Jaguar E-TYPE renascerá

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E-Type to return
Auto Express breaks the news of an incredible new coupe on the way from Jaguar - the E-Type is back!

Text: Ken Gibson / Photos: Poblete
30th January 2008



A legend is returning! In one of the most dramatic comebacks in British motoring history, Auto Express has learned that Jaguar is set to resurrect the best-loved machine in its stable – the E-Type.

In a bid to take on the Porsche 911 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage, the Coventry manufacturer is planning a sensational two-seater sports car. It will revive the spirit of the original Sixties coupé and introduce the Jaguar brand to a whole new range of buyers.

Hot on the heels of the XF – which is driven in the UK for the first time on Page 8 – and the forthcoming new XJ saloon, which we told you all about in Issue 987, the 21st Century E-Type should arrive in show-rooms in 2011. The sale of the firm is likely to be completed within the next couple of weeks, and giving the green light to the sports car is one of the first major decisions faced by Jaguar’s expected new owner, Indian giant Tata. The big cat’s chairman Geoff Polites has confirmed that the company is looking at a number of options for future models, including the two-seater sports car.

From the C-Type of the Fifties to the legendary E-Type, Jaguar has a history of making great sporting machines, and our illustration shows how the newcomer might look. Mixing the marque’s brand new grille and headlight arrangement with a muscular coupé body, it is simply stunning. Senior bosses believe that a two-seater would be a better bet than replacing the current X-Type saloon. The X-Type has always struggled to compete with rivals such as the BMW 3-Series and Audi A4, but a pure sports car is seen as fitting
in perfectly with Jaguar’s new niche line-up led by the XK Coupé and XF.

The big cat came very close to putting a sports car into production back in 2000. That model was based on the F-Type concept, a vehicle which won rave reviews when it was unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show.

Design chief Ian Callum developed a machine based on the study, but Ford bosses in America opted instead to invest in both the X-Type and diesel power. The F-Type was targeted directly at the Porsche Boxster, yet the latest model is aiming even higher. Designers and engineers are now working on a sports car that would be seen as a direct rival to the German company’s 911. It would be based on a shortened version of the XJ’s all-aluminium chassis, making it lightweight with Porsche-matching performance and handling.

A decision on the car’s name is some way off, but it will be aimed at real sports car enthusiasts, leaving the current XK Coupé and convertible to cater for owners wanting a more luxurious Grand Tourer.

Power will come from the firm’s V8 engines, with a 4.2-litre unit for the entry-level model which will give scope for a 500bhp 5.0 supercharged flagship. All motors will be hooked up to Jaguar’s six-speed automatic gearbox, and come complete with steering wheel-mounted paddleshifters, while the suspension will feature special Audi-style magnetic dampers.

However, the company’s priority for the next few years is the stunning new XJ saloon. Polites has told designers to “let your creative juices run free” and tells us that the result is simply the “best car I have ever seen”. Evolving the look of the XF, it will feature an even more rakish shape, and will be powered by a range of revised engines, including the company’s first hybrid.

With a two-seater sports car giving an added dimension to the line-up and underlining the firm’s recent revival with the sexy XK Coupé and XF saloon, the future looks extremely bright for the big cat.

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[jomaso]

Não faz muito sentido...então e o XK?

[Bernie]

Não faz muito sentido...então e o XK?

Ia perguntar o mesmo.

[marcio_vieira]

agora q a TaTa adquiriu a jaguar e a land rover... a ver vamos.

[MoonshieldDay]

O XK é um Grand Tourer.

[jomaso]

Isto é photoshop....com base no XK.

[Unreal]

Mais uma pérola da Auto Express

[McReis]

Que absurdo! Um carro manhoso a usar partes de outros Jaguar e a destruir um nome mítico. Mais depressa admito que o Pai Natal existe...

O 24 Horas do mundo automóvel volta a atacar.

[Talha]

Atenção:

A decision on the car’s name is some way off, but it will be aimed at real sports car enthusiasts, leaving the current XK Coupé and convertible to cater for owners wanting a more luxurious Grand Tourer.

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In a bid to take on the Porsche 911 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage, the Coventry manufacturer is planning a sensational two-seater sports car.

Por isso, é diferente do XK (apesar dos bancos do XK atrás serem quase inuteis) a nível de configuração, e segundo o artigo é menos luxuoso e mais hardcore.

É esperar para ver, não me parece tão descabida a notícia.

[Nephilim]

Lindissimo... tal como o antigo o era... e fotos do interior?


Este carro ficava-me a matar... , será que vai haver a opção diesel?

[MetalKing]

Lindissimo... tal como o antigo o era... e fotos do interior?


Este carro ficava-me a matar... , será que vai haver a opção diesel?

Talvez, agora com a Tata ao leme, devem-lhe colocar o 1.4D de 49 cv do Indica, ou então o 1.9 TD de 90 do Safari.

[Nephilim]

Talvez, agora com a Tata ao leme, devem-lhe colocar o 1.4D de 49 cv do Indica, ou então o 1.9 TD de 90 do Safari.

nao me admirava nada que a jaguar lhe colocasse o seu V8 diesel...k ja equipa outros modelos da jaguar...

é a gasolina a preço k tá....

[MetalKing]

nao me admirava nada que a jaguar lhe colocasse o seu V8 diesel...k ja equipa outros modelos da jaguar...

é a gasolina a preço k tá....

A Jag não tem nenhum V8 Diesel, o diesel que tem é um V6 de 2.7 litros, de origem Ford/PSA.

[Fraga]

a Tata comprou a Jaguar ??????

[gsimoes]

a Tata comprou a Jaguar ??????

E a siamesa Land Rover...

[Martins79]

A Jag não tem nenhum V8 Diesel, o diesel que tem é um V6 de 2.7 litros, de origem Ford/PSA.

A Land Rover usa um 3.6 V8 baseado no 2.7 V6 mas a que foi acrescentado dois cilindros com 275 cv, a minha dúvida é se a Ford o continuará a fornecer.

[CarlosAndrade]

a Tata comprou a Jaguar ??????

Mas qual é o mal?...

[MetalKing]

a Tata comprou a Jaguar ??????

Sim, mas também a Jaguar de Jaguar já pouco ou nada tinha, basicamente eram Ford's mais luxuosos.

[jomaso]

Sim, mas também a Jaguar de Jaguar já pouco ou nada tinha, basicamente eram Ford's mais luxuosos.

Olha que isso é um erro. Á excepção do x-type, desde o XJ, ao S-type e ao XK todos eles são verdadeiros Jaguar.

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[gsimoes]

'Mai nada!

[paslg]

A Jaguar terá sucesso se apostar forte em modelos de nicho com um cunho vincadimente desportivo e não em produtos mais massificados como tentou ser o X-Type. Não vejo nada com maus olhos se esta notícia for verdade.

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Jaguar plans ( by autocar)

"Forget failure. Expunge that word from your dictionary of Jaguar terms.
As Britain’s self-styled “sports car maker” moves from a patchy 15-year phase of Ford ownership into the welcoming arms of the giant Indian-based Tata group, it is also preparing to throw off the shackles of unprofitability and become the cool, successful maker of exclusive cars that it always promised to be.
That means plenty of new models: more coupés, more performance saloons and eventually that most elusive new Jag of all, the two-seat sports car.
With a fair wind, Jaguar will go close to breaking even this year; in 2009 it will start earning profits. While much of the world has been fixated on Jaguar’s battle to stay afloat, the management’s focus has been on devising a success plan, a way of earning sustainable profits in the long term.
Everything in this plan is under serious consideration and has been for many months, but deciding which Jaguars get the nod for production is a task for whatever management team Tata appoints.
The current management’s strategy has been tempered by the heat of Jaguar’s battle to survive, and it is a prototype for a profitable future operation making around 40,000-plus XFs and derivatives, 25,000 XKs (including offshoots) and 15,000 XJs.
The much-desired F-type sports car would then be the 10,000-a-year icing on the cake, and it could eventually push volume close to the magic 100,000 mark. Over to you, Mr. Tata.

F-Type


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Jaguar bosses are desperate to build this car. They can practically taste the market excitement it would cause, especially in the US and the UK.
The popular proposal is for a steel-bodied, XF-based two-seater that uses V6 and V8 engines and starts at under £45,000 (although top-end models would be direct Porsche 911 rivals).
It would be 200kg lighter than a similarly engined XF saloon, about 70cm shorter overall and 40cm shorter in the wheelbase. The suspension and running gear would be largely familiar, although engineers reckon there would be a case for modified front suspension with less unsprung weight.
Look for a soft-top rather than a design-limiting folding steel roof. All at Jaguar know any sports car will have to live in the shadow of the E-type, and will be expected to look amazing.

XF Coupé




Jaguar could conceivably build four offshoots of the XF: a four-seat convertible, a coupé, a sporty estate and a crossover 4x4.
However, a fixed-roof coupé is the most likely because the saloon’s proportions lend themselves to the switch, the engineering is straightforward, the idea suits the Jaguar marque values well, and recent German coupé successes show it could sell. Expect it to stick largely with the saloon’s interior architecture and engine line-up, but to be distinctive enough to sell on exclusivity.

XF Crossover 4x4


Controversial, this one, and only a long-odds possibility. Jaguar marketing men envy booming sales of rival brands in this sector and reckon the XF design values could easily stretch to a sleek, stylish soft-roader. Designers have already produced proposals and full-size models.
However, the Jaguar/Land Rover decision makers believe Jaguar must resist becoming a 4x4 company, and leave such vehicles to Land Rover, especially as its associate marque is about to move further into the high-style 4x4 bracket with the new LRX.

XF Convertible


The proposal for a four-seat, open-top version of the XF is not favoured at present by either engineers or accountants. The engineers don’t want it because of the large amount of unique engineering needed to reinforce the chassis and to make such a large fabric roof. The bean counters are hesitant because of the expense, given the modest expected sales. American dealers are predictably keen, but the company calculates they can attract rag-top customers with the coupé.

XF Estate


Another non-starter. Jaguar’s designers have investigated a sporty wagon, but the idea has been shelved for good. Realists at the firm say it lacks estate heritage, and they take lessons from German estates, which work in Europe but sell poorly in America. Jaguar’s future volume will be a fraction of BMW’s or Audi’s; it couldn’t bear the development costs of a wagon knowing that at least 50 per cent of its potential market doesn’t want it.

XKR-R Coupé


The two-tier XK lightweight coupé range that began Jaguar’s fightback hasn’t even reached mid-life yet, but two eye-catching new developments are on the blocks. Closest by far is an ‘unrestricted’ XKR version capable of around 180mph. The precise spec is still being fleshed out, but expect a low-volume model (say 300 a year, at a £10,000-£15,000 premium) with more supercharged power from engine management tweaks – or perhaps even the adoption of the forthcoming 500bhp 5.0-litre, direct-injection V8 – plus ultra-sporty tweaks to décor and chassis. Jaguar admires the progress and profit potential of the AMG brand at Mercedes, and believes it has customers that would like the idea.

XK-based saloon





Jaguar bosses also admire Mercedes’ CLS. They believe there’s an opportunity for a sporty but practical all-aluminium, four-door version of the XK. Think of it as Jaguar’s Porsche Panamera.
This ‘CLS class’ is set to grow rapidly (Aston Rapide, Panamera, Maserati Quattroporte and probably an A6-based A7 from Audi) and it’s natural Jaguar territory. The project is understood to have company-wide backing, but would need big investment.
One key decision would be whether to offer V6 petrol engines alongside the normally aspirated and forced induction V8s. At first glance Jaguar might not be inclined to, but by the realistic launch date (not before 2011) Porsche will be selling V6 Panameras. Jaguar wouldn’t much enjoy having its new saloon undercut by a Porsche.

New XJ flagship




They call this project X351, a major re-engineering of the today’s luxury flagship for 2009, still made in aluminium and broadly similar to the outgoing car in proportions and wheelbase.
Jaguar people state openly that the car will be very progressive and have its own identity; it won’t just be a bigger XF. The company is proud of its aluminium body engineering and believes the progression from XK to next XJ (fewer rivets, more extrusions, extra strength but the same fundamental process) will take the new flagship well beyond Audi, the obvious rival, in technical sophistication.
The new XJ will offer a choice of two wheelbases, one eight inches longer than the other. The shorter will be the standard model, but this time Jaguar has made it roomy enough for two full-size adults in the back, rather than hurriedly having to produce a long-wheelbase version as a correction for an early mistake.
The long-wheelbase version, styled to look graceful and not stretched, will be launched within weeks of the standard version. It will be a true limo, transport for potentates, prime ministers and captains of industry, priced and equipped to suit.

Steve Cropley and Julian Rendell



Read Autocar 30 January for the full story on the future of Jaguar

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[Zix]

O carro mais fálico k já vi! Se há carro que simboliza aquela conversa do carro e do pénis e da virilidade é esse!

[DudexVTi]

Pode ser que desta vez venha bonito nunca gostei do E-type, sempre o achei ridiculo

[Bruno4646]

Pode ser que desta vez venha bonito nunca gostei do E-type, sempre o achei ridiculo

Chicoteado é que estavas bem

[MadDragon]

Pode ser que desta vez venha bonito nunca gostei do E-type, sempre o achei ridiculo

Em toda a minha vida, nunca ouvi ninguém dizer abaixo de " é lindissimo", no que se refere a este automóvel.

[DudexVTi]

Em toda a minha vida, nunca ouvi ninguém dizer abaixo de " é lindissimo", no que se refere a este automóvel.

Eu tambem não! é como o XK8, não gosto

[DudexVTi]

Chicoteado é que estavas bem

LOLOL maneira engraçada de dizer as coisas