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> On 30 September 2021 at 17:48 Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jaguar positioned the E-Type as the successor to the D-Type race car, not the > XKSS, and it featured many upgrades, most notably the independent rear > suspension. The most significant shared nature was the subframe/rigid body > unit construction. The XKSS was a limited production streetable version of > the D-Type. Only 16 copies of the XKSS were built of the original production > run of 25. Nine were destroyed in the Borwn’s Lane fire of 1957. It didn’t > incorporate any of the advances that later appeared on the E-Type. The XKE > name was used only on E-Type cars sold in the United States. > > > On Sep 30, 2021, at 12:27 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Wasn't considering this a debate just a statement of the "facts" as I am > > aware of. > > > > > > Ken Waller > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Sent: Sep 29, 2021 6:42 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: GESO British car show > > > > > > > >> On Sep 29, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > >> > >> Actually the XKE first went on sale in1961, so I'm guessing it's intro was > >> preceded by at least 2 to 3 years for design and development. > > > > Yeah, the e type was a tamed down xkss from 1957, the Honda Odyssey dates > > from 1994, but yeah, whether we’re talking 40, 50 or 60 years of > > development, those were a critical few decades, if only for the roles that > > computers were able to play starting in the 80’s not only in design but in > > engine and brake management. > > > > It would almost seem as if we are 98% in agreement and vigorously debating > > a superfluous 2% of the question. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen very > > often. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
