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One of the very few cars to have achieved 'legend' status in its lifetime is the Jaguar E-type or XKE. Malcolm Sayer's superb streamlining and William Lyon's eye for detail combined to produce a new concept in road-going sports racing cars.

In 1962, Jaguar's competition department decided to build a lightweight racing version of the E-type for competition against the might of Ferrari and the awesome 250GTO. Twelve cars were constructed on a prototype basis using unique components including

a specially developed suspension system, an all aluminium body, aluminium engine, wide-angle cylinder head and the Lucas mechanical fuel injection system. The Lightweight E-types were raced in the USA, Europe and Australia, and although they beat the

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