{"id":9623,"date":"2016-05-02T12:39:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T19:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=9623"},"modified":"2016-05-17T08:49:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T15:49:12","slug":"e-type-heads-the-list-after-first-round-of-voting-for-vancouver-abfm-top-10-best-british-classic-car-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=9623","title":{"rendered":"E-Type voted Vancouver ABFM 2016 Best Brit Car"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jaguar E-Type voted No. 1 in 2016 ABFM Top 10 British-built classics.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Story updated: May 17, 2016<\/p>\n

Western Driver\u2019s 2016 online survey of the Top 10 British Cars is now closed, with 572 votes cast.<\/p>\n

From a list of 20 pre-selected British-built classic cars, voters declared the Jaguar E-Type their favourite, closely followed by second choice Aston Martin DB5.<\/p>\n

Here is how the top Top 10 ranked:<\/p>\n

Jaguar E-Type\u201489%<\/p>\n

Aston Martin DB5\u201484%<\/p>\n

Austin-Healey 3000\u201479%<\/p>\n

Morgan Plus 4\u201468%<\/p>\n

Sunbeam Tiger\u201457%<\/p>\n

MGA\u201456%<\/p>\n

Triumph TR3\u201453%<\/p>\n

Lotus Seven\u201452%<\/p>\n

Mini\u201451%<\/p>\n

Lotus Elan\u201449%<\/p>\n

Many examples of these classics, plus 400-plus others will be on display Saturday May 21 at The Greatest Show on British Wheels<\/em><\/strong> Vancouver ABFM 2016 at VanDusen Garden,Oak & 37th Avenue, Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Look for the special red, white & blue ribbon designating a Top 10 example of the marque.<\/p>\n

Thanks to everyone who voted.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to prize draw winner Scott Fletcher.<\/p>\n

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Story updated: May 17, 2016 Western Driver\u2019s 2016 online survey of the Top 10 British Cars is now closed, with 572 votes cast. From a list of 20 pre-selected British-built classic cars, voters declared the Jaguar E-Type their favourite, closely followed by second choice Aston Martin DB5. Here is how the top Top 10 ranked:Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-british-field-meet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9623"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9663,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9623\/revisions\/9663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}