Jaguar E-Type 4.2 1965 - the ideal company car - not just for FBI agents
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Summary
The Jaguar E Type is one of the most popular classic cars of all time and probably one of the most beautiful production sports cars ever made. No wonder it often appeared in books and films, including the crime FBI agent Jerry Cotton, who drove a red E Type Coupé for years. In this report, a red Jaguar E Type is portrayed in detail, supplemented by test comments and historical pictures from the time, as well as excerpts from a Jerry Cotton film.
This article contains the following chapters
- Exceeds high expectations
- Also for pipe smokers
- Close to a racing car but still a touring vehicle
- Continuously improved
- The ride in the red Jaguar
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 7min
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Jerry Cotton, the FBI agent known far and wide since the 1960s (albeit only from books and films), used it as his company car, the red Jaguar E Type. He didn't remain inconspicuous with it, but he was always one car length ahead of the gangsters when it mattered. There were good reasons why the American police agent opted for the E-Type (in the USA the car was called the XK-E). When it was presented in 1961, the fast Englishman represented the new benchmark in sports car construction. 265 SAE horsepower, independent suspension and disc brakes all round as well as a ravishing-looking self-supporting body that brought the fully fueled Jaguar to just 1,290 kg with an ideal weight distribution of 48:52 (front:rear) were features that were more than just contemporary.
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