Jaguar (car)

Jaguar Cars Ltd. is a British luxury car manufacturer based in Whitley, Coventry, England. Jaguar has been in business since 1922 when it was founded by Sir William Lyons as the Swallow Sidecar Company, starting out making motorcycle sidecars.

Jaguar Timeline

1922: Sir William Lyons and partner William Walmsley found the Swallow Sidecar Company, producing motorcycle sidecars.

1935: The SS Jaguar appears on a 2.5 litre sedan and sports of models SS 90 and SS 100.

1949 to 1961: Jaguar makes a name for itself with a series of sports cars including the XK 120 (1949), XK 140, XK

150 and the XKE (1961).

1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1967: Jaguar wins the Le Mans 24 Hours Race.

1966: Jaguar merges with British Motor Corporation to form British Motor Holdings.

1968: Jaguar's merge with BMC becomes the British Leyland Motor Corporation through another merge with

Leyland.

1975: The company becomes British Leyland, Ltd.

1984: Jaguar is listed on the London Stock Exchange as a separate company.

1990, 1999, 2000: Jaguar's listing on the London Stock Exchange is removed in February to become part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group in 1999 with Aston

Martin and Volvo. Land Rover was added in 2000.