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Este año 2011 (24 Enero 1961-2011) marca el 50 aniversario de uno de los automóviles más famosos y más deseables de la historia automotora, el "E" Type Jaguar celebrará este año numerosos eventos y participaciones en salones y ferias. Ginebra ,Goodwood,Pebble Beach y Nurburgring ,serán sus principales escenarios como anfitrión de su onomástica . Cuándo el "E Type" fue lanzado en 1961 superó todas las expectativas, todo un revolucionario icono marcado por la pureza de sus líneas, que cautivaron entre otros a Brigitte Bardot, Tony Curtis o Steve McQueen, su perfil y su magnitud permanecen hoy en día . El modelo se encuentra expuesto permanentemente en el Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York. .-E-Type facts for editors:
• The E-Type was presented to the world’s press at the restaurant du Parc des Eaux Vives in Geneva on 15th March 1961. Such was the media excitement and clamour for demonstration runs up a nearby hillclimb that Jaguar founder Sir William Lyons instructed chief test driver Norman Dewis to drive through the night from Coventry to bring another model to Switzerland.
• Even Enzo Ferrari admitted it was “the most beautiful car in the world.”
• The E-type’s straight-six engine had powered Jaguar to five Le Mans victories in the 1950s and by 1961 in 3.8-litre form produced 265bhp and 260lb ft of torque, making the car a genuine 150mph proposition and, like its XK120 predecessor, the fastest production car in the world.
• At launch the E-Type cost £2,256 15s, including purchase tax and the all-important optional wire wheels, the equivalent today of just £38,000.
• The E-Type’s perfectly proportioned bodywork was the work of Malcolm Sayer, an aeronautical engineer by training who also applied his aerodynamic expertise in shaping the earlier Le Mans-winning C and D-Type racers.
• The E-type remained in production for 14 years, selling more than 70,000 units, making it Europe’s first mass-produced sports car.
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