The two-seater Coupe model was dropped, leaving purely the longer wheelbase 2+2 Coupe and the two-seat Roadster. Both shared the 2+2’s longer floorpan, with the Roadster utilising the extra space for a storage cubby box.

All models featured power steering as standard and used more powerful brakes and ventilated front brake discs. This is the only open E-Type model to be offered with an automatic gearbox option, which was previously only available on the 6-cylinder 2 + 2 models. 

E-Type V12 Commemorative

The final 50 RHD roadsters were built as a final edition to formally mark the end of E-Type production. Known as the E-Type Commemorative each was intended to be finished identically in Black paint and Cinnamon upholstery, but one Green car especially painted for a long-standing Jaguar collector. A choice of automatic or manual transmission was available however, with 31 cars specified with the manual ‘box.

The first of the 50 Commemoratives, chassis 1S 2823, was built on 15th May 1974 and E-Type production officially closed with the last car one month later on 12th June. A bronze plaque adorns each example, usually on the dashboard, and is inscribed with the individual chassis number and William Lyons’s signature.