Jaguar E-Type: ‘It tops out at a Brylcreem-ruffling 146mph’ | Martin Love

My dream drive? No question, it has to be the magnificent Jaguar E-Type

Jaguar E-Type
Price 145,000
0-60mph 6.4 seconds
Top Speed 146mph
MPG 18

In the ever-evolving game of Top Trumps which shuffles in my head, there has been one car in poll position for as long as I can remember. But stating that the Jaguar E-Type is the most outrageously stunning car of all time has a lot of the pope/catholic/bears/wood obviousness about it. Even Enzo Ferrari declared it was "The most beautiful car ever made." It is the ne plus ultra of charismatic classics and its story has become part of automotive folklore. When the silken drapes were pulled from its polished bodywork at the 1961 Geneva motor show, it ushered in an era of unprecedented automotive glamour. It was the car the 60s deserved. Now, almost 60 years later, the detail of Malcolm Sayer's exquisite original design still has the power to stop you in your tracks.