1969 Jaguar XK-E 4.2 Roadster Series II

1969 Jaguar XK-E in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Non-fiction TV, 2012-2019 Ep. 2.01

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Made for: USA

00:00:50 Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Author	Message
achiu31 ◊ 2013-06-18 02:29
dsl ◊ 2013-06-18 02:43	Interesting - boot badge is clearly E-Type not XK-E. I've sometimes wondered how long XK-E name was used in US and CDN - did it last all the way through until end of S3 in mid 70s or was it abandoned earlier??
Skid ◊ 2017-07-30 20:47	To my knowledge the name "E-type" was never used in the US. This was has either been rebadged, or it was a non-US model that was federalized later.
dsl ◊ 2017-07-30 22:39	Googling some pictures suggests boot badges in US always said E-Type when they were fitted (1964 S1 4.2 onwards). So the unanswered question is did XK-E boot badges ever exist?? If everyone's happy that XK-E name was always used in US despite the badging, that's fine.
Skid ◊ 2017-07-31 02:00	Huh...further research does indeed suggest that all US cars were badged as E-Type, even though the model was always marketed here as the XK-E. Weird.