NOW THAT diesel is very much adirty word, it’s ironic that Jaguar was criticised for being quite solate tothe party when it came to oil burners. Acautious toe was dipped with the introduction of the X-Type diesel in 2003, its Mondeo-derived platform providing auseful development short cut, but the first all-Jaguar diesel model was the S-Type 2.7D introduced in 2004.
Developed in tandem with the Lincoln LS, the S-Type was one of those Jaguar products from the Ford era which clothed its hightech underpinnings in aconservative retrostyled suit and in truth it was astate-of-theart vehicle platform at the time of its launch.
Indeed, it was later
