Newswheel staff :: 06 December 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, Jaguar, Jaguar S-Type, Europe & UK
Jaguar’s aging, Lincoln LS-derived S-Type saloon has received a buff job for its final year on sale. Apart from the usual cosmetic tweaks, the big news is a major overhaul / simplification of the engine range and some serious price cuts. The most significant changes are the deletion of all naturally-aspirated V8 models and an enormous £5k price drop on the supercharged S-Type R…
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Newswheel staff :: 07 March 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Saloon, Jaguar, Jaguar S-Type, Jaguar X-Type, Jaguar XK8, Europe & UK, US
Yup, you really have to get all the ingredients just right to succeed with a premium Euro car brand. The failure of the current S-Type and XJ models, both good cars with fatal weaknesses – think dodgy styling and platform heritage for the former, mismatched cutting edge technology and antediliuvian aesthetics for the latter – is a case in point. Nothing less than full commitment will do. So, what to make of Ford’s decision to shelve plans for a unified aluminium platform? Well, folks, it ain’t good.
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