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It gets bandied about so often that it’s practically a cliché, but it’s true that there’s nothing quite like a Jaguar.

Now, that’s technically true about any car, but in Jaguar’s case it’s an especially distinguishing feature.  Among luxury cars and luxury sport sedans, the competition is so fierce that the constant application of “me-too” features and the latest fashionable design tweaks results in a trend toward homogeneity.  It’s easy to drive coast-to-coast in an Acura, Infiniti, Volvo or Mercedes, but often a bit difficult to find anything like a personality.  Not so with Jaguar.  For better or for worse, the British manufacturer’s products stand apart from the luxury car herd, and always have.  The 2005 S-Type is no exception to this rule.  From its retro-influenced styling to its fluid grace on the road, the S-Type still stands out, even though it’s been around since 1999 without major design changes–and even though Detroit is hip-deep in the things these days, since all the Ford executives are driving them. More >