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2003 Jaguar S-Type Mid-Size Sport Luxury Sedan
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What's in the name? It traces through Jaguar history to 1963 and the 3.8 S, which amounted to a luxurious performance version of the Mark 2 sedan. The S-Type of that era boasted of a powerful engine and advanced technology with an independent rear suspension, disc brakes and limited-slip differential, all rare components for an automobile at the time.
A refined interior of the original S-Type featured reclining bucket seats and lavish applications of leather and fine hardwood veneers.
The new incarnation of S-Type emerged from Jaguar's Castle Bromwich factory in Coventry, England, in 1999 as a 2000 model available with either a six-cylinder or eight-cylinder engine.
Current versions, expanding with the addition of the S-Type R and powertrain revisions for all, exhibit new styling lines on the outside and a variety of elegant enhancements in the passenger compartment designed to make these so-called saloon cars (the British term for a four-door sedan) more closely aligned to Jaguar's flagship XJ series of full-size saloons.
The sleek shell of S-Type sedans reveals characteristic hints of classic Jaguar lines from past models.
A bowed profile with roofline slinking to a low tail evokes images of the popular Mark 2 saloon car from the 1950s, while twin bulges over headlamps as defined in a sensuous sweep rearward across a long sloping hoodline may also be found more recently in past and current editions of Jaguar's XJ sedans.
And that unique prow with pairs of oval articulated headlamps flanking an unusual grille wrapped in chrome: It may bear the DNA of a Jaguar but looks aggressive and clearly provocative.
The S-Type R goes further by adding a bright-finish mesh inset in the grille as rimmed in the body color.
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