Jaguar S-Type - 1999 to 2007: The Essential Buyer’s Guide

This book is well written and has details on owning,buying and basic maintenance. The what to look for and approximation of repair cost is very informative. These books follow a standard format and this is means if you have read a previous Veloce published auto book then you will know what to expect. Only things I would add are references to on line work shop manuals and potential issues with these. If you are consideing buying this type of Jaguar buy this book first as it could save you a lot of money

Like all these guides, there is a lot of same information in each book e.g. checking documents etc.The actual model specific information is good, but only occupies at most 50% of the book.However, if you are after an S-type the information is very useful.

A nice little book but badly needs updating

Bought this as an extra present for my partner as he recently bought an S-Type jag and I wanted something as a surprise for him to open as he knew what his main present was. He was really happy with it and it seems good quality as well

Could not recommend to anyone, if you have internet to buy from Amazon, you already have access to more information than you could find in this book. Was hoping this would be a concise guide to well known and less well known issues afflicting ownership of these cars, but this guide misses pretty much all well known issues completely, skips over detail such as model year update key technical content, some photos within are actually of the smaller X-type. Instead the advice could apply to pretty much any modern car similarly equippedValuation Guidance:Value advice is suspect at best, rates a 4.2 Nasp V8 above Sport Diesel for residuals and traditional beige and woods above Sport interiors dark leather sport seats and contemporary aluminium trim. May reflect traditionalist tastes, but try buying an XS or Sport over the more common SE.Technical Overview:Book does not even mention the later 6-speed Getrag manual. Not a single decent over-view of underbonnet (let alone engine-by-engine), one photo of whole engine bay is of a V6 X-type which is transverse, no commonality whatsoever. Pretty essential for a buyer's guide.Maintenance:Guidelines on component price are inexplicable and guide suggests using Ford components where equivalent is available, suggesting European Mondeo as a model with commonality. Other than V6 Engine block, I can think of very few components that could be shared that aren't oil filters or bolts.Specification:One page suggests all cars have auto wipers, another that they do not (they don't incidentally). Again mentions contemporary colour schemes unpopular, completely contest this as prices and fast movement on market match high desirability of Sport, XS and R models, whilst SE which according to this book are most desirable are many in number and considerably cheaper. Diesel is by far most desirable power unit except for far rarer R version, for which most every day users will not consider.

Any information that assists buying or running an S type is a bonus.Could do with even more...very useful.Could do with more on misfires...always coil on plugs!

More of a booklet than a book, this will have a very limited audience and to many, me included, the limited amount of useful information will make this a poor addition to your book collection. There is some information on model variations but not in the depth of detail I was hoping for and the photographs are poor. Far too much of the book is generic comments which apply to virtually any car purchase and of more use to someone looking to buy their first car rather than an S Type. I've struggled to write anything positive about this book and certainly cannot recommend it's purchase.

Ideal for a newcomer to the S Type. It covered all the pitfalls and pluses of owning these beautiful cars.

Great info on the Stype

Ein erstklassiges Buch und ein Muß für jeden Interessenten, Liebhaber und Besitzer dieses einmaligen Fahrzeugs. Es ist sehr hilfreich dabei die typischen Schwachstellen des Fahrzeugs zu erkennen und trifft meiner Meinung nach voll auf den Punkt. Voraussetzung ist die Beherrschung der englischen Sprache auch in Fachtermina.

pubblicazione di una collana ben nota, ben fatta, accurata e completa, potrebbe essere più approfondita. comunque utile e non costosa.

Un livre très complet avec de nombreuses photos qui permet a l'acheteur potentiel de ne pas se tromperLivraison rapide et prix attractif..

After purchasing my 2005 Jaguar (S Type R) I wanted a book for reference and pictures.This book is very simple, short on pictures and not that informative. You can learn much more about the car on YouTube.Skip the book and watch some videos!