Since Karl Benz sold his first Patent-Motorwagen in 1886, many cars have inspired dreams. Generations have imagined someday buying a Studebaker Commander, a Cadillac Fleetwood, or a Chevy Corvette.
For millions, the dream car was a Jag. It’s a car so embedded in culture that you can name it with shorthand, and everyone knows what you mean.
And they know you don’t mean an SUV. “A Jag” has meant a low-slung Jaguar 2-door, often a ragtop, since the 1930s.
That may still be true of our children, but they won’t get one that purrs along on the power of internal combustion. Jaguar announced today that it “is commemorating the end of its internal combustion sports car lineage in 2024 with an exclusive limited-edition F-Type inspired by two iconic 1960s racing E-type vehicles.”
Extremely Limited Availability
The company will build just 150 examples of its F-Type ZP Edition worldwide.
The name calls back to Project ZP, the name given to the earliest racing editions of the hallowed E-Type in 1961.
These “will be the last internal combustion-engine sports cars designed by Jaguar.”
Jaguar will offer two styles — Oulton Blue Gloss paint with Mars Red and Ebony duotone leather interior or Crystal Grey Gloss paint with Navy Blue and Ebony duotone leather interior. Both get white racing roundels on the doors, and Porcelain White grille surrounds. Neither color scheme has been offered before.
They ride on 20-inch gloss black alloy wheels with matching brake calipers.
Inside, the ZP Editions get horizontal seat fluting like that common in the 1960s and a commissioning plaque marking each as “1 of 150.”
There’s nothing unique about these F-Type editions mechanically. They get the 575-horsepower supercharged V8 available on the P75 edition of the current model.
Depending on what type of Jag has always filled your dreams, you can order the ZP in coupe or convertible. But you’d better call a dealer and order fast. With just 150 planned and, almost certainly, more than 150 people noticing their last chance, they’ll go fast. Jaguar didn’t bother to list a price because, we imagine, dealers can count on demand pushing it high.
What’s next for the brand? “Jaguar is moving closer to becoming a modern luxury all-electric brand, after more than 75 years of internal combustion sports car production,” the company says.
