In line with Jaguar?s 50th anniversary of their iconic car - the E-Type -, the boys over at Vizualtech have designed the perfect car to honor the E-Type. It?s called the Growler E 2011 and while there?s plenty of room for improvement with the name, overall, the Growler E looks like it can stand out from the rest of the four-wheeled lemmings out there.
The car is powered by the same 5.0-liter V8 engine that currently lies under the hood of some Jaguar models with the only exception being some tuning upgrades that could spike its output from 510 horsepower all the way up 600 horsepower.
Head-scratching name notwithstanding, Vizualtech did a splendid job designing the Growler E 2011. It was able to retain much of the old E-Type?s shapes and curves while also adding a modern touch to it. It?s just too bad that we won?t be seeing this car other than in these pages.
Even if this car is nothing more than just a pipe dream from the imaginations of the people at Vizualtech, it sure wouldn?t hurt to see it prowling out on the streets in the near future. The chances of that happening, though, are remote, so we might as well save ourselves from the disappointment of hoping and dreaming.
UPDATE 03/04/2011: In an interview with TopGear, Robert Palm of Swedish design studio, Vizualtech, announced the Growler will go into limited production: "The first car will be ready in the summer of 2012 - if planning goes as expected." Every unit will be hand built and will take up to six months to assemble, which is the reason why the company will only be building four cars simultaneously.
Press Release after the jump
Growler E 2011 by Vizualtech honors Jaguar's E-Type originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 4 March 2011 17:00 EST.
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