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Jaguar : The Jaguar S-Type
Nick Scheele introducing the S-Type
at the Birmingham Motor Show
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The all new
S-Type will go into the market in March 1999 and will be
produced in Castle Bromwich. Jaguar forecasts worldwide
sales of 40,000 S-Types in 1999, rising to 55,000 in 2000.
The total investment
for the new S-Type was at $ 700 Mill. Thereof about $ 350
Mill. were spent for the Castle Bromwich facilities.
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Product
Interior
Powertrain
Manufacturing
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Some Highlights
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One-piece body side pressings
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4,500 spot welds
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Paint shop is sealed, clean room with controlled
temperature and humidity
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Waterborne paint system
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Final assembly on skillets (platforms of
laminated wood) for better ergonomics
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At final inspection stage each car passes
through a high intensity water spray line
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