The Jaguar 2000 S-Type Overstayed Its Welcome

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Classic styling and inherited pedigree added up to make the Jaguar 2000 S-Type a very fine automobile in the midlevel luxury sedan genre.  Unfortunately, it simply did not know when to quit while at the top. The S-Type was introduced in 2000 and finally ended its run in 2008.  When it first came out this…

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Lexus LX 450 Toyota Land Cruiser Plus Luxury

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What do you get when you combine luxury with off-road capabilities?  Well, the Lexus LX 450 of course! The LX 450 was actually a pioneer of sorts, entering the luxury SUV market when there was barely one to enter.  It debuted in 1996 and at that time an SUV was something most people had never…

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The Lexus ES 330, A Luxury Sedan For All Drivers

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Produced from 2004-2006, the Lexus ES 330 was an entry-level luxury sedan that pleased practically everyone, and as such offers the most for the buck for anyone looking for a true luxury sedan at an affordable price. This was the fourth generation of the ES line, succeeding the ES 300 and followed by a sportier…

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What’s In A Name? The Story of Jaguar Vanden Plas

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In marketing, name recognition means practically everything.  You can have the greatest product in the history of mankind but if nobody has ever heard of it you are facing a serious uphill battle to promote it. In many respects that analogy is the story of Vanden Plas, a company of coachbuilders for specialist automobiles originally…

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The Jaguar Roadster:The American Dream On Wheels

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Look up the definition of a roadster in the dictionary and you will find it to be a two-seat car without a fixed roof with an emphasis on sporty handling.  There was no better example of a roadster than the Jaguar Roadsters produced from 1961-1974.  In fact, if one didn’t know better, one would think…

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