A 1970 Jaguar E-Type Series 2 2+2 is up for auction online in the United Kingdom, where eight bids have pushed the price to £6,500 with five days remaining before the sale ends at 1:15 p.m. on June 9, 2026. The car carries an estimated value of £18,000 to £23,000, and the auction is being run with no buyer's fees from The Market HQ.
The green coupe, trimmed in tan leather, is a left-hand-drive example fitted with a 4.2-liter petrol engine and automatic transmission. The odometer shows 90,872 miles. The listing describes the car as a genuine, usable classic in running order that would benefit from ongoing care, noting it has been dry-stored throughout and comes with transparent history.
Few cars carry the cultural weight of the E-Type, a fixture in any ranking of the best-looking automobiles ever built and famously named the most beautiful by Enzo Ferrari himself. Launched in 1961, just 16 years after the war's end, the car captivated a generation that had grown up dreaming of Spitfires — its long bonnet and aircraft-like cockpit speaking directly to them. Where their fathers wore tweed and drove an Alvis or a Riley, this new crowd of architects and advertising executives aspired to an E-Type.
The car was also surprisingly democratic. The original coupe listed at £2,096 — roughly £30,000 in today's money — a price even critics conceded was a bargain. The engine grew from 3.8 to 4.2 liters in 1964, bringing bigger disc brakes and an all-synchromesh gearbox, and the Series 2 cars of 1968 to 1971 added larger bumpers, relocated rear lights and a safer interior.
The 2+2 body, introduced in 1966, stretched the wheelbase by nine inches and broadened the car's practicality and appeal. In March 2031, the E-Type will turn 70 — and with bidding currently at roughly a third of the low estimate, this example may yet see lively final days.https://www.themarket.co.uk/listings/jaguar/e-type-series-2-22/312252e0-caaa-4da1-bbe8-94ff81de8668
Source: The Market