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New Jaguar S type Unveiled
• New styling lifts Janguar to a new dimension
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By
The Minx, contributing editor
Saturday,
6 January, 2007
The new S-Type - and the face of the future of Jaguar - made its worldwide debut at the 2007 Detroit Motor Show in January.
The newcomer, badged C-XF, reveals the exciting replacement for the current S-Type, and is a landmark for the firm's new design direction.
Described as a sports saloon, it is charged with tempting buyers of executive heavyweights such as Audi's A6, BMW's 5-Series and Mercedes' E-Class, and relaunching the Jaguar brand to a new audience at the same time.
The styling, by designer Ian Callum, will cause the biggest stir, and as you can see from the first official pictures, the C-XF - the 'C' denoting the show machine's concept status - is unlike any Jaguar of the past.
The car is powered Jaguar's 420bhp 4.2-litre supercharged V8. The unit is the same one that appears in the flagship XKR Coupé, and it's hooked up to an identical six-speed automatic transmission. It also features sequential shifting, thanks to a pair of steering wheel-mounted paddles.
Performance is spectacular, with Jaguar claiming that the C-XF would be able to hit 180mph if the car was not electronically limited to 155mph.
As with the exterior and interior, attention to detail is exemplary in the engine bay, with a special carbon fibre wiring loom being one of the highlights. "It's a dream," says Jaguar head of advanced design, Julian Thomson.
Finishing off the cabin is a bespoke stereo created by British audio firm Bowers & Wilkins, which features honeycomb speaker panels mounted in the rear parcel shelf.
Read full text of the press release at our link.
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