The newly-created Special Operations unit of Indian automobile major Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has recently taken the wraps off its Lightweight E-Type, which is an exact replica of an aluminum-body E-Type racecar that the company first manufactured way back in 1963.

The automaker's Special Operations unit also revealed that the company has plans underway to complete the originally intended production run - comprising a total of 18 units of the historic racecar - the Lightweight E-Type.

Asserting that the Special Operations unit is set to undertake some unfinished business at Jaguar, Special Operations; chief John Edwards said: "The competitions department at Jaguar originally intended to produce 18 (E-Type) cars" in 1963; and added: "There were 18 VIN numbers allocated. Ultimately, we produced 12 cars."

With Jaguar falling short on the originally planned E-Type racecar production by six cars, the company's Special Operations unit has disclosed that those six remaining E-Type cars will now be manufactured by the company.

The six E-Type cars will be manufactured based on the 'Car Zero' prototype which Jaguar Land Rover announced during a last-week event in Pebble Beach, California.

Meanwhile, in reference to the objective behind setting up the Special Operations unit, Jaguar Land Rover's North America President Joe Eberhardt said that the unit will have "but one goal: to produce memorable cars."