From the beginning I felt like a design this important should be out on the street where people could see and appreciate it, so, it is developed as a road car not a trailer queen. It is one of the last automobile designs made which is more or less the conception on one designer, and produced by a company runby one person with the courage of his convictions about how things should look and function. At one time or another almost every design element of the car has been ripped off and grafted onto something else. But, they just don't get it. Today, everything looks like a refrigerator because it is designed by committee.
Western civilization is about individualism.
Don't let the new agers wear you down. If there is a more beautiful car than the E type perhaps it is the XJ-13 which, if there was any justice in the world, would have been the F type. Since Jaguars are really only happy at ton up speeds you will find this site indispensable. The Speed trap registry . Finally, when you settle down to reflect on it all you may need a glass or two of decent whisky.