This is the Eagle Low Drag GT a "better than new restoration" of the classic Jaguar E Type, says Chris Knapman in The Daily Telegraph.
What that means is that the company takes a donor E Type Jag and strips it down to the last nut and bolt before building it back up again from scratch, improving and modernising every step of the way. The result is a thoroughly modernised version of the classic, with extraordinary attention to detail and an eye-watering price of £650,000.
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But the "pice de rsistance is her ability to dance even with the most inelegant of partners she's so fluid, so gentle, so willing and forgiving".
The car tested here might perhaps have been better without the new fuel-injection system and power steering both take away from the visceral E-Type driving experience, says Evans. But when you're paying well north of half a million pounds for your customised car, you can have whatever it is exactly that you want.
That makes it the most expensive road car Evans has ever tested but can you put a price on "automotive nirvana"?
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