Jaguar E-type: Cited as one of the most beautiful cars ever made, its pace and price gave rivals a bloody nose in the 1960s
MG Midget: Low cost roadster brought huge excitement to 226,000 customers who bought one around the world
Mini Cooper S: Few cars of the era became as synonymous with motorsport, making legends of Hopkirk, Mäkinen and Aaltonen
Lotus Elan: Affordable exotic remains a handling benchmark 50 years on. Unconvinced? Just ask the Mazda MX-5 engineers
Lightweight Jaguar E-type: Rare racer still wows at today's heritage races. One became the world's most expensive restoration
Aston Martin DB5: There are faster Astons, but few more beautiful and none more famous. Thank Bond for that
Lotus Cortina: Built to succeed on the race track and excite on the road. Few 'normal' cars were faster at the time
Gordon-Keeble: Might have a tortoise on the badge, but Giugiaro styling, Bertone assembly and a 300bhp V8 ensured appeal
Hillman Imp: 440,000 rear-engined Imps were sold and it became a badge engineering hero with Singer, Commer and Sunbeam versions
Ford GT40: Mk1, 2 and 3 models were designed and built in the UK and it was the Mk2 that took the 1-2-3 in Le Mans in 1966
Sunbeam Tiger: Alpine evolved into the Tiger thanks to Carroll Shelby, but unlike the Cobra, assembly was a British affair
MGB GT: Clever packaging allowed plenty of luggage space, rakish looks and sporty prowess. Spawned an intriguing V8 version, too
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow: Rolls's first-ever monocoque design was a sales smash - more Shadows were sold than any other Rolls
Triumph 1300FWD, Leyland's first front-drive car, was rewarding to drive, comfortable and affordable
Jensen FF: The FF, not the Interceptor, was the first-ever road car to use four-wheel drive
Ford Cortina 1600E: The hot hatch of the day was affordable, fast and at the time, even more desirable than Lotus version
Rover P5B: P5 was the choice of prime ministers and royalty of the day. B models received a lusty Buick V8
Triumph TR5 PI: The 'first ever fuel-injected British production sports car', boasted the sales literature
Reliant Scimitar: Popular sports car sold for 22 years in coupé and convertible form and as a GTE shooting brake
Triumph 2000: A modern monocoque-based saloon with independant suspension all round and, later, fuel injection
Aston Martin V8: Aston's bruising muscle car was on sale for an astonishing 20 years
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by Autocar
12 March 2014
What's your favourite ever British car? We've shortlisted our top 100 cars that have been designed, built, engineered or developed in the UK, and over the coming days we'll ask you to vote for your favourite.
Today it's the turn of cars built during the 1960s - click the image above to get some inspiration and an explaination as to why they've made our list.
