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Jaguar S-Type R specs

Price in Europe €70,950 - €71,805
Price in US $62,400
Car type 4-door saloon
Curb weight 1800-1845 kg (3968-4068 lbs)
Introduced 2002
Origin country United Kingdom
Gas mileage 17.5-10.0 l/100 km (13-24 mpg US / 16-28 mpg UK)
CO2 emissions 294 - 377 g/km
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Acceleration

0 - 40 kph1.7 s
0 - 60 kph2.8 s
0 - 80 kph4.2 s
0 - 100 kph5.6 s
0 - 120 kph7.8 s
0 - 130 kph9.3 s
0 - 140 kph10.2 s
0 - 160 kph12.9 s
0 - 180 kph16.7 s
0 - 200 kph21.3 s
1000 m25.6 s
60 - 100 kph2.9 s
80 - 120 kph3.6 s
Est. 100 - 140 kph4.7 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph15.7 s
0 - 60 mph5.4 s
0 - 100 mph13.6 s
0 - 150 mph42.0 s
Est. 1/8 mile9.8 s @ 87.6 mph
1/4 mile13.8 s @ 103.1 mph
Jaguar S-Type R acceleration graph

General performance

Top speed250 kph (155 mph)
Est. max acceleration0.55 g (5 m/s²)
18m slalom63.3 kph (39.3 mph)
Lateral acceleration0.82 g (8 m/s²)
100 kph - 036 m (119 ft)
200 kph - 0150 m (491 ft)
70 mph - 052 m (172 ft)

Powertrain specs

Engine type V8, Supercharged, 32v
Displacement 4.2 l (256 ci)
Power 395 ps (390 bhp / 291 kw)
Torque 541 Nm (399 lb-ft)
Power / liter 94 ps (93 hp)
Power / weight 216 ps (213 bhp) / t
Torque / weight 295 Nm (218 lb-ft) / t
Efficiency 26 PS per l/100 km
Power / €5000 28 ps
Transmission 6
Layout front engine, rear wheel drive

More 0-60 and 1/4 mile times

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hostboy  2y ago

A twin-turbodiesel V10 derived from the Ford Modular or Volvo Modular family would have worked better to accommodate for the S-Type's steel frame. It was a heavier car and poorer handler than both the aluminum XJR and the original XJR.

 

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s_t_r  10m ago

Clearly you have never driven an XJR and/or an STR. The STR was the better handling one, by far. The XJ, even the R version was always meant to be a luxury car first.



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hostboy  5y ago

FUN FACT: No S-Type Rs ever actually made 390-400 hp. It was just a marketing ploy made by Jaguar to compete in the M5/E55 crowd. The fastest ones did around 13.8-14.0sec in the 1/4-mile at around 102mph average. The most powerful ones made around 330-360 hp at the crank. Not one acceleration test showed that the STR could rev to 6100 rpm, it was more like 5250-5500 rpm.

What was "supposed" to be an E39 M5 and W210/W211 E55 AMG rival, was really an E60 545i and W211 E500 Mk1 rival

 

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STP  3y ago

You are referring to the pre facelift. The facelift had more power. Also in 1st and 2nd gears it shifts but in all other gears it revs to redline.


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s_t_r  10m ago

Fun fact: you're wrong. There are plenty of dyno runs where the STR makes 400 hp. It's still not gonna be THAT fast because it's heavy, but ffs it's the same drivetrain as in the XKR / XJR and those make 400 hp aswell.

Some of the cars do short-shift in 1st, which is kind of a mystery as to why they do that, but some owners have reported being able to fix that with various tricks and get it to rev until redline.

What it was or wasn't supposed to be is an interesting question. It was obviously never as good a driver's car as the E39 M5, but it's much more refined. As for the E55, if you're talking the NA version, the STR will smoke that. The supercharged ones, well...obviously you're gonna get more power from 5.5 liters than 4.2 if both are getting blowed.


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s_t_r  10m ago @s_t_r

Hmm just looked it up, gotta correct myself here, "smoking" the NA E55 AMG is probably an overstatement, those two are kind of level. No surprise the E55 is lighter and still has more displacement. Regardless saying the STR is an E500 rival is a ridiculous statement...


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Inline 6 rules  13y ago

395 PS not HP! Please correct it! Thanks!

 

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Frozen Cow  5y ago

In EU these cars are declared as pure 400 HP machines.