Jaguar E-Type Will Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary in Geneva
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Jaguar is going to celebrate the 50th anniversary for its E-Type model this year by returning to the 2011 Geneva auto show this march.
Launched back in 1961, the E-Type model quickly became a flagship model, lauded for its design as well as a fixture of the 60s culture in Britain - a unit even has been saved permanently in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The E-Type powered by a 3.8 liter engine for producing 265 bhp (198 kW / 269 PS) plus 260 lb-ft (352 Nm) of torque and it was able to reach top speed of around 150mph (241 km/h).
The E-Type model was designed by aeronautical engineer Malcolm Sayer who had also assisted shape Le Mans winners like the C- and D-Type Jaguars. Production of the E-Type has ran for 14 years and over 70,000 units has been sold.
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