The Jaguar E-Type’s long hood was partly dictated by crash safety regulations that required the engine to be positioned a minimum distance from the driver, yet Enzo Ferrari famously complained that the proportions made it look like “a mobile phallus”—a criticism that inadvertently became the car’s most distinctive and sexually charged design element, transforming a regulatory constraint into one of automotive history’s most iconic visual statements.
Car Fact #69 — August 24, 2026
