This recreation of a 1964 Jaguar E-Type Low-Drag Coupe, available through Canepa, is one of only two examples built.
Mustangs, Miatas, and Packards: Here’s What to Expect at the World’s Longest Running Concours This Year, it’s hard to argue in the context of history. After all, in the 65 years since the E-Type debuted, few—if any—cars have eclipsed Malcom Sayer’s design for the XK-E, as the model was known stateside.This Sleek New 112-Foot Aluminum Superyacht Has an Glass Sky Roof Over Its SaloonCanepa
Prior to building the all-aluminum Lightweights, though, Jaguar began to hone its street car to gain the competitive edge as an even more curvaceous “Low-Drag Coupe.” Three examples were built, one campaigned in period by privateer-driver Dick Protheroe. Now owned by Viscount Cowdray, it appears occasionally at the
All three Low-Drag Coupes were slightly different, and one of them, No. 49FXN, was the aesthetic reference for fabricator Marco Diaz, who painstakingly replicated the long-gone original. Diaz engaged surviving members of the original design and production team, including aerodynamicist Dr. Samir Klat, to spearhead the re-creation, supported by original blueprints, documents, and photographs to ensure accuracy in the reimagined racer.
Luxurious improvements are immediately apparent when slipping into the cockpit. The original Low-Drag Coupe was a utilitarian device, paying no heed to creature comfort. But in creating “OWL,” Diaz civilized the driver experience.Every component within the interior, which is dressed in blue leather, is handcrafted. Tipping a hat to Britain’s aviation heroes of World War WII, the dashboard incorporates switches salvaged from RAF fighter aircraft.
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