What are Jaguar Cars?
A: Jaguar is the luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British
multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry,
England.
Jaguar Cars was the company that was responsible for
the production of Jaguar cars until its operations were fully merged with
those of whom?
A: Land Rover to form Jaguar Land Rover on 1 January
2013.
Jaguar's business was founded as what?
A: The Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, originally making motorcycle
sidecars before developing bodies for passenger cars.
The Swallow Sidecar Company was founded by what two
motorcycle enthusiasts?
A: William Lyons and William Walmsley.
In 1934 Walmsley elected to sell-out and in order to
buy the Swallow business, Lyons formed what?
A: S.S. Cars Limited, finding new capital by issuing shares to the public.
Jaguar first appeared in September
1935 as a model name
on what?
A: An SS 2½-litre sports saloon.
A matching open two-seater sports model with a 3½-litre
engine was named what?
A: SS Jaguar 100.
On 23 March 1945, the S. S. Cars shareholders in
general meeting agreed to change the company's name to what?
A: Jaguar Cars Limited.
Under the ownership of S. S. Cars Limited, the business
extended to what?
A: Complete cars made in association with Standard Motor Co, many bearing
Jaguar as a model name.
A merger with the British Motor Corporation followed in
1966, the resulting enlarged company now being renamed as what?
A: British Motor Holdings (BMH).
In 1968 BMH merged with Leyland Motor Corporation and
became what?
A: British Leyland, itself to be nationalized in 1975.
Jaguar was spun off from British Leyland and was listed
on what in 1984?
A: The London Stock Exchange, becoming a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index
until it was acquired by Ford in 1990.
Jaguar has, in recent years, manufactured cars for the
whom?
A: The British Prime Minister, the most recent delivery being an XJ in May
2010.
The company also holds royal warrants from whom?
A: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles.
Ford owned Jaguar Cars, also buying Land Rover in 2000,
until 2008 when it did what?
A: It sold both to Tata Motors.
Tata created Jaguar Land Rover as a what?
A: A subsidiary holding company.
At operating company level, in 2013 Jaguar Cars was
merged with Land Rover to form what?
A: Jaguar Land Rover Limited as the single design, manufacture, sales
company and brand owner for both Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.
Since the Ford ownership era, Jaguar and Land Rover
have used joint design facilities in engineering centers located where?
A: At Whitley in Coventry and Gaydon in Warwickshire and Jaguar cars have
been assembled in plants at Castle Bromwich and Solihull.
On 15 February 2021, Jaguar Land Rover announced what?
A: That all cars made under the Jaguar brand will be fully electric by 2025.
