XKE as art

[Basil]

Some of you may already know this, but a few years back, the Jaguar XKE was installed as a work of art in the New York Museum of Modern art. It is one of only a few cars to have this honor, and the first ever to be made a perminant fixture.

Jaguar Art

Basil

 

[Steve]

As it should be.....gorgeous!

 

[Xracer]

It is, indeed, a beautiful car.....but I believe that the first automobile to achieve permanent exhibit status at MoMA was the Cisitalia 202.

I had a buddy that owned a foreign car repair shop, and every time an E came in, he'd step back, admire it, and say "What a beautiful, beautiful pain in the @ss!"

"The E-type Jaguar is the world's greatest crumpet collector"........S. Moss

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[aeronca65t]

Yep, the Jag's a beaut, but the Cisitalia was first. They also include the original Jeep, VW Bug, Ferrari F1 (1990) and Smart car.
I've seen the Cisitalia:

https://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2002/autobodies/cisitalia.html

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[John S Farrington]

As I remember when the E type was installed, some of the preceders were a pre war Bugatti and the Gordon Beurig (spelling?) coffin nosed Cord.
Whether this was true or not, the Jag has achieved a real place of honor.