OWNER´S NAME – VOLKER RIBNIGER
YEAR -1973
MAKE – JAGUAR
MODEL -XK-E 2+2 SERIES III – EV 12 – COUPE
MY JAGUAR WAS RELEASED FROM A JAGUAR COLLECTION IN TEXAS IN 2020. I BROUGHT IT TO MIAMI IN 2021.
TODAY THE CAR HAS RUN 42.560 MILES.
THE JAGUAR XK-E 2+2 SERIES III, WAS MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 1971 – AUGUST 1973. THE ENGINE HAS 272 HP, 5.343 CC, 12 CYLINDERS , 4 ZENITH – STROMBERG CARBURETTORS. THE TOP SPEED IS 150 MILES PER HOUR.
7.990 JAGUARS XKE – EV 12 – CONVERTIBLE -OTS- AND 7.297 JAGUARS XKE 2+2 – EV 12- COUPE WERE MANUFACTURED.
THE ROADSTER´S ´OTS´ PRICE WAS 5.595 US DOLLARS, THE COUPE ´FHC´ WAS SOLD FOR 5.895 US DOLLARS.
ON ITS DEBUT – XKE SERIES I – ON 15TH OF MARCH 1961- AT THE GENEVA MOTOR SHOW, ENZO FERRARI CALLED IT ´THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR EVER MADE´.
JAGUAR´S E-TYPE CAUSED A SENSATION. THE JAGUAR XK-E OR E-TYPE WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE USA. MORE THAN 50 PER CENT OF THE JAGUARS´ XK-E PRODUCTION WAS SOLD IN THE USA.
THE E-TYPES START A LOVE AFFAIR WITH CELEBRITIES. FRANK SINATRA WAS OWNER OF A JAGUAR XK-E SERIES I IN 1961
´I WANT THAT CAR, AND I WANT IT NOW´ HE HAD EXCLAIMED. OTHER FAMOUS OWNERS INCLUDED GEORGE HARRISON, BRIAN EPSTEIN, ELTON JOHN, STEVE MC QUEEN, BRIGITTE BARDOT, ROY ORBISON, GEORGE BEST, TONY CURTIS , PETER SELLERS AND HIS WIFE BRITT EKLAND TO NAME A FEW.