I found this in the November 1959 Road & Track "Miscellaneous Ramblings"
section by John R. Bond. Little did they know they could not even fathom
the beauty soon to be released to the world:
"THE E-TYPE. During the past year there have been sly little hints in the
British Press about a new Jaguar, the successor to the justly famed "D."
One went so far as to imply that all reports published in the U.S. were
wrong. They didn't mean us because we haven't said anything. However, the
big secret with respect to the coming "E" is that this is much more than a
factory racing car: it will, in fact, be a high-production model offered
for sale. In effect the new "E" will replace the XK-SS model in their
line, a super-sports model for the man who is really serious about
sports-car competition. Most reports say it will use the 3.8 engine but we
believe this will prove to be wrong. We expect an all-new, light -alloy
engine of just under 3 liters. We also expect performance of a caliber
sufficient to put Jaguar ahead of the 300-SL's and Corvettes, which means,
according to the new "formula," 0-100 and back to 0 in under 25 sec!"
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