Jaguar is a British luxury car manufacturer, founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley in Coventry, in the UK in 1922. Jaguar originally made motorcycle sidecars before evolving into passenger cars. The name was changed to Jaguar after World War II as it wished to avoid the negative association with the SS initials
Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation in 1968, subsequently subsumed by Leyland, which itself was later nationalised as British Leyland. It has also been owned by Ford and is now owned by Tata Motors
Did you know? Jaguar holds Royal Warrants from HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Charles.
