Rod Ends
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| posted on 25/5/15 at 09:25 PM |
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C4 - Inside Jaguar: Making a £1,000,000 Car
Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car
In 1963 Jaguar took the blueprint for its era-defining E-Type sports car and made a racing version.
The Lightweight was a no-frills racer with a bigger engine and aluminium bodywork – but only 12 were made.
This film finds one for sale today at a London dealer for approaching £5 million.
And as presenter Mark Evans discovers, Jaguar has decided to serve the appetite for the car by building six new ones,
pre-sold to super-rich collectors for more than £1 million each.
Evans finds the production process is both painstaking and mildly disaster-prone in a very British way – just as you would hope.
Mark Evans follows the creation of the Lightweight E-type, the manufacturer's most expensive car ever,
finding out exactly what goes into building a vehicle fit for a millionaire.
Plans were made for 18 of the cars to be built back in 1963, but only 12 were ever produced -
and now another six are being put together by specialist engineers to finally finish the project.
However, the presenter discovers that not everyone is happy with the situation.
C4 Thursday May 28th 9pm
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 28/5/15 at 08:02 PM |
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Now on
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02GF74
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| posted on 28/5/15 at 09:30 PM |
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Thats nuts.,
You could buy eagle speedster, al body replica and be left with £900k in your pocket (im guessing the price).... and itll probably be a better
handling and performing car.
Jeremy punch in the face ckarkso liked it so it must be good.
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Irony
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| posted on 28/5/15 at 09:34 PM |
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Not sure what they think they are creating. It can't be a historic car as its newly built. Nor is it a replica.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/5/15 at 09:36 PM |
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I was unconvinced... I just felt that they were making rich mens' toys. Especially when they started talking about matching suitcases and
little models on cases that held a replica of the VIN plate.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 28/5/15 at 11:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Thats nuts.,
You could buy eagle speedster, al body replica and be left with £900k in your pocket (im guessing the price).... and itll probably be a better
handling and performing car.
Jeremy punch in the face ckarkso liked it so it must be good.
Thought the same but the starting price of an Eagle Speedster is £650,000 + VAT so not much difference.
Had a go of an original E type and TBH wasnt very impressed, still a beautiful thing though.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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907
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 06:14 AM |
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I was surprised that they didn't paint the inner surfaces, under the bonnet etc.
It is the nooks and crannies that are difficult to keep clean, and will look shite if it corrodes.
Yes I know it will be kept in a "controlled environment" but it's still a car that is intended to be an investment
and kept for a long time.
Paul G
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 06:43 AM |
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It was good to see them pressing the bonnets with the original tooling.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 07:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by trextr7monkey
It was good to see them pressing the bonnets with the original tooling.
Yes, but what on earth was the tooling doing in Newcastle. I never hear of the original E-Types having panels pressed in the North East.
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femster87
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 07:36 AM |
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The cars cannot run at goodwood so what is the point. It is definitely a replica
[Edited on 29/5/15 by femster87]
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Irony
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 08:08 AM |
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This is what will happen at Goodwood.
"No, those cars won't be allowed to run at Goodwood"
"Can they run if I become a Major Sponsor at Goodwood?"
"How much will you sponsor the event for?"
"£XXXXXXXX"
"Those cars can run a Goodwood"
OR the original owners will threaten to withdraw their contributions to Goodwood in cars/prestige/money and it will be a simple equation to how
Goodwood can make the most cash. This is the way the events industry works.
I take it they are talking about Goodwood Revival rather than the GFOS? As there are lots of replicas at the GFOS.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 05:37 PM |
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I suppose the new Lister Jag knobbliest being built in Cambridge won't be allowed to race at Goodwood either
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jacko
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 05:48 PM |
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Please post up if this is repeated
Jacko
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scudderfish
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 09:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by femster87
The cars cannot run at goodwood so what is the point. It is definitely a replica
[Edited on 29/5/15 by femster87]
Jag planned to make 18. They built 12, waited 50 years and then built the final 6. This isn't some bloke with some fibreglass and an MX-5 from
ebay.
Having said that, they were meant to be race cars, the amount of time and effort spent on the fit & finish makes a joke of that. If they were
truly lightweight, why paint them like that?
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femster87
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| posted on 29/5/15 at 09:21 PM |
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My take on it is that, if you want to cash in on million pound cars? Make super cars like everyone. Its like mclaren making new F1's as the
values have gone up significantly.
This new cars are so expensive as they are selling term off the back of the values of the classics. but they were not built in period
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rdodger
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| posted on 30/5/15 at 09:42 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Please post up if this is repeated
Jacko
Tonight 7pm Ch4
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/5/15 at 03:49 PM |
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Don't rush - I didn't find it a very satisfying programme, and only stuck with it because there was sod all on the other channels and I
was feeling too lazy to get up and do something more productive.
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steve m
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| posted on 30/5/15 at 05:25 PM |
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Dave,
Im so glad you posted that ^^^ as I was exactly the same,
too me it was an hour wasted, rather than an hour absorbed, and the e-type is my favourite car, by a long way
steve
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 30/5/15 at 06:26 PM |
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for me it started to go downhill when they wheeled in the first buyer,short,dumpy american who didnt know how many cars he already owned,obviously an
"investor".
as for lord march,s attitude,i can see where he is coming from,ie they were not raced in the period the other cars raced in but most if not all the
"originals" racing are a bit triggers broom ?. 
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/5/15 at 07:03 PM |
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I got the impression that Mark Evans wasn't exactly overwhelmed either...
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