What's Wrong With This Picture: If You Love Something, Let It Go Edition

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: March 15th, 2011

what s wrong with this picture if you love something let it go edition

“Fine. You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain”

What is it about human nature that forces us to destroy the things we love the most? Jaguar’s E-Type died long ago, shuffling off this imperfect mortal coil to take its place in automotive Valhalla. And, if we really loved the XKE, that’s where we’d let it stay, swathed in the immortality of the glorious yet out-of-reach past. Instead the E-Type is being destroyed in the name of love… and on the 50th anniversary of its birth, no less. For between €500k and €1m (depending on the number of takers) Switzerland’s Robert Palm will modify a new Jaguar XKR into this hollow mockery of the E-Type’s epic proportions and classic design cues. Called the Growler E 2011, this 600 HP beast is neither a high-quality, faithful resto-mod like the Eagle E-Type, nor a truly modern interpretation of the classic. Instead, what we have here is a wire-wheeled lesson in learning to let go.

#Design #Heritage #Tuners

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Boff on Mar 15, 2011

This is by far the best aftermarket rebody job that I have ever seen.* *File under Praise, Faint.

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Voyager on Aug 16, 2014

I beg to differ. This one is even better than the original, like a constantly updated classic by the factory itself. Much like Morgan is still doing. Better, call it more contemporary and more practical, proportions for starters. The Swiss guy only never seem to get the headlights right. Latest pictures suggest that he is still tinkering with alternative shapes.

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