Last summer, Jaguar announced a special tribute edition of the E-Type to celebrate the sports car’s 60th birthday. Fast-forward to today and they have showcased the first two fully-restored cars.
Offered exclusively in six matching pairs each consisting of one coupe and one roadster, the Jaguar E-Type 60 Collection celebrates the ‘9600 HP’ coupe driven by Bob Berry from Coventry, UK, to the 1961 Geneva Motor Show for its world debut on March 15, and the ’77 RW’ roadster, brought to the event for test drives the next day by Norman Dewis.
The coupes are finished in Flat Out Grey on top of a Smooth Black leather interior, whereas the roadsters come in Drop Everything Green with a Suede Green leather cockpit. The shades were inspired by the 1961 colors and they won’t be used by Jaguar ever again.
by Bennett Oghifo
The experts at Jaguar Classic in Coventry, UK have restored 12 E-type 60 Collection cars that combine flawless quality and exceptional engineering know-how.
Jaguar Classic has said it unveiled its first matched pair of E-type 60 Collection cars, and revealed full specification details for the 12 expertly restored and sympathetically uprated 3.8-litre E-types built to celebrate 60 years of the iconic sports car.
The E-type made its world debut in Geneva, Switzerland on 15 March 1961. The public reaction to the lone coupé available for test drives was so strong that Jaguar rushed a second E-type, a roadster, from Coventry to Geneva overnight, according to a statement by the automaker.
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Jaguar E-Type made its global debut on 15 March 1961 at the Geneva motor show and has since gone on to become one of the most revered cars of all time.
To celebrate, Jaguar Classic has painstakingly restored and re-engineered 12 E-Types – six coupes and six convertibles – which will be sold as matching pairs.
The cars are inspired by the original E Type coupe, registration 9600 HP and convertible (rego 77 RW) that wowed the public at Geneva, resulting in over 500 orders before the end of the motor show.
Jaguar Rekindles Fond Memories With 60 Collection of Six E-Type Restomod Pairs 12 Mar 2021, 11:15 UTC ·
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Last summer, Jaguar teased classic car aficionados with the enticing perspective of bringing to life a pair of very special E-Types to celebrate the model’s 60th anniversary and its March 1961 presentation at the Geneva Motor Show. Jump forward in time to March 2021, and we have the official (online) presentation of the Jaguar E-Type 60 Collection. 32 photos
The times they are a-changin said many years ago Bob Dylan, but thanks to automakers’ classic divisions, some things do stay the same. We may not have a 2021 edition of the Geneva Motor Show, but we do have the celebration of 60 years since Jaguar first introduced the legendary E-Type.
Jaguar celebrates the 60th anniversary of the E-type
Shane McGlaun - Mar 12, 2021, 7:07am CST
March 15 marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most iconic Jaguar vehicles ever made, the E-type. Jaguar Classic is building six limited-edition matched pairs of restored 3.8 E-type cars inspired by the “9600 HP” and “77 RW” examples from the 1961 launch of the E-type in Geneva. Each pair is called the E-type 60 Collection.
Six of the 9600 HP inspired E-type 60 Edition fixed-head coupes are finished in a color called Flat Out Gray with a smooth black leather interior and various 1961 tribute details. Six of the 60 Edition roadsters are designed to mirror the 77 RW in a color called Drop Everything Green on the outside and a Suede Green leather interior along with other tribute details to the 1961 original.