The Jaguar S-Type is a mid-length luxurious automobile / government automobile delivered for the 2000 version 12 months via way of means of the British marque Jaguar of the Ford Motor Company. The call changed into a revival of a preceding Jaguar version, the S-Type delivered in 1964.
The S-Type is produced at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich facility in Birmingham, England. It is primarily based totally at the Ford/Jaguar DEW platform which it presently stocks with the Lincoln LS, however with big modifications. The automobile changed into styled via way of means of the overdue Geoff Lawson.
The supercharged S-Type R joined the lineup in 2003. The "R" is powered via way of means of a supercharged V8 generating 390 hp (291 kW), and may move from zero to 60 mph in five.three s (zero to one hundred km/h in five.6 s). It consists of 18 in (457 mm) wheels, cord mesh grille and dramatic monochromatic paint. The R additionally has a sportier the front fascia with fog lamps built-in, a rear spoiler, a brace placed close to the rear subframe, and "R" badging at the rear deck lid and each the front fenders. It is the maximum high priced S-Type, with a base fee of US$58,995. A minor facelift in 2004 delicate the automobile's universal appearance. It additionally acquired an aluminium bonnet.Powertrain
The rear wheel pressure S-Type is presently produced (as of version 12 months 2003) with both a five-velocity guide transmission or a 6-velocity J-Gate transmission that permits computerized equipment choice or clutchless guide equipment choice. From version years 2000 to 2002, the S-Type changed into prepared with both a five-velocity guide or five-velocity J-Gate transmission.
The car is powered via way of means of quite a few petrol and diesel engines. The 2.five L engine isn't always to be had for automobiles exported to america and Canada.
- 2.five L V6 201 hp (a hundred and fifty kW)
- three.zero L V6 240 hp (a hundred and eighty kW)
- 4.zero L V8 290 hp (220 kW)
- 4.2 L V8 three hundred hp (220 kW)
- 4.2 L V8 supercharged four hundred hp (three hundred kW)
- 2.7 L V6 diesel 207bhp (152kW)