Reaction to the FoMoCo era at Jaguar sure seems to be mixed among enthusiasts. On the one hand, it's undeniable that the infusion of cash in tooling and engineering plus the pooling of engineering know-how with Ford resulted in some much-needed updating of powerplants and reliability at the old British marque.
On the other, the addition of some lower-tier cars to the Jag lineup, ones which shared mechanical underpinnings with lesser FoMoCo products at that, does cause serious Jaaaag fans to cock a serious snook.
Still, sales of cars like the Carnival Red S-Type in the photo above helped pad profits and finance the halo cars farther up the Coventry hierarchy.
The S-type rode on Ford's rear wheel drive DEW98 platform, which also formed the basis for the Lincoln LS and the reborn eleventh generation Ford Thunderbird.
For the S-type in the U.S. market, available powerplants were the Jaguar AJ 4.2L DOHC V-8, one of the last in-house Jag motor designs prior to the purchase by Ford. Most, however, seem to have the base motor, which is the 240 horsepower AJ30 3.0L V-6, Jaguar's name for the Ford Duratec six.
This one was photographed in August of 2024, using an Olympus OM-D E-M1X and a Panasonic 12-60mm f/2.8-4 zoom lens.
Buddy of mine owned one, bought it a year or so used. It was nice, but it wasn't special.
ReplyDeleteThat seems to be a common complaint among Jaguar fans.
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