Jaguar e type the complete story award winning motoring historian jonathan wood examines the complete history of this fabulous car and looks behind the scenes at jaguars famous browns land factory and the team responsible for making the e type a world class sports car. The jaguar e type or the jaguar xk e for the north american market is a british sports car that was manufactured by jaguar cars ltd between 1961 and 1975 its combination of beauty high performance and competitive pricing established the model as an icon of the motoring world the e types claimed 150 mph 241 km h top speed sub 7 second 0 to 60 mph 97 km h acceleration unitary . Award winning motoring historian jonathan wood examines the complete history of this fabulous car and looks behind the scenes at jaguars famous browns land factory and the team responsible for making the e type a world class sports car wood charts the design and development of the e type in six and twelve cylinder forms plus its career on racetracks of the world. Jaguar continued to develop the e type road car by fitting the larger 42 litre xk engine in 1964 although it still offered 265bhp the 42 came with more torque