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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 01/04/2017 at 11:30 • Filed to: None

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A while back, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! if any of us call cars here in the states by their foreign-market names. Like many of you, my knee jerk reaction was, “Of course I don’t, that would be like calling thing french fries “chips” in an effort to sound British.” But then I realized, almost all of us call one car by its European market name and not the name it was sold under here.

Even though the badge may still have said “E-Type”, I believe that Jaguar’s gorgeous 60's sports car was actually sold in the United States as the XK-E.

How do I know?

Sam > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/04/2017 at 11:35

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You just blew my mind.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/04/2017 at 11:39

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Oh yeah they did call it the XK-E. How could I have forgotten.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Sam 01/04/2017 at 11:49

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Your boy, BJR > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/04/2017 at 12:15

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Nah, I’ve always called it XKE.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Your boy, BJR 01/04/2017 at 12:17

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Your boy, BJR > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/04/2017 at 12:21

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I mean, my dad is a fan of The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean, plus with my grandpa being a former hillclimb racer, I’d only really heard it referred to as an XKE until I was older.

McMike > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/04/2017 at 14:10

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The E-Type was a combination of two different ideas.

The C & D-Type sports racers that kicked the shit out of LeMans in the 50s,

The XK line of sports cars (120, 140, 150) that sold very well here in the US

The XK line was so popular here in the states, that they named the new car the “XK-E” to extend the already established XK line.

In Europe, they named it “E-Type,” to let everyone know that it was related to the C & D-Type sports racers.

I’ve called it E-Type since I was a kid, since that’s what it said on the trunk, steering wheel, and repair manual of Dad’s car.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/04/2017 at 15:50

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I sometimes call LR3/4 Disco 3/4, because LR is dumb and it confuses quite a few people which is one of my favorite hobbies