Indaba ayiseyintsha kubafundi bethu. Kodwa singaphinda futhi - izindaba ezinhle zifanelwe ukuphindwa. Ngalokho kufanele sibuyele emuva ku-1963. Ngaleso sikhathi u-Jaguar wathembisa umhlaba wonke ukukhiqiza amayunithi angu-18 enguqulo ekhetheke kakhulu yomlando we-E-Type. Ibizwa nge-Lightweight, bekuyinguqulo eyedlulele kakhulu yohlobo lwe-E olujwayelekile.
THE I-Jaguar Lightweight E-Type isisindo sayo sasingaphansi ngo-144 kg - lokhu kwehliswa kwesisindo kwafinyelelwa ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwe-aluminium ye-monocoque, amaphaneli omzimba kanye nebhulokhi yenjini - futhi yaletha u-300 hp isuka enjinini engu-3.8 l in-line yamasilinda ayisithupha njengasekuqaleni. ku-D-Types eyahlula i-Le Mans ngaleso sikhathi.
Kuvela ukuthi esikhundleni samayunithi ayi-18 athenjisiwe, iJaguar ikhiqize amayunithi ayi-12 kuphela. Eminyakeni engu-50 kamuva, u-Jaguar wanquma "ukukhokha" emhlabeni wonke lawo mayunithi angu-18, ngokwethembeka akhiqiza amanye amayunithi ayisithupha, esebenzisa izinto ezifanayo ncamashi, ubuchwepheshe kanye namasu angaleso sikhathi. Umsebenzi obuphethe uphiko olusha lomkhiqizo: I-JLR Special Operations.
Ukumaka ukwethulwa kabusha (!?) kwemodeli entsha eneminyaka engu-50 ubudala, u-Jaguar uzoba khona e-Peeble Beach Concours D'Elegance, kuleli sonto ezoba seCalifornia. Indawo lapho abalandeli bengaphinda babone khona le moto yomlando isebenza. Lawa ma-Lightweights ayisithupha ohlobo lwe-Jaguar enzelwe abaqoqi be-Jaguar, noma okunye, kulabo abanethuba lokusebenzisa ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-1.22 ukuze bathole imoto “entsha” yakudala.
