Jaguar S-Type (1999)
car model from 1998
The Jaguar S-Type is an executive car which was made by Jaguar Cars from 1999 until 2007 with a facelift in 2004. It is a four-door saloon car with a three-box design and a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout.
The S-Type debuted at the 1998 Birmingham Motor Show and revived a nameplate which Jaguar had previously used from 1963 until 1968. Produced at a time when Jaguar was owned by the Ford Motor Company (forming part of its Premier Automotive Group division), the S-Type shares its DEW98 platform with the Lincoln LS and the eleventh-generation Ford Thunderbird. Following its discontinuation it was replaced by the Jaguar XF, which uses a modified version of the same platform.
Overview
After being privatised in 1984, Jaguar had been developing a smaller saloon to complement the XJ6 by the early 1990s, but these plans were axed following its takeover by Ford in 1989, only to resurface within a few years.
The S-Type was produced at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich facility in Birmingham, England. The car was styled by Geoff Lawson in 1995 and is based on the Jaguar DEW platform/Ford DEW platform, shared with the Lincoln LS and Ford Thunderbird. It was unveiled at the Birmingham International Motor Show on 20 October 1998.
The first S-Types ("X200" 1999–2002) are distinguished by a U-shaped centre console and optional touchscreen navigation system in the 2003 and later models.
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