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Post by PG on Sept 8, 2017 12:27:17 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 8, 2017 16:28:22 GMT
How very Gattaca!
I like it. And I bet the future of classic cars may look very like this.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Sept 8, 2017 22:52:09 GMT
How very Gattaca! I like it. And I bet the future of classic cars may look very like this. Won't the future of classic cars look like clasdic cars look now, just with increasingly midern cars gaining classic status? This is a curiosity, an interesting concept. But it just isn't quite right.
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Post by Andy C on Sept 9, 2017 7:04:09 GMT
Sacrilege . An E-type should have the I6, or (preferably) the V12
JLR's electrified department should've concentrated more on making the C-X75
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Post by Blarno on Sept 9, 2017 8:07:45 GMT
Like it, oddly. I'm not normally a fan of the E Type.
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Post by Ben on Sept 9, 2017 8:27:01 GMT
I wouldn't call it sacrilege but the noise is part of the appeal of a car like this IMO.
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Post by michael on Sept 9, 2017 9:59:29 GMT
I'm untroubled by this. Will be far more reliable.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 10:02:37 GMT
Perhaps a short (Or long) run of electric E types, would contribute to the bottom line.
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Post by Roadrunner on Sept 9, 2017 10:20:27 GMT
I wouldn't call it sacrilege but the noise is part of the appeal of a car like this IMO. Agreed. The luscious sound of the straight six as you red line in every gear is a large part of the E Type's appeal. My choice would be genuine E-Type for weekends, and a wafty electric car for daily mile munching.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 13:56:27 GMT
How very Gattaca! I like it. And I bet the future of classic cars may look very like this. Great film, that.
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Post by Alex on Oct 1, 2017 7:04:58 GMT
I agree with Racing that this may be how classic cars evertually look, not for a while perhaps but maybe in 40-50 years if you can no longer get a ready supply of petrol.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2017 13:47:40 GMT
That looks heavy!
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Post by PetrolEd on Oct 2, 2017 9:33:17 GMT
Sacrilege. E-types are phenomenal pieces of kit to drive. Me and the old man did the tour of Britain in his 4.2 many years ago taking in circuits from Goodwood up to Cadwell park and stopping at every other circuit in between. I still crave another drive like it. Steering the car on the throttle, the hum of the 6, fabulous. Felt like a poor mans D-type. No way could an electric unit match that. Buy a Tesla if you want fast but dull.
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Post by PG on Oct 2, 2017 12:37:07 GMT
In fact, as the straight six XK engine is so heavy, there is net weight saving per the article - amazingly. Beneath the long bonnet, the Concept Zero’s battery sits in the space formerly occupied by the E-Type’s famously heavy 3.8-litre six-cylinder iron-block engine, with the new drive motor (plus its single-speed reduction gearbox) in the space previously occupied by the four-speed gearbox. A modern Jaguar’s rotary controller dictates forward/reverse movement and no clutch is needed. The result of the work, remarkably, is a 46kg saving.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 21:13:35 GMT
Wow. I guess the gubbins in the boot probably gives this car a much nicer weight distribution, too?
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