Jaguar Cars

Jaguar Cars Ltd, the British Auto Company, was established in 1922 which originally making motorcycle sidecars before switching to passenger cars. It included luxury and executive motor cars. The engineering of the company become favourite across the world. The Jaguar company started production with the pre-war 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 litre models which used engines designed by the Standard Motor Company. The 1.5 litre four-cylinder engine was still supplied by Standard but the two larger six-cylinder ones were made in house. These cars have become known unofficially as Mark Ivs. Lotus Cars joined Jaguar and Caparo on a luxury hybrid executive sedan project called 'Limo-Green'?funded by the British Government Technology Strategy Board. The vehicle will be a series plug-in hybrid. Jaguar Cars Ltd, once a major automotive company from England who ruled over world in car business, has seen ups and downs in its 87 years history. Swallow Sidecar Company was founded in 1922 by two motorcycle enthusiasts, Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley. Later due to lack of popularity, the title SS was removed in 1945 and than renamed Jaguar after five years. Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation (BMC) to form British Motor Holdings (BMH) in 1966. After merging with Leyland, which had already taken over Rover and Standard Triumph, the resultant company then became the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) in 1968. later it was sold to British Leyland and than Jaguar and Daimler marques formed part of BL. In 1999 it became part of Ford's new Premier Automotive Group. In 2002, Land Rover; Aston Martin was subsequently sold off in 2007. At last it was acquired by Indian auto major Tata Motors in 2008.