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2003 Jaguar S-Type Mid-Size Sport Luxury Sedan
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Such ideal conditions allow one driver to push the throttle into the floorboard and unbridle the supercharged muscle contained in a new high performance edition of the mid-size Jaguar S-Type sport luxury sedan.
The S-Type R -- rolling on big 18-inch low-profile tires tied to giant Brembo brakes and packing a supercharged version of Jaguar's new 4.2-liter V8 plus a six-speed automatic transmission -- blasts up the A7 fast lane until the white needle on an analog speedometer marked in kilometers moves beyond the speedy mark of 230 kph (about 143 mph).
Yet it can do more, as the top speed, limited electronically, reaches to 250 kph (155 mph).
And it's so quick off the line, capable of ripping from a stoplight start to 60 mph in about five seconds.
Jaguar's big V8 engine -- displacing 4.2 liters off an aluminum block with 32 valves and four-cam configuration -- in the naturally aspirated version makes 300-hp at 6,000 rpm and 310 lb-ft of torque at 4,100 rpm.
However, with an Eaton blower attached as well as dual air-to-water intercoolers, the supercharged R edition gushes to 400-hp at 6,100 rpm and pushes the torque out to 408 lb-ft at only 3,500 rpm.
All that torque translates through a sophisticated ZF six-speed electronic automatic transmission.
The transmission shift lever, rigged with Jaguar's venerable J-pattern gate for automatic and manual shifts, isolates various gear positions so you may shift it yourself without clutching, if desired.
Jaguar installs the new six-speed automatic in all three of the S-Type sedans, which include S-Type 3.0 V6, rated for 240-hp at 6,800 rpm, and S-Type 4.2 V8 with normal aspiration.
S-Type R caps the series in a slant toward high performance coupled to supreme luxury and stylish design.
Styling of all S-Type sedans remains exclusively -- and obviously -- rooted in Jaguar tradition.
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