▁the ▁six - cy l inder ▁E IP ▁Vel ox . ▁While ▁they ▁were ▁designed ▁at ▁L ut on ▁they ▁drew ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁influence ▁from ▁sty ling ▁develop ments ▁made ▁in ▁Detroit , ▁especially ▁the ▁re vised ▁ 1 9 5 1 - model ▁year ▁Che v ro lets . ▁The ▁E - Types ▁continued ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁un ib ody ▁construction , ▁but ▁of ▁a ▁brand ▁new ▁and ▁much ▁larger ▁design ▁with ▁full - width ▁' pon to on ' ▁sty ling . ▁They ▁offered ▁significantly ▁more ▁cabin ▁and ▁lug g age ▁space ▁and ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁effort ▁was ▁put ▁into ▁both ▁the ▁sty ling ▁of ▁the ▁interior ▁and ▁the ▁reduction ▁of ▁v ibration ▁and ▁noise . ▁The ▁complicated ▁Dub on net ▁susp ension ▁system ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁more ▁conventional ▁design ▁using ▁co il ▁spr ings ▁and ▁tw in ▁wish b ones ▁with ▁teles cop ic ▁d amp ers , ▁while ▁the ▁rear ▁ax le ▁retained ▁leaf ▁spr ings ▁but ▁also ▁with ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁teles cop ic ▁d amp ers . ▁The ▁transmission ▁and ▁ste ering ▁remained ▁little - changed ▁from ▁the ▁existing ▁design . ▁V aux hall ▁planned ▁and ▁developed ▁a ▁new ▁range ▁of ▁short - stroke ▁overhead - val ve ▁engines ▁for ▁the ▁E - Types ▁but ▁financial ▁and ▁production ▁constraints ▁meant ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁new ▁Wy ver ns ▁and ▁Vel ox es ▁were ▁launched ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁engines ▁as ▁the ▁out going ▁L - Type . ▁In ▁the ▁bigger , ▁heav ier ▁E - Type ▁models