Eagle Lightweight GT: the reincarnation of the E-type Jag

Jaguar’s classic E-type sports car has been reinvented for the modern age. The result – the Eagle Lightweight GT – is a thing of beauty.

Price: about £800,000; Engine: 4.7-litre, six-cylinder; Top speed: 170mph plus; 0-60mph: under five seconds; Power: 380bhp; Torque: 375 lb ft

Eagle, a small engineering company in East Sussex, is best known for taking classic Jaguar E-types and giving them a mild makeover, says Jeremy Clarkson in The Sunday Times. Occasionally, however, it “makes a car that stops the world”. Its Speedster was “the most beautiful thing made in all human history”. With this Eagle, “it’s done it again”. The Eagle Lightweight GT costs close to a million pounds, including the donor original on which it’s based, and that may seem a lot for a car that’s nearly 60 years old. “But the truth is, it sort of isn’t. It’s actually about 60 minutes old.”

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Nic studied for a BA in journalism at Cardiff University, and has an MA in magazine journalism from City University. She has previously worked for MoneyWeek.