Jaguar
William Lyons and William Walmsley founded a company in Blackpool UK in 1922 that manufactured sidecars for motorbikes, which were sold under the name Swallow. The Swallow Sidecar Company expanded its production to include coachwork in 1927. In 1930, the company changed its name to Swallow Coachbuilding and Sidecar Company. In 1931 an independent model also appeared on a chassis from the Standard Motor Company, the SS 1. Now called Standard Swallow, the first sports car from S.S. Cars Ltd, the SS 90, appeared in 1935. In 1935, equipped with an OHV instead of SV engine, the suffix ‘Jaguar’ was added to the type designation of the SS Jaguar 2.5-litre Saloon for the first time, followed by the SS Jaguar 100 sports car in 1936. At the beginning of 1945, William Lyons changed the name of his company to Jaguar Cars Ltd. In 1948, Jaguar presented the XK 120 sports car and the Mk V Saloon as the first new post-war designs. The XK 120 had a newly developed DOHC in-line six-cylinder engine. The MK VII Saloon followed in 1951, the 2.4 Litre (Mk I) in 1955, the Mk 2 in 1959, the E-Type in 1961, the Mk 10 in 1963 and others. From 1950 to 2008, Jaguar was based on Browns Lane in Coventry. 1961 Takeover by Daimler, 1963 by Coventry Climax. 1966 Merger with British Motor Company to form British Motors Holding, from 1968 British Leyland Motors. 1968 Presentation of the XJ and 1975 of the XJ-S. 1984 Return to independence. 1986 new XJ40. Sold to Ford in 1990. Since 2008 owned by Tata Motors, India, after sale together with Land-Rover.
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