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scooping | 18:06 Mon 03rd Apr 2017 | Motoring
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As E-Types are so very popular why doesn't Jaguar 're-issue' a new E-type? Same body, better engine, electrics and bodywork.
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It wouldn't pass crash tests
18:08 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Couldn't it be reconfiguered so that it did?
18:09 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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I seem to remember that there IS a new E-type, or at least an exact replica.
18:15 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Here they are ! :::::

http://www.eaglegb.com/
18:19 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Meant why doesn't Jaguar make new ones. The Eagles are refurbished I think, though super cool.
18:33 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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As said in your first answer, it is a 1960s design and could not possibly pass modern safety standards without being modified to the point where it looked/handled nothing like the original.
19:08 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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I, like Enzo Ferrari, think that the E-Type is the most beautiful ever made. But it wasn't the best car ever made.

From what I have read and seen, the Eagle are better than the original E-Type ever was. If you have a few hundred thousand pounds to spare, then buy an Eagle !
20:10 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Many thanks all.
20:11 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Mate of mine has two - a Brit in the US earning them as 'bonuses' after his sorties into Intel.....he won't take them out in rain and, seriously, you could eat eggs and bacon off them or his garage floor.
20:14 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Terrible waste of money, DTC, if they are not being used.
20:15 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Did you not get your order in on time, scooping !
http://www.jaguar.co.uk/news/lightweight-e-type-is-reborn.html
20:16 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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This is my favourite Jag, by a long way !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XK120
20:19 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Rather have one of these, XK150. The XK120 was nice too.

http://i68.tinypic.com/a10606.jpg
20:21 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Nearly snap Mikey.
20:22 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Togo....I saw one of these last year, in Cornwall, in this colour....rare as hens teeth !

http://www.lfoc.co.uk/vehicle/lea-francis-2-litre-sports-1949-1953/
20:23 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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That roadster was just about the ugliest XK120 Mikey. You could have done the 120 more justice.
20:26 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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they are used - on dry days though.
20:28 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Pretty XK120.

http://i66.tinypic.com/eopxt.jpg
20:31 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Nice motor that Mikey, hand built. 83 made and 40 still running and accounted for.
20:34 Mon 03rd Apr 2017
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Togo...when I saw the Lea Francis on the road to Lands End, it was being driven by the man who now owns the company ! He said that he had plans to start building them again, but I've seen nothing in the press about it.

He also talked about building more of these :::

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea-Francis#/media/File:Lea_Francis_30230.jpg

07:38 Tue 04th Apr 2017

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