another Jaguar XKE note

having bought the car, I find myself noticing how many others ripped it off back in the 60s and 70s.

The original (this is mine):



It looks like nearly every sports car in the 60s was a rip-off of the style...without managing to look as good.

Felt like a blog on this, having seen the trailer for The Graduate go by last night on TCM. Didn't quite recognize Dustin Hoffman's car...it's an Alpha Romeo Duetto:

a little less curvy than the Jag, but clearly derivative.



As was the Corvette tear-drop:

which was clearly the previous body style updated to look like the Jag.

and the Datsun 240Z:

which did at least have a price advantage over the Jag (about half, actually).



Even the classic 1964 Aston Martin (the Bond car of all time):



which shows up briefly in the recent Bond film Casino Royale.

and of course the late 70s Mazda RX-7: