Description
By: Brooklands Books .
As introduced at the 1961 Geneva Show, the E-type came as a roadster or fixed-head coup with a 6-cylinder, 3.8, 265bhp engine. From 1964 the 4.2-litre engine was fitted but this offered little extra in the way of performance. Automatic transmission and a 2+2 coup' came in 1966 with a stretched wheelbase but the body styling was not so pleasurable. The new V12 engine introduced in 1971 turned the E-type into a Series III model and completed the transformation from race-bred sports car to grand tourer.
This is a book of contemporary road and comparison tests, specification and technical data, new model introductions, driver's impressions, long-term tests and buying second hand.
Models covered include:
3.8 Coup, 3.8 Roadster, 4.2 Coup, 4.2 Roadster, 2+2, Automatic.
