The Union Jack-adorned roadster appeared in all three of the comedy blockbusters
Are you still quoting a certain spy movie nearly three decades after it hit theatres? Well, have we got the car for you.
The “Shaguar” Jaguar E-Type Series I from the Austin Powers movies will be put up for bid by Mecum Auctions at its 2025 Kissimmee sale in January. The roadster isn’t just a spirited replica, either—it’s the actual vehicle Mike Myers drove in all three entries in the trio of comedy blockbusters.
It’s lost most of its cultural cache over the years, but the Austin Powers movies were a pretty big deal around the turn of the millennium. The trio of spoofs—which starred Myers as the titular hero and his arch nemesis, Dr. Evil—poked fun at the British spy movies of the Swinging Sixties, and their frequently non-sensical plots, colourful clothes, and near-constant sexual innuendo.
Few things better represent the last of those tropes than Shaguar, a 1967 E-Type that the spy had fixed up with a Union Jack paint job and comedic sex-themed details. Although they’d make over US$675 million at the box office, the three Austin Powers movies (1997’s International Man of Mystery, 1999’s The Spy Who Shagged Me and 2002’s Goldmember) were made relatively cheaply so only one example of the colourful sports car was used during the filming of all three. And it’s this car that’s headed to auction.
The roadster looks the same today as it did when it appeared in the movie series and the music video for Madonna’s “Beautiful Stranger.” It still wears the distinctive tri-color paint job and has beautiful chrome details, including “Shaguar” branding across the rear deck lid. The interior has the steering wheel on the right side—it was owned by a British spy after all—and is covered in blue leather.
Later E-Types may have featured V-12 engines, but the Shaguar has a 4.2-litre inline-six connected to a four-speed manual. No output is listed, but when it was brand new the engine could make 265 horses, which was enough to push the car from zero to 60 mph (96.6 km/hr) in under seven seconds and to a top speed of 150 mph (241 km/hr). The car, which has spent the last 22 years in a private collection, was restored by Jaguar Land Rover in the mid-aughts and looks to be in pretty decent shape.
The Shaguar is set to go up for bid on Saturday, 18 January 2025. No estimate has been announced, but we imagine there will be interest in the E-Type. At the very least it seems certain to sell for significantly more than the US$55,000 the car’s less famous peers frequently attract on the open market.
This story was first published on Robb Report USA
