Just taken delivery of a 1971 Jaguar E-Type coupe – on loan from global classic hire company Turo (www.turo.com). Ironic it should arrive as the F-Type goes.
The Series III V12 was one of the last incarnations of the ‘E’ – purists will tell you it was probably the least attractive too. However, who could deny that this isn’t a fantastic looking machine – even in yellow?
With E-Type prices through the roof over the last ten years, both cars are now valued about the same. So where would you spend your £135,000 I wonder?
Well, the only thing for sure is that the F-Type will go down in value and the E will go up. Maybe in 40 years time that will change and our F-Type SVR model will soar. It certainly has the exclusivity that will one day make it collectable.
When I owned mine own 1963 Series I, a dear friend of great stature in the motoring world told me that one of the true pleasures in life was looking down the bonnet of an E-Type.
I just wonder if they will ever say that about the F-Type…
CAR COUTURE 
When I was a kid a yellow E-Type roadster with the reg FU2 drove through our village. Found out years later that it belonged to Paul Raymond and he used to lend it to Fiona Richmond. Are you going to the Classic Car show at the NEC? Well worth a visit! (Gave it a mention on my latest post, cos I went yesterday.)