22 stouffville suntribune m thursday aug 28 2003 wheels i there are subtle hints that this jaguar is a totally different catfrom the refreshed front end to the shiny bigwheeled side profile and bright exhausttipped rear quarters that are topped with a spoiler discreet enough to not spoil the looks mark m 9054150080 4611 hwy 7 markham west of kennedy in unionville ekganceana froni front page21 r body structure that is 10 percent stiffer and a hundred poundslighter enhances ride and handling an improved 30liter ajv6 delivers 235 bhp in the entry level model and can be specified with either anew sixspeed automatic or fivespeed gertrag manual trans- mission and theprevious 40liter v8 engine was replaced with a new 42liter aj jv8thatdelivers an impressive 294 bhp 5 percent morepbwef than before- il zf but the real excitement for 2003 was stirred by the addition of a new highperformance model the-forrriida- blestyper the stype r blends an atypical mixture of english ele gance arid sheer brute force thanks to a new super- charged wrsionof triezliters pngirie that propels this high classhottod from zerq oridsaridup to an electro mph- h fthetype r has a dualpereonaiityyllmejtil- jaguars philosophy for our ultra high pertormce flag- shipyehiclesthe new caris mherentiyquiet7reinedarid cpmfortable but when stirred it becomes a tmeperr formance machinevsatisfyirig thedeniarids of thednvifig enthusiast power is instantly- being intimidating or overly demanding btbe driver according to mike gross chief engineer jaguar 1 oh ill say drppthe hammer and 400 horses rpar from under the hood accorhpariiedb as the supercharger the gforees push you into meseatabd- therebecomes here in a hurry tbpuf the kjridbf power- level we irig about into perspective rating is hoffar off from gmsjfasfesfz06 cpryette- to match the powerful engine the stype r is equipped with a chassis and sports suspehsiprimat helps the car accelerate as ifitwas on rails withrip squirming no shimriiyjngnp hysterics other p include raceeriglrieeredbrernbo generation of jaguars computer active technology see 2003 stypes page 24 lisveuiii si if il if i sh if 1 w fv i