The latest Jaguar F-TYPE sports car manufactured at the brand’s Castle Bromwich plant will join the Jaguar Heritage collection, exactly 50 years after the last Jaguar E-Type rolled off the production line.
The latest F-TYPE is a convertible model with a 5.0-litre V8 engine, finished in Giola Green with a black roof and Windsor Tan leather interiors. It pays homage to the last E-Type Series III Convertible with a 5.3-litre V12 engine and registration plate HDU 555N, which was manufactured in 1974.
This special F-TYPE will be handed over to the custodians of Jaguar’s history, the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (JDHT). It will join its predecessor, the E-Type, in the official Jaguar Heritage collection and will participate in a series of special activities and events scheduled for this year.
Both the F-TYPE and the E-Type ended their production almost on the same day, marking the threshold to an exciting new era. Just as the last E-Type foreshadowed the creation of the innovative Jaguar XJ-S in 1974, the last F-TYPE is being manufactured at a time when Jaguar is gearing up for an even more radical transformation. This transformation is spearheaded by a four-door electric GT, promising to be entirely unlike anything before it, set to debut in 2025.
Rawdon Glover, Managing Director, stated: “Jaguar founder Sir William Lyons emphasized the importance of always having a forward-thinking, relevant, and original vision. Jaguar has built upon this idea over nearly a century of contemporary British luxury evolution.
Currently, we pay tribute to the F-TYPE and celebrate 75 years of Jaguar sports car innovation history at a moment when we also eagerly anticipate the beginning of a new era. We are set to reimagine and elevate the Jaguar brand with a focus on deepening customer engagement and intimacy, aiming to make our vehicles an unmatched source of inspiration.”
The first F-TYPE was introduced as a convertible in 2013, marking Jaguar’s first two-seater sports car production in almost 40 years. In addition to receiving widespread international acclaim, it was awarded the World Car Design of the Year in 2013. The coupe model was unveiled the following year.
A total of 87,731 units of the F-TYPE have been produced, with production set to continue until early 2025. JDHT archives indicate that Jaguar produced 72,528 units of the E-Type, which concluded its production with a special run of 50 vehicles, all painted black except for one. Additionally, the second-to-last E-Type, commissioned by a private Jaguar collector, was finished in British Racing Green.
Both vehicles will be preserved at the JDHT headquarters in Gaydon, alongside the final XE, XF, and XF Sportbrake models, which have recently concluded production as well.
