:: As far as using the term XKE, I think it must have come from the factory
:some-
:: how. Look at it this way, no-one calls C and D Types XKC's and XKD's. And
:: no one calls XK120's, 140's and 150's 120-Types, 140-Types and 150-Types.
:The
:: S-type saloon was never called the XKS. So why would the public embrace the
:: "incorrect" term XKE for the E-Type?
As I recall, the XK-120 through 150 were called XKs. They were available to
the public. The C type and the D type were racing only cars. The E type name
continued the racing heritage, but hit the market as the replacement for the
XK series. So the moniker XK-E type seemed obvious to the average guy, correct
or not. I mean, how many people know what the bandit in "Treasure of Sierra
Madre" REALLY said? That is probably one of the more frequently misquoted
quotes around.
mjb.
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