The new Jaguar E-Type Lightweight - light, but hard to digest fare

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The new Jaguar E-Type Lightweight - light, but hard to digest fare

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Created on December 28, 2015

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Daniel Reinhard

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - despite good facilities, the E-Type was ultimately no longer competitive at the highest level in 1964/1965

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - you wouldn't know it was built in 2015

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - corresponds one hundred percent to the original

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - there are hardly any more beautiful racing cars

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - no bumpers

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - comparatively wide wheels

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - raced at Le Mans and other events at the time

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - lightweight construction attractively presented

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - a joy to drive at speed

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - light on its feet thanks to 114 kilograms saved

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - you can already see the power in the lines

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - for racetrack use only

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - Gap dimensions like a new car today

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - refined aerodynamics

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - tidy and attractive cockpit

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - Weber carburetor with open inlets

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - external fuel filler neck

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963/2015) - barely muffled engine sound escapes from the twin-pipe exhaust system

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Jaguar E Type Lightweight - replica of the six missing E-Type Lightweights in 2014

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Jaguar E Type Lightweight - replica of the six missing E-Type Lightweights in 2014

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Jaguar E Type Lightweight - replica of the six missing E-Type Lightweights in 2014

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Jaguar E Type Lightweight (1963) - significantly lighter, significantly more competitive in racing

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Jaguar E Type Lightweight (1963) - one of the rare original Lightweight cats in racing use

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Jaguar E Type Lightweight (1963) - achieved racing success for Jaguar

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963) at Le Mans 1963 - Briggs Cunningham's team came to Le Mans with three E-Types, only the number #15, in which Cunningham himself drove, finished.

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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight (1963) - Pit stop of the Jaguar E-Type #29, driven by legends Bruce McLaren and Walt Hansgen (12 Hours of Sebring 1963)

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Jaguar E-Type Lindner Lightweight Coupé (1963) - at the Concours d'Elegance of the Schloss Bensberg Classics 2012

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Jaguar E Type Lightweight (1963) at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011

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Summary

It is certainly one of the more controversial undertakings when a car manufacturer recreates in modern times the cars it did not build 50 years ago. However, anyone who gets behind the wheel of a 2014/2015 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight quickly forgets such reservations, because few cars are more fun to drive. This driving report takes readers on a ride in the newly created Jaguar E-Type Lightweight, illustrated by thrilling photos.

This article contains the following chapters

Newly rebuilt classics
Exact reproductions
At the steering wheel
Only for the race track
Historical comparison of E-Type and Lightweight

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In 1963, 18 lightweight versions of the "normal" E-Type were to be built. 12 cars left the "Browns Lane" plant in Coventry as planned. Of the remaining six, only the chassis numbers reserved for them remained. And this for around 50 years. Until the decision was made in 2013 to build the remaining six cars after all. It is not known exactly why not all of the planned cars were built back then. Was it the introduction of the 250 GTO Ferrari, which immediately made life difficult for the Englishman on the racetrack, was it the high demand for the series E-Type, which shifted priorities away from the racing car to the road car, or were there other reasons entirely?

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