Hi all

Massive news (well I think so), it seems a new Jaguar E-type concept is going to be put into production. No exact figures on price yet but estimated to be between £400-800k depending on numbers of cars produced.

Full details here



Looks stunning, what do you guys think?

Trev

 

I think it looks fantastic. But if that is the price I will never own one unless I winn the lottery. Megamillions is 105 million this weekend, so maybe I could get one. I will just buy a ticket and hold my breath.

 

No, no, no - this has nothing to do with Jaguar the company. What is pictured is a Swedish design. If your Norwegian is good, go to:
http://www.dinside.no/863827/jaguar-...aar-og-helt-ny

 

Looks heavy and does not have the class of the original.

 

I ain't into retro styling , E Types never grow on me but for E Type fans this car should be an outstanding production

 

Of course, all this is totally subjective, but the more I look at this, the less I like it. It starts to look more and more like a mish-mash of various borrowed styling cues. I truly dislike the "coves" into the lower door panels - looks like something stolen from the classic Corvette. The paired headlamps look like something lifted from a Lexus design, and the small bonnet mouth opening lifted from a Series 1 E-Type looks jarring between those headlamps (perhaps the larger Series 3 E-Type mouth with grille would have matched that headlamp treatment better?). The rear view looks like the designer decided to borrow the XJ-S flying buttresses and graft them onto a truncated E-Type FHC rear. And finally the way the side window's rearmost "C" pillar gets bumped by the rear wing haunches just looks deformed.

Sorry - no way Sir William would have signed off on the visuals for this design. At least, that is my own opinion, which is (of course) worth squat.

 

I love this! Although I don't like the front end too much but the back and side profile is astonishing.

 

This Growler sounds like a carbon fibre reskinned XKR. They'd be smart to line up a bunch of sales to get the price down--and contract Valmat (Finland) to assemble the cars. Valmat already builds all the Boxsters for Porsche--a great car.

 

Hi

I have to say this is one of the "least worst" attempts to jump on the e type bandwagon. But as Jag themselves have announced plans for a new smaller sports car, then surly that is the new e-type!

 

Darn--my upper limit budget was £390K. Oh well.


Doug

 

With respect to looks, a very ugly E-type concept in my opinion.

Looks like an Acura Integra mixed in with a little bit of Mazda Miata.
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One of the best looking designs I think Jaguar ever came out with was the previous generation XKE - just like the above car from smoggyx100 (mid 1990's to 2006 model).

- Michael

 

Looks more like the original 53 Corvette to me!

 

Oh now that is ugly, as for new E-type, that car is every thing an E-type wasnt.

Ugly
Expensive
Uninspiring
Boring
And indistinctive

Just my view

 

No. No. NO!

The front end looks like a TVR!

The one-piece moulded front makes it look like a kit car.

Terrible!

 

It is ugly with too many unnecessary angles and too 'bubble' like.

 

The pictures I've seen of it have a closer feel of the original:

 

Its amazing how a different angle and colour can make so much difference

 

Yeah the first pic really didn't do it justice...but i'm not taking back what I said until I can see it in the flesh...

Are they even gonna build it?

 

Meh, it doesn't look as good as the Eagle Speedster.

Eagle : The Jaguar E-Type Speedster

 

I personally think it's SEXYYYY. I would trade my X for that in a heartbeat