| 15 March 1961 |
E-type launched on Press Day at Geneva Show |
| October 1964 |
4.2-litre E-type launched at London Motor Show |
| March 1966 |
2 + 2 E-type launched |
| 11 July 1966 |
Jaguar announces that it will merge with the British Motor Corporation to form British Motor Holdings |
| 14 May 1968 |
British Motor Holdings merges with Leyland Motor Corporation to form British Leyland Motor Corporation |
| October 1968 |
Series II E-type launched at London Motor Show |
| July 1969 |
William Heynes retires as Jaguar’s chief engineer |
| July 1970 |
Malcolm Sayer dies |
| March 1971 |
Series III E-type launched |
| 3 March 1972 |
Sir William Lyons retires as chairman of Jaguar Cars and becomes its president. He is replaced by F R W ‘Lofty’ England |
| 6 October 1973 |
Start of ‘Yom Kippur’ war |
| 16 October 1973 |
Gulf States announce seventeen per cent rise in oil prices, so triggering a world recession |
| January 1974 |
‘Lofty’ England announces his retirement |
| 9–13 September 1974 |
The last E-type built during this working week |
| 27 November 1974 |
British Leyland meets Department of Industry and banks as it is expected to reach the limit of its £152 million overdraft facility in December |
| 18 December 1974 |
Government commissions Ryder Report |
| February 1975 |
Jaguar announces E-type to cease production |