Interim and enthusiast terms, A term, not a period
Series 2.5
A label with no factory basis and no agreed meaning, generally applied to late Series 2 cars carrying detail changes that anticipated the Series 3. Recorded here, not adopted.
Specification
- Factory status
- None. Jaguar issued no such designation
- Usual meaning
- A late Series 2 car with detail changes pointing towards the Series 3
- Consistency of usage
- Low. Different sellers mean different things by it
- How to identify such a car
- By chassis number and Heritage Trust build record, not by the label
Production
| Production | Not counted separately | Any such car is counted within Series 2 |
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No published breakdown counts Series 2.5 cars, because no such category was ever built. Cars described this way appear in the Series 2 totals.
Series 1.5 earned its place in the language because it names a real and reasonably consistent group of interim cars. Series 2.5 has not. It appears mostly in advertisements, it means different things to different people, and it is often attached to a car simply because it was built late in the Series 2 run.
Why the archive records it anyway
A buyer will meet the phrase, and being told that it is meaningless is more useful than being left to guess. Where a seller uses it, ask what specifically they mean by it, then check that against the car's chassis number and its build record. If the answer is vague, the car is a Series 2.
What people usually mean
- A very late Series 2 car built close to the changeover to Series 3.
- A Series 2 car carrying one or two components more commonly associated with the Series 3.
- Occasionally, a car of mixed parentage whose seller would rather not be precise.
Sources
- Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust research guide to E-Type chassis numbering and build dates.
- Enthusiast and trade usage of the term, reported here as usage rather than as a designation.
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