Road TestCar reviews - Jaguar - S-Type - V6 SportJaguar modelsThe Car30 Apr 2002 The S-Type comes with a three-year warranty and three years' free servicing The range includes the V6 automatic model. Manual cars come complete with sports seats and a five-speed gearbox More women and younger men are the target market for the S-Type compared with Jaguar's core buyer profile Early build suffered power steering failure while on press test in Australia, and others had poorly-matched interior trim and automatic gearboxes that fluffed up-changes. Some had poorly-fitting door seals. Jaguar recognised all these faults and said fixes had already been ordered The S-Type is the first Jaguar to feature individual climate controls for front passengers Jaguar also offers a parking radar warning system and split-folding rear seats All S-Types come with leather trim, power windows and remote locking, traction and cruise control, glovebox-mounted CD stacker, eight-way power seats, front and side airbags The V6 SE adds an electric sunroof, lumbar adjustments for the front seats, 16-inch alloy wheels, auto-dipping rear view mirror and memory pack for seats, mirrors and electrically adjustable steering column The 3.0-litre V6 has 179kW and 300Nm of torque. The V8 engine offers 209KW and 390Nm of torque The V6 Sport has 17-inch alloy wheels, better front seats with deeper side bolsters and a sporty punched leather facing material to go with the manual five-speeder Performance with manual or automatic gearboxes is said to be identical, both reaching 100km/h in 8.5 seconds. Top speed is 226km/h Despite the influence of Jac Nasser on all Ford products, the S-Type misses out on one Nasser hallmark, the analogue lock, making do with a small green LED timepiece Judging by initial orders, Australia is Jaguar's biggest S-Type market in Asia Did you know?The S-Type is the first all-new Jaguar produced under Ford's ownershipAll car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen |
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