtB]

Apologies to my Italian and German friends, but the E-Type Jaguar is in my opinion the most beautiful car ever BBC Link.

 

[EltonFrog]

Up until quite recently I had over 100 hundred die cast models of Jaguars, a significant number of them where E-types, my favourite car of all time. I wish I could afford a real one. It's on my bucket list.

Nice article BTW, thanks for sharing,

 

[ASC1951]

Up until quite recently I had over 100 hundred die cast models of Jaguars, a significant number of them where E-types, my favourite car of all time. I wish I could a ford a real one. It's on my bucket list.

I think you might be disappointed. OK, it looks great, but a decent modern car would be better in every other respect.

 

[swee'pea99]

Absolutely. The Daewoo Matiz for one offers far better fuel economy.

 

[JtB]

Absolutely. The Daewoo Matiz for one offers far better fuel economy.

Excellent :-)

 

[biggs682]

Absolutely. The Daewoo Matiz for one offers far better fuel economy.

only because it gets towed everywhere behind a breakdown truck !

 

[EltonFrog]

I think you might be disappointed. OK, it looks great, but a decent modern car would be better in every other respect.

No doubt but I still want one, and a Aston Martin DB5.

 

[ASC1951]

I don't really get the yearning for old machinery. I have owned a 'classic British motorbike' and a 'classic British sportscar' and IME they were pretty rubbish - badly made, unreliable and outdated even for their time. The E Types were new-ish when I were a lad and no modern car user would accept vehicles made to such a poor standard. Lovely shape, pity about the crap brakes, inadequate lights, lack of rustproofing..... and the windows leaked, from new.

 

[EltonFrog]

What I would really like is one of those new E-types, they use the old body shape but the engines and all the techy stuff is modern. But they are kajillions of pounds.

 

[Piemaster]

As much as I like the E-type, how pretty is this Italian?

and who buys a classic 2 door drop top because its 'practical' or 'economical'?
Car manufacturing has come a long way since the 60's but then as now the competing technologies were all about the same from the different manufacturers. I would quite happily put up with an E-type mechanical foibles, but I wouldn't swap the nice Samsung LED tv in the corner for it's 60's equivalent.

 

[colly]

What I would really like is one of those new E-types, they use the old body shape but the engines and all the techy stuff is modern. But they are kajillions of pounds.

Do you mean one of these?
http://www.eaglegb.com/cars/1966-series1-42-eagle-sport-roadster

 

[Piemaster]

F-type. Anyone else thinks it looks a bit, well, Japanese?

 

[swee'pea99]

Do you mean one of these?
http://www.eaglegb.com/cars/1966-series1-42-eagle-sport-roadster

Wow. Just...wow. If a magic spell turned me into an Abramovich-stylie money-is-no-object type, I think that would be right at the top of my shopping list. No other car comes close, for me, for 'I'd love that'.

 

[dellzeqq]

1953 Chrysler Ghia

 

[dellzeqq]

and the '61 version