Rare 1961 Jaguar E-Type could sell for £135,000

Prices for E-Type Jaguars are continuing to appreciate in the collectible automobiles markets. And examples currently up for sale include this 1961 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Series 1 Roadster.

Eightieth of just 91 right hand drive examples produced in early July, 1961, and one of the first to be exported, this Series 1 3.8 Roadster returned to the UK from Cyprus in 1996 and has been fully restored.

Restoration works included a complete professional rebuild of the entire car, faithful to the original factory specifications. The works were carried out over 12 years by its dedicated London owner, himself a professional trim expert.

The 1961 Jaguar E Type 3.8 Series 1 Roadster, priced £135,000

Worthy of a place at the Pebble Beach Concours, this magnificent Jaguar boasts its original - and very rare - colour combination of Old English white and matching cream leather upholstery with a tan hood.

It is for sale in Warwickshire, UK, priced £135,000.

The Jaguar XJ

Jaguar XJ

According to Mike O’Driscoll, the Supersport version of the long-awaited new Jaguar XJ large luxury saloon has an ability denied to any other car on earth. “It’s fantastic,” he says, fixing me with a messianic gaze. “It can get out of its own way really, really quickly.”

I retire to a quiet, darkened room to think that one over and ponder whether Jaguar’s MD has been watching too much Dr Who. And then, a few hours later, I drive the car and come to understand why he is thumping the tub about the company’s new flagship quite so enthusiastically.

It is hard to overstate the importance of the XJ to Jaguar as the company accelerates away from its long reliance on an admittedly proud past, toward a future which O’Driscoll and his design chief Ian Callum are determined will see it once again recognised as a design and technology leader.

It had travelled a long way down that road even before the arrival of the XJ, which will be in showrooms soon. The S-type, conceived under Ford ownership and with styling harking back to Jaguars of the 1960s, was replaced several years ago by Callum’s ultra-modern XF mid-sized executive saloon, which many now rate above its BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class rivals. The unsuccessful X-Type “small” Jaguar – based on Ford’s mundane Mondeo underpinnings – has been dropped, in line with Jaguar’s determination to elevate itself ever further upmarket. The latest Callum-designed XK sports coupés and convertibles will race at Le Mans this year, and have won respect for quality and performance worldwide. Denials of plans for a smaller, lighter, outright sports car – the real stuff of Jaguar legend – carry all the conviction of MPs’ rationalisations of their expenses.

2011 Jaguar XKR

2011 Jaguar XKR
2011 Jaguar XKR

The New Jaguar XJ

Jaguar launched Jaguar XJ last night the new admiral ship during an event presented by Jay Leno.

New Jaguar XJ

The communication leaders wanted to emphasize that the XJ Jaguar will set new standards in the luxury, a model in which the British automaker puts great hopes. The new model is impressive at first sight and if the outside part view reminds us of XF models, the back view comes with a completely original style for the British automaker.

The aluminum body helps the car to be lighter by about 331 pounds compared to its main competitors, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are those that have benefited from this advantage. Low weight and together with over 50% of recyclable materials help the economy of 6614 pounds of CO2 for each vehicle.

The technical part comes with Jaguar Adaptive Dynamics and an air suspension system, Active Differential Control and a range of engines consisting of a V6 3.0-liter diesel engine, a V8 engine with 385 HP, and two versions of its supercharged engine of 470 HP and 510 HP. The transmission is ensured by an automatic six-speed ZF gearbox.

New Jaguar XJ

Salesman Tony Martin has been selling prestige cars for the best part of a quarter of a century, writes motoring editor Peter Carroll.

“Porsches, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Aston Martins – I’ve sold them all in my time,” he says.

“But I have never been as excited about a new car as I am about this one…”

Tony, senior sales executive at Stratstone’s dealership in Wolverhampton, is talking about the impending arrival of the new Jaguar XJ.

In a few weeks’ time this car will take its place as the new flagship of the Big Cat brand – and Tony and his colleagues cannot wait to start selling it.

With prices starting at around £53,000, Stratstone staff have already taken a dozen orders from customers who have yet to drive the vehicle.

Jaguar XJ Electric in 2011

With deliveries for the new 2010 Jaguar XJ set to start shortly, prices for the new luxo-cat have been released. They start at $72,500 (including destination) for the base normally aspirated 5.0-liter XJ and go up from there.

In the realm of luxury barges, a “basic” car can hardly be considered basic. But what Jaguar calls a base XJ undercuts all of its competition. Audi’s (current) A8 starts roughly $2000 higher and is the closest in price to the Jag. BMW’s short wheelbase V-8 powered 750i starts at $83,000 (including destination) and Mercedes-Benz doesn’t even offer a short wheel-base S-Class in the States. A similarly powered long-wheelbase S-Class will set you back just over $92,000.


Although the new XJ is priced significantly less than most of its competition, it includes all of the amenities usually found on über-sedans. The standard XJ comes with 16-way power heated and cooled front seats, dual-zone climate control, a 600-watt premium sound system, navigation, an adaptive suspension, and even a panoramic glass roof. And of course the interior simply oozes British luxury.

Electric Jaguar XJ has been created, gets a 600 mile range

In April of 2009 last year, the European Investment Bank gave Jaguar/Land Rover $453 million USD to increase funding for a range of fuel-efficient vehicles that will help cut the brands’ overall emissions by 25 percent by 2012. At that time it was reported that Jaguar is planning a range-extended version of the new XJ sedan.