Lightweight E Type_Low Drag Coupe

[D_Type]

After dani's Abarths, it’s time for me to introduce a new classic in this section :

The Jaguar E-Type Lightweight

Short History :

Shortly after the introduction of the E-type, Jaguar management wanted to investigate the possibility of building a car more in the spirit of the D-type racer from which elements of the E-type's styling and design were derived. It was designed exclusively as a coupe since the aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer considered that a closed-top car is easier to make light and aerodynamic - unlike previous Jaguar racers which were exclusively build as open-top cars. The production E-types used steel bodies, the LDC used lightweight aluminium.
The chassis remained steel. It used a tuned version of Jaguars 3.8 litre engine made of light alloy, with a Lucas guillotine mechanical fuel injection.
(from 272 h.p.to more than 320 h.p. depending on the model.)

How it sounds :
http://www.jag-lovers.org/brochures/video/jagcob.mpg

Some pics :
Low Drag Coupe (1962)








Other "Lightweighted" E types: