Jaguar is a British sports car and luxury vehicle brand owned by Tata Motors and operating under the merged division Jaguar Land Rover. Its business was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before developing bodies for passenger cars, and the company name changed from SS Cars to Jaguar Cars in 1945. It merged with the British Motor Corporation in 1966 and with Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968 to become British Leyland, was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1984 after being spun off, was acquired by Ford in 1990, and was sold to Tata Motors in 2008. At the operating company level, Jaguar Cars was merged with Land Rover in 2013.
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Jaguar's business was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before developing bodies for passenger cars.
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Jaguar (UK: , US: ) is a British sports car and luxury vehicle brand owned by Tata Motors, Operating under the merged division Jaguar Land Rover Limited (JLR).
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Jaguar (UK: , US: ) is a British sports car and luxury vehicle brand owned by Tata Motors, Operating under the merged division Jaguar Land Rover Limited (JLR).
Subsidiary Of: Jaguar Land Rover, Lead [subsidiary-of]
Jaguar (UK: , US: ) is a British sports car and luxury vehicle brand owned by Tata Motors, Operating under the merged division Jaguar Land Rover Limited (JLR).
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Jaguar (UK: , US: ) is a British sports car and luxury vehicle brand owned by Tata Motors, Operating under the merged division Jaguar Land Rover Limited (JLR).
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