Jaguar E-type celebrated at Goodwood

The 50th anniversary of the classic Jaguar E-type has been celebrated at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, which took place last week.

To mark the milestone, attendees of the popular event were able to witness a Group 44 racing E-type tackling the well-known Goodwood Hill course, with its rapid pace and unsilenced exhausts marking it out from the pack.

Elsewhere, the E-type was commemorated with the construction of a giant sculpture of the car, created by artist Gerry Judah.

Weighing 150 tonnes and extending to a height of 28 metres, the model acted as a high-profile centrepiece to the manufacturer's sponsorship of the event.

Jaguar hailed the success of this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, which drew a record-high estimated crowd of around 180,00 people over the course of the four-day programme.

Later this year, Classic Motor Cars of Bridgnorth and Barry Potter Fairs will be organising another celebration of the Jaguar E-type at Sandown Park.

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