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How about a classic e-Type Jaguar with an electric motor

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FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24601
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Jaguar take a classic 1960s E-Type and add an electric motor - the future of classic cars? Interesting idea.




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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24601
    Official Jaguar video ..




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  • goldtopgoldtop Frets: 6146
    Pfft. Old bloke took a 1972 Datsun and a motor from some sort of food mixer and now it does 0-60 in 1.8s:




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  • TheMarlinTheMarlin Frets: 7828
    Seems a bit daft to me.  Why didn't they just do an electric F Type?  Why rebuild a 50-year-old car and put an electric motor in it?

    Take a classic car, and make it worse.
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  • rlwrlw Frets: 4692
    It might be better if the motor weighs less than the V12.  And the answer is, because they can.
    Save a cow.  Eat a vegetarian.
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    The E-type is the most beautiful car ever made. Having an electric engine doesn't spoil its good looks, but would probably make it less fun to drive.
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24601
    rlw said:
    It might be better if the motor weighs less than the V12.  And the answer is, because they can.
    The electric motor weighs less and so the car is faster. The idea is to extend the life of a classic car. No modifications have been done to the car so the engine can be put back in at anytime.

    The other point is as cars get older complex components in the engine and gearbox start to break. With this you can drive your classic car which has become more reliable.

    Jaguar are planning to be all electric around 2022.

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  • GarthyGarthy Frets: 2268
    They could have at least used a S3 hardtop. S1 roadsters should be cherished. Still it's theirs and they can do what they like with it.
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24601
    edited October 2017
    Garthy said:
    They could have at least used a S3 hardtop. S1 roadsters should be cherished. Still it's theirs and they can do what they like with it.
    The car's not been modified. The original engine, gearbox and exhaust can be put back into the car at anytime. That's the point really.

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  • chillidoggychillidoggy Frets: 17136
    That's just wrong on every count.


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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11886
    TheMarlin said:
    Seems a bit daft to me.  Why didn't they just do an electric F Type?  Why rebuild a 50-year-old car and put an electric motor in it?

    Take a classic car, and make it worse.
    You're thinking too literally, this is about marketing too
    Imagine wealthy Jag enthusiasts currently thinking about buying a superfast Tesla for £110k
    Some of them will have now decided to wait for the Jag offering 
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14415
    The E-type is the most beautiful car ever made. 
    Garthy said:
    They could have at least used a S3 hardtop. 
    Wisdom. The Series 3 is fugly. 

    Fretwired said:
    The other point is as cars get older complex components in the engine and gearbox start to break. 
    Few will miss straight cut (non-synchromesh) gears.
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • blobbblobb Frets: 2933
    My mate restores and converts classics to electrics........

    His Electric VW Beetle and Porshce 911 have featured on Fully Charged.

    https://www.electricclassiccars.co.uk/

    https://www.facebook.com/electricclassiccars/?hc_ref=ARRnejRreIQQy7DIVUzFa0osc7dQMzdV2zi_0bU4bbmaLpNvCXz0GUBvpgQ6wH2a3sk&fref=nf

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJLdzRJdKrs




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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24601
    edited October 2017
    The E-type is the most beautiful car ever made. Having an electric engine doesn't spoil its good looks, but would probably make it less fun to drive.
    You've obviously never driven one .. in many respects this is an improvement ..you just need a CD with engine noise ..  :-)

    The fact they've had offers for the car shows there's demand.

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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    @Fretwired I'm probably a part-time petrolhead ;)
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  • strtdvstrtdv Frets: 2427
    A new production version of this would be very lovely indeed.
    Robot Lords of Tokyo, SMILE TASTE KITTENS!
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  • KKJaleKKJale Frets: 982
    We'll all likely get used to it soon enough but I still slightly shudder to see electric Jags, Porsches and suchlike as the engines themselves have such charisma.

    There's a place near me does electric Moggie Minors. To me that makes a bit more sense. They're fun, cool, not too rare/expensive, comfy for town work, and have cheapish body panels available. Even modest electric power could actually make them go a fair bit quicker… and they really handle, too. Skinny tyres and rear wheel drive makes for fun on roundabouts. 
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  • rlwrlw Frets: 4692
    blobb said:
    My mate restores and converts classics to electrics........

    His Electric VW Beetle and Porshce 911 have featured on Fully Charged.

    https://www.electricclassiccars.co.uk/

    https://www.facebook.com/electricclassiccars/?hc_ref=ARRnejRreIQQy7DIVUzFa0osc7dQMzdV2zi_0bU4bbmaLpNvCXz0GUBvpgQ6wH2a3sk&fref=nf

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    Impressive but utterly wrong.
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  • blobbblobb Frets: 2933
    ...what's wrong? That my mate Moggy has been let loose on such projects? You have obviously met him! (that's a joke, he's a good mechanic really, completely nuts, but a good mechanic and an excellent rally driver).
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  • ClarkyClarky Frets: 3261
    Fretwired said:
    Official Jaguar video ..



    this is just so wrong...
    there's nothing classic about a leaky motor and an LCD display

    does it have a spacial tank for used engine oil so that it can drip it onto the floor when you're parked up for that touch of authenticity?
    play every note as if it were your first
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  • maltingsaudiomaltingsaudio Frets: 3117
    Electric Landrover runs out in the middle of a 1000 acre muddy  field ... interesting logistical problem
    www.maltingsaudio.co.uk
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