Jaguar · 1961–1974
Jaguar E-Type
The Jaguar E-Type, or the Jaguar XK-E for the North American market, is a British front-engined sports car that was manufactured by Jaguar Cars Ltd from 1961 to 1974. Its sleek appearance, advanced technologies, high performance, and competitive pricing established it as an icon. The E-Type's claimed 150 miles per hour (240 km/h) top speed, sub-7-second 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) acceleration, largely unitary body construction, front and rear independent suspension with disc brakes, mounted inboard at the rear, and rack-and-pinion steering spurred industry-wide changes. The E-Type was based on Jaguar's D-Type racing car, which had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for three consecutive years beginning in 1955. The E-Type employed what was, for the early 1960s, a novel design principle, with a front subframe carrying the engine, front suspension and front bodywork bolted directly to the body tub. No ladder frame chassis, as was common at the time, was needed and as such the first cars weighed only 1,315 kg (2,899 lb). It is rumored that, at its debut on 15 March 1961, Enzo Ferrari called it "the most beautiful car ever made", but this statement has not been fully confirmed. In 2004, Sports Car International magazine placed the E-Type at number one on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s. In March 2008, the Jaguar E-Type ranked first in The Daily Telegraph's online list of the world's "100 most beautiful cars" of all time.
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UK vehicles on the road
6,097 licensed and 1,794 SORN (7,891 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 6,027 |
| 2015 | 6,309 |
| 2016 | 6,553 |
| 2017 | 6,830 |
| 2018 | 7,213 |
| 2019 | 7,407 |
| 2020 | 7,542 |
| 2021 | 7,693 |
| 2022 | 7,759 |
| 2023 | 7,680 |
| 2024 | 7,782 |
| 2025 | 7,891 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q249303CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_E-TypeCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1372333867 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.