Jaguar positioned the E-Type as the successor to the D-Type race car, not the XKSS, and it featured many upgrades, most notably the independent rear suspension. The most significant shared nature was the subframe/rigid body unit construction. The XKSS was a limited production streetable version of the D-Type. Only 16 copies of the XKSS were built of the original production run of 25. Nine were destroyed in the Borwn’s Lane fire of 1957. It didn’t incorporate any of the advances that later appeared on the E-Type. The XKE name was used only on E-Type cars sold in the United States.
> On Sep 30, 2021, at 12:27 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wasn't considering this a debate just a statement of the "facts" as I am > aware of. > > > Ken Waller > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Sep 29, 2021 6:42 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: GESO British car show > > > >> On Sep 29, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> >> Actually the XKE first went on sale in1961, so I'm guessing it's intro was >> preceded by at least 2 to 3 years for design and development. > > Yeah, the e type was a tamed down xkss from 1957, the Honda Odyssey dates > from 1994, but yeah, whether we’re talking 40, 50 or 60 years of development, > those were a critical few decades, if only for the roles that computers were > able to play starting in the 80’s not only in design but in engine and brake > management. > > It would almost seem as if we are 98% in agreement and vigorously debating a > superfluous 2% of the question. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen very often. > > > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
