Jaguar E-Type Roadster Achieves New World Record At Auction

Prestigious auction house Gooding & Company has released the sales results from itsLondon Auction, and the numbers are impressive.

A new world record for production E-Types was achieved after a 1961 Series I 3.8 Roadster sold for £911,250 (approx. $1,145,000). This particular Jaguar is extremely special, the fourth right-hand-drive E-Type Roadster ever built. Adding to its provenance is that Jaguar director and Le Mans team manager Frank England once owned it.

We wonder if the E-Type Roadster will hold this record for long. At the same auction, Gooding & Company presented the first-everE-Type Fixed Head Coupe, estimated to sell for as much as $1.77 million. For that much money, one could purchase nearly 16 examples of theF-Type CoupeR75.

Unfortunately, the E-Type FHC remains unsold, but we don't expect it to sit around for much longer.

While the E-Type Roadster brought in a hefty amount, it can't match the other high achievers from the London Auction.

A stunning 1954 Ferrari 250 Europa sold for a staggering £1,518,750 (approximately $1.9 million), and, like the Jaguar E-Type Roadster, it has an incredible backstory. Delivered new to Clarence Leon Brown - the Hollywood director behind 1944'sThe White Cliffs of Dover- the ivory-painted Ferrari is powered by a 200-horsepower 3.0-liter Lampredi V12. Just 22 were ever built, making this Pininfarina-designed beauty worth every penny of its massive sale price.

But a desirable German beauty managed to attract even more money. A 1962 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster exceeded all expectations, selling for more than its estimate. Someone paid £1,800,000 (roughly $2.26 million), and it's clear to see why. The original Ivory paintwork, red leather interior, and black hardtop underscore the beauty of this Teutonic titan.