Jaguar E-Type S2 4.2 Roadster

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Car manufacturers are not always complimentary about their rivals’ products, so when Enzo Ferrari called the E-Type “The most beautiful car ever made” the boys in Coventry must have felt, justifiably, a little proud. The potential E-Type owner is faced with only one real dilemma: Roadster or Coupé?

Brightwells neatly sidesteps that question by offering this 1968 Series 2 which gives you both models for the price of one. Well, sort of. This superb LHD Roadster comes with its original factory hardtop, providing the new owner with the best of both worlds - the Roadster that lets you live the dream, and a cosy Coupé that acknowledges that the weather is not always what it should be.

DVG 592G was supplied new to Peter Robinson, of Salt Lake City, Utah in October 1968 and the original registration plates are still with the car. Our vendor bought the car in Illinois from only its second owner and imported it in October 2017. The car is UK-registered, has an MOT to October 2018 with no advisories and has recently been serviced. There are only 66,281 miles on the clock.

The car has had a high quality respray in its original colour at some point and it still looks gorgeous, with panel fits that may be better than they were when new. The black factory hardtop gives it an individual air that the production Coupé cannot have, the original hood is in good condition and the interior of the car – mellow red leather, quality red carpets – is hard to fault.

It has a manual gearbox, chrome wire wheels and recent tyres and the engine has been upgraded with triple SU carburettors to replace the US-spec twin Strombergs, giving this E-Type the 265bhp it was always meant to have. It comes with a Heritage Certificate and an original handbook and service manual.

This E-Type is a lovely example and the new owner will have a car to be proud of, that is ready for that late summer Continental tour.