Jaguar Cars
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| Owner | Jaguar Land Rover (since 2013) |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Introduced | September 1935 |
| Related brands | Land Rover |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Previous owners | Jaguar Cars Limited |
| Website | jaguar |
1991 Jaguar XJR-15 with a 6.0-litre engine | |
| Formerly | S.S. Cars Limited (1933–1945) |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Predecessor | Swallow Coachbuilding Company Limited |
| Founded | 26 October 1933 |
| Founder | William Lyons |
| Defunct | 31 December 2012 |
| Fate | Merged with Land Rover |
| Successor | Jaguar Land Rover |
| Headquarters | , England |
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Jaguar Cars was a British car manufacturer and the Jaguar marque is now owned by Jaguar Land Rover. The original company was established in 1922 by William Lyons and was renamed Jaguar in 1935. Jaguar is known for its luxury saloons and sportscars. 1922
History
[change | change source]Jaguar was a private company until it merged with the British Motor Corporation in 1966. The new company was called British Motor Holdings. In 1968 that company joined with Leyland Motors to became British Leyland. In 1975 British Leyland was nationalised. In 1984 Jaguar was made private again by Margaret Thatcher. Ford bought Jaguar in 1989. In 1999 it was made part of Ford's "Premier Automotive Group" along with Aston Martin, Land Rover, Volvo and Lincoln. In 2008, Ford sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors. Jaguar is now a brand of the merged company called Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).
The company was originally in Blackpool, but moved to Coventry. Today Jaguar automobiles are made at the JLR factory in Castle Bromwich in Birmingham. In late 2018 was open new plant in Slovakia.
Jaguar owns the Daimler brand (not Daimler-Benz). Jaguar bought the British Daimler Company in 1960. Daimler became a brand for some of Jaguar's saloon automobiles, but is not used now.
As of 2017, JLR sells the following different Jaguar automobile ranges: XJ, XF, XE, XK, F-Pace, E-Pace, iPace, and the F-Type.
Sportscar racing
[change | change source]Jaguar has won many sports car races, like the Le Mans 24 Hours and other races.