Saturday's royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle wasn’t just about the dress, as there were an assortment of interesting
British cars in service throughout the event.
One of the standouts was the Jaguar
E-Type Zero, an electric version of the iconic sports car that Harry and
his new wife drove from Windsor Castle to the reception at nearby Frogmore
House.
The E-Type Zero isn't a car you can buy just yet. It's a
concept built using a donor E-Type, which Jaguar unveiled last year to gauge
interest in a potential commercial electric conversion for the sports car.
It packs a 40-kilowatt-hour battery and 295-horsepower
electric motor in the tight confines of the E-Type's sexy silhouette. The
relatively high range is made possible because of the low weight of the car
coupled with its slippery shape.
Other cars on duty during the day included a 1950
Rolls-Royce Phantom IV State Car that Markle rode in to the chapel, a Bentley
Mulsanne that Markle's mother Daria rode in, and the Bentley Golden Jubilee
(shown above) that Queen Elizabeth rode in together with Prince Philip. And
behind each car in the procession was a Range Rover carrying British secret
service, royal guards and police.
Now that she's part of the royal family, Meghan, whose title
is Duchess of Sussex, will have to get used to living with a permanent securty
detail, though that doesn't mean she'll have to give up driving on her own.
Simon Morgan, the director of a security agency that works
closely with the royal family, told CBS
News in an interview published Thursday that Markle will be given
special driver training on how to avoid a potential attacker chasing her on the
road, including how to execute high-speed J-turns, a maneuver where a reversing
vehicle is spun 180 degrees and continues, facing forward, without changing
direction of travel.
source: https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1116813_prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-leave-wedding-in-an-electric-e-type
by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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