Electrogenic Jaguar E-Type review (2023): to EV or not to EV?

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CAR magazine goes for a spin in the Electrogenic Jaguar E-Type, an electrified classic car. Does ditching the straight six for batteries and an electric motor make sense?

Classic cars are great, or at least they are when they work. After all, for every sunny B road excursion there are hours of maintenance, frustration and the odd unplanned stop by the side of the road.

Purists foaming at the mouth at the merest hint of losing originality should calm down at this point, everything bolts into the original mounts and the conversion is completely reversable. Although you do lose the spare wheel, our 43kWh test car’s boot capacity was still generous. In fact, the only giveaways to the car’s propulsion system come when you lift the bonnet, look under the fuel flap or spot the lack of a gearlever.Briskly, but with less initial urgency than you might expect. To protect the remaining Jaguar components in the driveline, there is a gentle ramp up in torque rather than all 460Ib ft being released in one go.

Is it better than petrol? Objectively yes, after all it is quieter, more efficient, better for the environment and plenty quick enough. Yes, you can complain about the range, but who really drives their classic more than 150 miles in one hit regularly anyway?

 

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